SC 13G/A

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                                   UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934

                             (AMENDMENT NO.1)*

                         LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS INC
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (NAME OF ISSUER)

                                  COM
             -----------------------------------------------------
                       (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                 53219L109
             -----------------------------------------------------
                              (CUSIP NUMBER)

                           December 31, 2010
             -----------------------------------------------------
            (Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)

  Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which
  this Schedule is filed:

    X  Rule 13d-1(b)
       Rule 13d-1(c)
       Rule 13d-1(d)

  * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
  person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
  of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
  which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

  The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
  be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities
  of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
  of the Act (however, see the Notes).

                       (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S))






                                   13G                     Page 7 of 10 Pages
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
          Mutuelles AXA and AXA - France
          AXA Financial, Inc. - Delaware

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:  COM

Item 2(e) Cusip Number:  53219L109

Item 3.   Type of Reporting Person:
          AXA Financial, Inc. as a parent holding company,
          in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).

          The Mutuelles AXA, as a group, acting as a parent
          holding company.

          AXA as a parent holding company.




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Item 4. Ownership as of 12/31/2010

        (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  7,600  shares of common stock
        (b) Percent of Class:  0.0%

        (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:



                        (i)           (ii)          (iii)         (iv)
                        Deemed        Deemed        Deemed        Deemed
                        to have       to have       to have       to have
                        Sole Power    Shared Power  Sole Power    Shared Power
                        to Vote       to Vote       to Dispose    to Dispose
                        or to         or to         or to         or to
                        Direct        Direct        Direct the    Direct the
                        the Vote      the Vote      Disposition   Disposition
                        ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
                                                      


The Mutuelles                      0             0             0             0
AXA, AXA, as
holding companies

AXA Financial, Inc.,               0             0             0         7,600
 through its
subsidiaries



Each of the Mutuelles AXA, as a group, and AXA expressly declares that the
filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that it is,
for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner of any
securities covered by this Schedule 13G.

AllianceBernstein L.P. is a majority owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc.
and an indirect majority owned subsidiary of AXA SA.  AllianceBernstein
operates under independent management and makes independent decisions from
AXA and AXA Financial and their respective subsidiaries and AXA and AXA
Financial calculate and report beneficial ownership separately from
AllianceBernstein pursuant to guidance provided by the Securities and
Exchange Commission in Release Number 34-39538 (January 12, 1998).

AllianceBernstein may be deemed to share beneficial ownership with AXA reporting
persons by virtue of 7,600 shares of common stock acquired on behalf of the
general and separate accounts of the affiliated entities for which
AllianceBernstein serves as a subadvisor. Each of AllianceBernstein and the AXA
entities reporting herein acquired their shares of common stock for investment
purposes in the ordinary course of their investment management and insurance



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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
        If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
        hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
        more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following.

                                                                          [X]

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person.  N/A

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
        the Security Being Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company:

        This Schedule 13G is being filed by AXA Financial, Inc.; AXA,
        which owns AXA Financial, Inc.; and the Mutuelles AXA, which as a group
        control AXA:

   ( )  in the Mutuelles AXAs' capacity, as a group, acting as a parent
        holding company with respect to the holdings of the following
        AXA entity or entities:

   ( )  in AXA's capacity as a parent holding company with respect
        to the holdings of the following AXA entity or entities:


   (X)  in AXA Financial, Inc.'s capacity as a parent holding company
        with respect to the holdings of the following subsidiaries:

   (X)  AllianceBernstein L.P.
        (13-3434400), an investment adviser registered under
        Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

   (X)  AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
        (13-5570651), an insurance company and an investment
        adviser  registered under Section 203 of the Investment
        Advisers Act of 1940.



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Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.      N/A

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group:                                N/A

Item 10. Certification:

         By signing below I certify that to the best of my knowledge and
    belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
    course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not
    have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer
    of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a
    participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.



         Signature

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
    belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
    is true, complete and correct.





   Date:    02/09/2011                     AXA FINANCIAL, INC.*






                                           /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel

                                              Alvin H. Fenichel
                                            Senior Vice President
                                        and Chief Accounting Officer






   *Pursuant to the Joint Filing Agreement with respect to Schedule 13G
    attached hereto as Exhibit I, among AXA Financial, Inc., AXA Assurances
    I.A.R.D Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, and AXA, this statement

    Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them.

EX-24

                                                                  EXHIBIT I



                                 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                                 ----------------------




     Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Schedule
 13G filed herewith is filed jointly, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on behalf
  of each of them.


          Dated:    February 9, 2011

          AXA Financial, Inc.



          BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
             -----------------------------------------
             Alvin H. Fenichel
             Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer



   AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle; AXA Assurances Vie
 Mutuelle; as a  group, and AXA

          Signed on behalf of each of the above entities



          BY: /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
             -----------------------------------------
             Alvin H. Fenichel
             Attorney-in-Fact
             (Executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney)