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  <xs:element id="sgry_DebtInstrumentQuarterlyAmortizationPercentPerAnnum" abstract="false" name="DebtInstrumentQuarterlyAmortizationPercentPerAnnum" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:percentItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_SelfPayRevenueMember" abstract="true" name="SelfPayRevenueMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_PayFixedSwapNineMember" abstract="true" name="PayFixedSwapNineMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_ReceiveFixedSwapThreeMember" abstract="true" name="ReceiveFixedSwapThreeMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_PayFixedSwapThreeMember" abstract="true" name="PayFixedSwapThreeMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOperatingLeaseLiability" abstract="false" name="BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOperatingLeaseLiability" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_NumberOfSurgicalFacilitiesOwnedConsolidated" abstract="false" name="NumberOfSurgicalFacilitiesOwnedConsolidated" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_PublicStockOfferingMember" abstract="true" name="PublicStockOfferingMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="sgry_ThreeReceiveFixedInterestRateSwapsMember" abstract="true" name="ThreeReceiveFixedInterestRateSwapsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
</xs:schema>
