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Hospital Corp. of America
Hospital Corp. of America

Acquirers: Bain, KKR, Merrill Lynch
Year announced: 2006
Value: $32.7 billion*

The buyers, including the Frist family, paid only $5.5 billion in equity. The rest was debt.

*Value includes assumed debt.

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