BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) _ Surgery Partners Inc. (SGRY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $18.4 million in its second quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Brentwood, Tennessee-based company said it had a loss of 21 cents. Losses, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions and stock option expense, were 3 cents per share.

The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for a loss of 3 cents per share.

The surgical facilities operator posted revenue of $615.4 million in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $624.6 million.

Surgery Partners expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.5 billion to $2.6 billion.

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