What is the most common complaint against Tenet Healthcare Corporation?

The most common issue consumers report about Tenet Healthcare Corporation is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Not given enough info to verify debt". This is based on 1,196 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Tenet Healthcare Corporation increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Tenet Healthcare Corporation are falling. The company received 12 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Tenet Healthcare Corporation's reputation grade?

Tenet Healthcare Corporation has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Tenet Healthcare Corporation respond to consumer complaints?

Tenet Healthcare Corporation has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 13% of cases.

In how many states does Tenet Healthcare Corporation operate?

Tenet Healthcare Corporation has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 38 states, with the most complaints from Texas (324 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 38 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

399
Disclosure verification of debt

343
Attempts to collect debt not owed

168
Written notification about debt

110
False statements or representation

69
Communication tactics

43

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record tenet-healthcare-corporation Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Grade D · 1,196 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #134 · compose #4129

VOL 1,196
GRADE D
12MO 12
STATES 38
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 13%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #134
COMPOSE #4,129

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Zions Debt Holdings (1,199 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Tenet Healthcare Corporation's 1,196 CFPB complaints sit next to Zions Debt Holdings on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Steady monthly series

Texas is the plurality state for Tenet Healthcare Corporation (27.1%)

Volume rank #134 and composite rank #4,129 diverge by 3,995 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 27.1%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 38 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2018-06 at 6.9% (99 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #134 volume; #4,129 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,995 places worse than volume

How does Tenet Healthcare Corporation compare to its peers?

How does TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPO… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

511

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-06 2020-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	399
Disclosure verification of debt	343
Attempts to collect debt not owed	168
Written notification about debt	110
False statements or representation	69
Communication tactics	43
Improper contact or sharing of info	33
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	20
Taking/threatening an illegal action	6
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5

Where do complaints against Tenet Healthcare Corporation come from?

Tenet Healthcare Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

324
Florida

229
Georgia

178
California

113
South Carolina

45
Pennsylvania

43
Tennessee

35
Alabama

27

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Tenet Healthcare Corporation: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 1,196.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 88.15126050420167%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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