South West

Private healthcare in Bath

Prices hospitals near Bath publish, and how long NHS waits are locally.

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

Treatments with prices
9
at 6 hospitals within 25 miles
Nearest hospital with prices
1.9 miles
Bath Clinic, Bath
NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far
12 weeks
half had waited longer at Royal United Hospitals Bath (August 2026)
Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Bath is in the area of NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Bath

The lowest price published within 25 miles. Open a treatment to see every price, what it includes and the NHS wait.

Cheapest and nearest, treatment by treatment

Hip replacement: lowest £13,199 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles); nearest Bath Clinic (1.9 miles) at £15,846. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £13,799 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles); nearest Bath Clinic (1.9 miles) at £16,235. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,540 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (12 miles); nearest Bath Clinic (1.9 miles) at £4,946. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £2,349 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles); nearest Bath Clinic (1.9 miles) at £3,520. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles). UK median £4,011.

MRI scan: lowest £350 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £750 at Spire Bristol Hospital (12 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £3,635 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (12 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £2,870 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (12 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Bath

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 2,696 people waiting at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust had waited 11.8 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 25 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 3,847 people waiting at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust had waited 14.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 22 had waited over a year.

MRI: 94.6% of the 1,183 people waiting at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 97.2% of the 1,009 people waiting at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 73.7% of the 575 people waiting at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 69.6% across England.

These figures cover everyone already on the list and show time waited so far, not how long a new referral will take.

About Bath

Bath had 94,080 residents in the 2021 Census, in the Bath and North East Somerset local authority area and the NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire NHS area.

The 6 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Practice Plus Group (3), Circle Health Group (1), Nuffield Health (1), Spire Healthcare (1). 6 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Bath: Bath Clinic (1.9 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Bath: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (9.8 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Bath: Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (12 miles), Spire Bristol Hospital (12 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (16 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Devizes (17 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (1.3 miles), Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (30 miles).

By population, Bath is number 10 of the 159 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the South West, in the Bath and North East Somerset statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

Independent places on the health regulator’s register within 10 miles of central Bath, nearest first, whether or not they publish prices. Ratings are for the whole location.

5 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Bath Clinic, Bath (1.9 miles, good), Independent Health Group Limited, Bath (5.2 miles, outstanding), Sulis Bath Hospital Limited, Bath (5.3 miles, good), and 2 more.
1 independent eye clinic or hospital registered for surgery: SpaMedica Bristol, Bristol (7.1 miles, good).
6 independent scanning and testing centres: Bath Clinic, Bath (1.9 miles, good), Independent Health Group Limited, Bath (5.2 miles, outstanding), Sulis Bath Hospital Limited, Bath (5.3 miles, good), and 3 more.
5 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Bath Clinic, Bath (1.9 miles, good), Independent Health Group Limited, Bath (5.2 miles, outstanding), Sulis Bath Hospital Limited, Bath (5.3 miles, good), and 2 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Where these figures come from

Prices: lowest and nearest published self-pay prices within 25 miles, read from each hospital’s own website on the date shown. Straight-line distances from the centre of Bath.

Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times, August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England, Monthly Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Hospital details and ratings: CQC register (HSCA Active Locations, downloaded 9 November 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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