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Private healthcare in Ely

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    9

    at 7 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    12 miles

    Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, Cambridge

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    15 weeks

    half had waited longer at Cambridge University Hospitals (August 2026)

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

In short

Ely is in the area of NHS Central East Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Ely

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 £14,680 at St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £18,286. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £15,430 at St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £19,877. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,565 at Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (16 miles). UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £2,103 at St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £3,048. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £2,752 at St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £4,247. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Cambridge Clinic (15 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £2,981. UK median £2,995.

CT scan: lowest from £445 at Vista Health (24 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at £950. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest from £2,986 at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles) at from £2,404. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Ely

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 4,462 people waiting at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 15.1 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 16 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 1,616 people waiting at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 16.9 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 21 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,853 people waiting at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 12.0 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 10 had waited over a year.

CT: 97.5% of the 772 people waiting at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 95.3% of the 2,172 people waiting at Cambridge University 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 Ely

Ely had 19,185 residents in the 2021 Census, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority area and the NHS Central East NHS area.

The 7 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Optical Express (3), Spire Healthcare (1), Nuffield Health (1), Circle Health Group (1), Vista Health (1). 4 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 0 are within 10 miles.

10 to 25 miles of central Ely: Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (12 miles), Optical Express - Cambridge Clinic (15 miles), Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (16 miles), Optical Express Wisbech Clinic (18 miles), St Edmunds Hospital (22 miles), Vista Health (24 miles), Optical Express - Peterborough Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (16 miles), North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (26 miles).

By population, Ely is number 66 of the 175 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the East of England, in the East Cambridgeshire statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • No independent hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
  • No independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
  • No independent scanning and testing centres on the register within 10 miles.
  • No independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests on the register within 10 miles.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Ely’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Ely pages: King's Lynn, Thetford, Soham, Littleport.

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 Ely.

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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