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Capital Structure | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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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, 2017 |  |  | 350.092 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (278 | ) |  | $ | (6,532 | ) |  | $ | 1,811 |  |  | $ | (4,995 | )
Comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 1,144 |  |  |  | 138 |  |  |  | 1,363 |
Repurchase of common stock |  |  | (4.370 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (423 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (423 | )
Dividends and distributions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (126 | ) |  |  | (92 | ) |  |  | (218 | )
Share-based benefit plans |  |  | 5.265 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (114 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (114 | )
Dispositions of entities with noncontrolling interests |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (53 | ) |  |  | (53 | )
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 6 |
Balances at March 31, 2018 |  |  | 350.987 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (197 | ) |  | $ | (6,051 | ) |  | $ | 1,810 |  |  | $ | (4,434 | )
During the quarter ended March 31, 2018, we repurchased 4.370 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $96.80 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during October 2017. At March 31, 2018, we had $1.379 billion of repurchase authorization available under the October 2017 authorization. On January 30, 2018, our Board of Directors initiated and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share on our common stock. Dividends were paid on March 30, 2018 to stockholders of record on March 1, 2018. 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, 2017 |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | (149 | ) |  | $ | (168 | ) |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (278 | )
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of $1 income tax benefit |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 54 |
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $8 of income taxes |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 27 |
Expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $1 income tax benefit |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |
Balances at March 31, 2018 |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (95 | ) |  | $ | (164 | ) |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | (197 | )

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