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Private healthcare in Bradford

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 11 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    3.5 miles

    Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, Bradford

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    15 weeks

    half had waited longer at Bradford Teaching Hospitals (August 2026)

    Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Bradford is in the area of NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Bradford

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 £15,460 at The Highfield Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) at from £15,752. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at The Highfield Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) at from £16,579. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,745 at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (8.6 miles). UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £2,196 at The Duchy Hospital (16 miles); nearest Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) at from £2,691. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest from £3,762 at Spire Leeds Hospital (11 miles); nearest Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) at from £3,801. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.8 miles); nearest Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (3.5 miles) at £2,995. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £565 at Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at Huddersfield Private Hospital (9.4 miles); nearest Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) at from £3,115. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Highfield Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (8.6 miles) at £2,550. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Bradford

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 1,953 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 14.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 31 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 312 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 14.6 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 2,400 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 10.0 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

MRI: 99.5% of the 665 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 100.0% of the 797 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 88.9% of the 675 people waiting at Bradford Teaching Hospitals 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 Bradford

Bradford had 333,950 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS West Yorkshire NHS area.

The 11 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (3), Circle Health Group (3), Optegra (2), Nuffield Health (1), Optical Express (1), Practice Plus Group (1). 8 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 5 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Bradford: Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (3.5 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Bradford: Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles), Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (8.6 miles), Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.8 miles), Huddersfield Private Hospital (9.4 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Bradford: Spire Leeds Hospital (11 miles), Spire Methley Park Hospital (14 miles), The Duchy Hospital (16 miles), Optegra Bowcliffe Hall (18 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale (19 miles), The Highfield Hospital (21 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (1.6 miles), Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (9.8 miles).

By population, Bradford is number 3 of the 157 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the Yorkshire and The Humber.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 15 independent hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Bradford, Bradford (1.7 miles, good), Eccleshill Treatment Centre, Bradford (3.0 miles, good), Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, Bradford (3.5 miles, good), and 12 more.
  • 7 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Bradford, Bradford (1.7 miles, good), Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, Bradford (3.5 miles, good), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Cleckheaton (3.9 miles, not yet rated), and 4 more.
  • 14 independent scanning and testing centres: SpaMedica Bradford, Bradford (1.7 miles, good), Insta-Scan Shipley, Shipley (2.9 miles, not yet rated), Eccleshill Treatment Centre, Bradford (3.0 miles, good), and 11 more.
  • 13 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: SpaMedica Bradford, Bradford (1.7 miles, good), Eccleshill Treatment Centre, Bradford (3.0 miles, good), Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, Bradford (3.5 miles, good), and 10 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Bradford’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Bradford pages: Keighley, Batley, Brighouse, Shipley, Bingley, Liversedge, Baildon, Gomersal and Birkenshaw, Heckmondwike, Guiseley, Cleckheaton, Queensbury, Shelf and Northowram, Silsden, Menston, Haworth, Thornton, Drighlington, Steeton.

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 Bradford.

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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