Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation	Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation Reporting Entity Ardent Health Partners, Inc. was initially formed in Delaware in 2015 as Ardent Health Partners, LLC. On July 17, 2024, Ardent Health Partners, LLC converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation in connection with its initial public offering and changed its name to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a holding company that has affiliates that operate acute care hospitals and other healthcare facilities and employ physicians. The terms “Ardent,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us,” as used in these notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, refer to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. and its affiliates and, on or prior to July 16, 2024, Ardent Health Partners, LLC and its affiliates, unless stated otherwise or indicated by context. The term “affiliates” includes direct and indirect subsidiaries of Ardent and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are equity owners. At March 31, 2025, the Company operated 30 acute care hospitals in six states, including two rehabilitation hospitals and two surgical hospitals. Basis of Presentation The financial statements include the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, income statements, comprehensive income statements, statements of cash flows and statements of changes in equity of the Company and its affiliates, which are controlled by the Company through the Company’s direct or indirect ownership of a majority equity interest and rights granted to the Company through certain variable interests. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist of normal recurring adjustments, and disclosures considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain information and disclosures normally included in annual financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been omitted in these interim financial statements pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “Annual Report”). Initial Public Offering and Corporate Conversion On July 19, 2024, the Company completed an initial public offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $16.00 per share (the "IPO") for aggregate gross proceeds of $192.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $181.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $10.6 million. The Company provided the underwriters with an option to purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which was fully exercised by the underwriters, and, on July 30, 2024, the Company issued 1,800,000 additional shares of common stock at $16.00 per share for additional net proceeds of approximately $27.2 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $1.6 million. The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ARDT”. On July 17, 2024, in connection with the IPO and immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Company's registration statement on Form S-1, the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation by means of a statutory conversion (the “Corporate Conversion”) and changed its name to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. As a result of the Corporate Conversion, the outstanding limited liability company membership units and vested profits interest units were converted into 120,937,099 shares of common stock and outstanding unvested profits interest units were converted into 2,848,027 shares of restricted common stock. Immediately following the Corporate Conversion, ALH Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Ventas, Inc. ("Ventas"), a common unit holder that beneficially owned a percentage of the Company’s outstanding membership interests and maintained a seat on the Company’s board of managers, making Ventas a related party, contributed all of its outstanding common stock in AHP Health Partners, Inc. ("AHP Health Partners"), a direct subsidiary of the Company, to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. in exchange for 5,178,202 shares of common stock of Ardent Health Partners, Inc. (the "ALH Contribution"). As a result of the ALH Contribution, AHP Health Partners is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ardent Health Partners, Inc. The Corporate Conversion and the ALH Contribution have been retrospectively applied to prior periods herein for the purposes of calculating basic and diluted net income per share. The Company’s certificate of incorporation authorizes 750,000,000 shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each with a $0.01 par value per share. General and Administrative Costs The majority of the Company’s expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as general and administrative by the Company include its corporate office costs and centralized corporate services such as human resources, information technology, and finance, which were $34.9 million and $32.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

Reporting Entity

Ardent Health Partners, Inc. was initially formed in Delaware in 2015 as Ardent Health Partners, LLC. On July 17, 2024,

Ardent Health Partners, LLC converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation in connection

with its initial public offering and changed its name to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a holding

company that has affiliates that operate acute care hospitals and other healthcare facilities and employ physicians. The terms

“Ardent,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us,” as used in these notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial

statements, refer to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. and its affiliates and, on or prior to July 16, 2024, Ardent Health Partners,

LLC and its affiliates, unless stated otherwise or indicated by context. The term “affiliates” includes direct and indirect

subsidiaries of Ardent and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are equity owners. At March 31, 2025,

the Company operated 30 acute care hospitals in six states, including two rehabilitation hospitals and two surgical hospitals.

Basis of Presentation

The financial statements include the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, income statements, comprehensive

income statements, statements of cash flows and statements of changes in equity of the Company and its affiliates, which are

controlled by the Company through the Company’s direct or indirect ownership of a majority equity interest and rights

granted to the Company through certain variable interests. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated

in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist of normal recurring adjustments, and

disclosures considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

Certain information and disclosures normally included in annual financial statements presented in accordance with U.S.

generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been omitted in these interim financial statements pursuant to rules

and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated

financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial

statements and notes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024

(the “Annual Report”).

Initial Public Offering and Corporate Conversion

On July 19, 2024, the Company completed an initial public offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public

offering price of $16.00 per share (the "IPO") for aggregate gross proceeds of $192.0 million and net proceeds of

approximately $181.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $10.6 million. The

Company provided the underwriters with an option to purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock of the

Company, which was fully exercised by the underwriters, and, on July 30, 2024, the Company issued 1,800,000 additional

shares of common stock at $16.00 per share for additional net proceeds of approximately $27.2 million, after deducting

underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $1.6 million. The Company’s common stock is listed on the New

York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ARDT”.

On July 17, 2024, in connection with the IPO and immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Company's registration

statement on Form S-1, the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation by

means of a statutory conversion (the “Corporate Conversion”) and changed its name to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. As a

result of the Corporate Conversion, the outstanding limited liability company membership units and vested profits interest

units were converted into 120,937,099 shares of common stock and outstanding unvested profits interest units were converted

into 2,848,027 shares of restricted common stock. Immediately following the Corporate Conversion, ALH Holdings, LLC, a

subsidiary of Ventas, Inc. ("Ventas"), a common unit holder that beneficially owned a percentage of the Company’s

outstanding membership interests and maintained a seat on the Company’s board of managers, making Ventas a related party,

contributed all of its outstanding common stock in AHP Health Partners, Inc. ("AHP Health Partners"), a direct subsidiary of

the Company, to Ardent Health Partners, Inc. in exchange for 5,178,202 shares of common stock of Ardent Health Partners,

Inc. (the "ALH Contribution"). As a result of the ALH Contribution, AHP Health Partners is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Ardent Health Partners, Inc. The Corporate Conversion and the ALH Contribution have been retrospectively applied to prior

periods herein for the purposes of calculating basic and diluted net income per share. The Company’s certificate of

incorporation authorizes 750,000,000 shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each with a $0.01

par value per share.

General and Administrative Costs

The majority of the Company’s expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as general and

administrative by the Company include its corporate office costs and centralized corporate services such as human resources,

information technology, and finance, which were $34.9 million and $32.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025

and 2024, respectively.