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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 1,196 complaints

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 38 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Tenet Healthcare Corporation

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 #386

  • VOL 1,196
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 12
  • STATES 38
  • TIMELY 88%
  • DISPUTE 13%
  • ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
  • RANK #134
  • COMPOSE #386

Volume peers

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

Stellar Recovery, Inc.Stellar Recovery, Inc.1,162FirstPoint Collection ResourcesFirstPoint Collection Resour…1,173The Outsource Group, IncThe Outsource Group, Inc1,183Tenet Healthcare Corporation (this)Tenet Healthcare Corporation…1,196Zions Debt HoldingsZions Debt Holdings1,199
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 →

How the 1,196 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Tenet Healthcare Corporation, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
50.3/100
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume F
1,196
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
88%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
13%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Steady monthly series

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

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. 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)
Corpus ranks
#134 volume
#386 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

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 CORPORATION National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
12
511
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
88%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
13%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Tenet Healthcare Corporation a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 60%70%80%90%100%110% 10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Tenet Healthcare Corporation vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Tenet Healthcare CorporationFirstPoint Collection ResourcesStellar Recovery, Inc.Capital Accounts, LLCConn's, Inc.General Motors Financial Company, Inc.Williams & Fudge, IncUnited Revenue Corporation
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Tenet Healthcare Corporation's complaint volume in context

Tenet Healthcare Corporation vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

1,196 Top 2% higher than 98% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Below this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. Tenet Healthcare Corporation 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
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.

Top states by complaints against Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Across 38 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

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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