Universal Health Services, Inc. Announces Dividend

01/25/2007

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that its Board of Directors voted to pay a cash dividend of $0.08 per share on March 15, 2007 to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2007.

Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest hospital companies, operating acute care and behavioral health hospitals, and ambulatory centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico.

Certain statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to various risks and uncertainties as discussed in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated to update these forward-looking statements even if the Company's assessment of these risks and uncertainties changes.

For additional information on the Company, visit our website: http://www.uhsinc.com.

SOURCE Universal Health Services, Inc.

CONTACT: Steve Filton, Chief Financial Officer, Universal Health Services, Inc., +1-610-768-3300