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Private healthcare in Chester

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 8 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    1.0 miles

    Nuffield Health Chester Hospital, Chester

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    11 weeks

    half had waited longer at Countess of Chester Hospital (August 2026)

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

In short

Chester is in the area of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Chester

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 £14,929 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £15,970. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £15,642 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £15,960. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,193 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £4,200. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,430 at Circle Cheshire Clinic (18 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £3,005. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,381 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £3,910. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (16 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £3,255. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £565 at Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (13 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £590. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (13 miles); nearest Spire Yale Hospital (11 miles) at £800. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,543 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £2,985. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £2,115 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles) at £2,285. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Chester

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 2,549 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited 11.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 3 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 1,069 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited 12.1 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 4 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,184 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited 11.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 17 had waited over a year.

MRI: 92.1% of the 1,000 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 93.3% of the 494 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 72.4% of the 925 people waiting at Countess of Chester Hospital 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 Chester

Chester had 92,760 residents in the 2021 Census, in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority area and the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside NHS area.

The 8 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (4), Circle Health Group (2), Nuffield Health (1), Optical Express (1). 5 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 1 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Chester: Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (1.0 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Chester: Spire Yale Hospital (11 miles), Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (13 miles), Spire Liverpool Hospital (13 miles), Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (16 miles), Spire Cheshire Hospital (17 miles), Circle Cheshire Clinic (18 miles), Fairfield Independent Hospital (21 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (1.2 miles), Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (15 miles).

By population, Chester is number 16 of the 193 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the North West, in the Cheshire West and Chester statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 7 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Monarch Medical Group Ltd, Chester (0.6 miles, not yet rated), Nuffield Health The Grosvenor Hospital Chester, Chester (1.0 miles, good), Cheshire Cosmetic Surgery, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), and 4 more.
  • 2 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Chester, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Chester (5.1 miles, not yet rated).
  • 5 independent scanning and testing centres: Nuffield Health The Grosvenor Hospital Chester, Chester (1.0 miles, good), Cheshire Cosmetic Surgery, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Chester, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 5 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Nuffield Health The Grosvenor Hospital Chester, Chester (1.0 miles, good), Cheshire Cosmetic Surgery, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Chester, Chester (2.1 miles, not yet rated), 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 Chester.

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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