COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
EXHIBIT 10.25
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<p align="right" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .25in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">Exhibit 10.25</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .25in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .25in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&#160;CHS 401(K) SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">October 1, 2003</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, CHS/Community Health
Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has previously established and currently
maintains the CHS 401(k) Supplemental Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;); and</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, the Company desires to
further amend the Plan to change the participant contributions based on the
participant&#146;s entry date, effective as of October 1, 2003; and</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, the Board of Directors of
the Company has approved of such amendment;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Section 4.B. of the
Plan is amended to read as follows:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 1.0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Participant Contributions to Accounts.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; For each Plan Year, each Participant may
elect to defer Compensation that would have been received in the Plan Year, but
for the deferral election, up to a maximum deferral of 6% of Compensation, less
the maximum percentage or other portion of the Participant&#146;s Compensation that
could be deferred by the Participant for such Plan Year under the Retirement Plan.&#160; For Participant&#146;s who commence participation
in the Plan after the first quarter of a Plan Year and on or after October 1,
2003, the deferral percentage shall be reduced proportionately based on the
number of calendar quarters during which the Participant participates in the
Plan.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The changes made by
this Second Amendment to the Plan shall be effective October 1, 2003.</font></p>


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