** Shares of U.S. hospital operators fall premarket after HCA healthcare missed Q3 profit estimates
** Shares of Tenet Healthcare down 6% at $142, while Community Health systems down 2%
** HCA Healthcare falls 6.7% to $371
** HCA missed Q3 profit estimates after delays in medical procedures due to Hurricane Helene
** Universal Health Services , which reported Q3 earnings late Thursday, down 7.8%
** As of last close, HCA & UHS were up 47%, THC almost doubled and CYH up 35.8% YTD
(Reporting by Sruthi Narasimha Chari in Bengaluru)
((Sruthinarasimha.chari@thomsonreuters.com))