HCA Healthcare Inc. said its unit HCA Inc. is planning a $2 billion debt offering that will be priced at a later date.
The company will issue senior notes to raise funds that will be used to redeem $1.5 billion worth of 3.75% senior secured notes due 2019.
A portion of the proceeds will also go to general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA provides healthcare services through its subsidiaries.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, UBS Investment Bank and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as the joint book-running managers in the offering.