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Capital Structure | 9 Months Ended
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Capital Structure | NOTE 10 — CAPITAL STRUCTURE The changes in stockholders’ deficit, including changes in stockholders’ deficit attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and changes in equity attributable to noncontrolling interests, are as follows (dollars and shares in millions):
|  | Equity (Deficit) Attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. |  |  | Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests |  |  | Total |
|  | Common Stock |  |  | Capital in Excess of Par Value |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |  |  | Retained Deficit |  |  |
|  | Shares |  |  | Par Value |  |  |  |  |  |
Balances at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 370.536 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (338 | ) |  | $ | (6,968 | ) |  | $ | 1,669 |  |  | $ | (5,633 | )
Comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 70 |  |  |  | 1,742 |  |  |  | 360 |  |  |  | 2,172 |
Repurchase of common stock |  |  | (17.847 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (185 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,290 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,475 | )
Distributions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (363 | ) |  |  | (363 | )
Share-based benefit plans |  |  | 4.291 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 188 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 188 |
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 48 |  |  |  | 45 |
Balances at September 30, 2017 |  |  | 356.980 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (268 | ) |  | $ | (6,516 | ) |  | $ | 1,714 |  |  | $ | (5,066 | )
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we repurchased 17.847 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $82.62 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during November 2016. At September 30, 2017, we had $379 million of repurchase authorization available under the November 2016 authorization. During October 2017, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to $2 billion of our outstanding common stock. The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (dollars in millions):
|  | Unrealized Gains on Available- for-Sale Securities |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  |  | Defined Benefit Plans |  |  | Change in Fair Value of Derivative Instruments |  |  | Total |
Balances at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | (211 | ) |  | $ | (146 | ) |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (338 | )
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $2 of income taxes |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $34 of income taxes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 53 |
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $3 income tax benefits |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
Expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $5 and $6, respectively, income tax benefits |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 20 |
Balances at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (158 | ) |  | $ | (137 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (268 | )

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