Key Takeaways
- • Brentwood, Tennessee-based Surgery Partners agreed to be taken private in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.7 billion, according to the Nashville Business Journal.
- • The deal, referred to as a HealthSpan transaction in the publisher summary, will create one of the largest outpatient surgical care platforms in the United States.
- • The transaction is expected to close in 2027.
- • The primary source does not disclose the buyer, per-share price, or premium, and these details should be confirmed in subsequent filings.
Summary
Surgery Partners, a Nashville-area healthcare company headquartered in Brentwood, is going private in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.7 billion, according to a report by Nikki Ross of the Nashville Business Journal published October 26, 2026. The transaction will take the company off public markets and is expected to close next year.
According to the Nashville Business Journal, the combined business will form one of the country's largest outpatient surgical care platforms. The report does not identify the acquirer or the per-share consideration in the available text, and readers should treat those terms as unconfirmed until definitive documentation or a company announcement is available.
The Business Journals' related coverage index for this story also lists headlines on prior buyout interest, rejected offers, and a sale exploration process. Those headlines are not elaborated in the primary article and should not be read as confirmed details of the final transaction. A separate headline references a new chief executive at the publicly traded Brentwood company.
According to the Nashville Business Journal, the combined business will form one of the country's largest outpatient surgical care platforms. The report does not identify the acquirer or the per-share consideration in the available text, and readers should treat those terms as unconfirmed until definitive documentation or a company announcement is available.
The Business Journals' related coverage index for this story also lists headlines on prior buyout interest, rejected offers, and a sale exploration process. Those headlines are not elaborated in the primary article and should not be read as confirmed details of the final transaction. A separate headline references a new chief executive at the publicly traded Brentwood company.
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