Surgery Partners agrees to be bought for $23.50 a share

Surgery Partners agreed to be bought by HealthSpan Partners, a company linked to Bon Secours Mercy Health, for $23.50 per share. That is 17.5% more than the roughly $20 per share value reported before the announcement, when Bloomberg, citing the Financial Times, said a deal near $6 billion was close. Counting debt, the company's total price is $5.7 billion.