KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2004--Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS), announced today that it will report results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2004 late in the day on October 21, 2004 and will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 22, 2004. The dial in number is 1-877-648-7971.

A digital recording of the conference call will be available two hours after the completion of the conference call on October 22, 2004 and will continue through midnight on October 29, 2004. To access the recording, call 1-800-642- 1687 and enter the conference ID number 1503810.

This call will be available live over the internet at the Company's web site at www.uhsinc.com. It will also be distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating acute care and behavioral health hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation centers nationwide, in Puerto Rico, and in France. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE:UHT).

CONTACT: Universal Health Services, Inc.
Steve G. Filton, 610-768-3300

SOURCE: Universal Health Services, Inc.