Surgery Partners agrees to $23.50-per-share takeover, about 17.5% above pre-announcement reports

Surgery Partners Inc. agreed to a takeover by HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of Bon Secours Mercy Health, at $23.50 per share. That price is about 17.5% above the roughly $20 per share valuation reported before the announcement, when Bloomberg, citing the Financial Times, said a near-$6 billion deal was close. The $5.7 billion enterprise value includes debt.