Surgery Partners agrees to $23.50-a-share takeover, 17.5% above pre-deal reports

Surgery Partners agreed to a takeover by HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of Bon Secours Mercy Health, at $23.50 per share. That 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, debt included, is the total price.