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Private healthcare in Lancaster

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 5 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    0.6 miles

    Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    13 weeks

    half had waited longer at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay (August 2026)

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

In short

Lancaster is in the area of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Lancaster

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 £12,665 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,476 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest from £4,164 at Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (18 miles). UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest £2,035 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £445 at Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (18 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (18 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Lancaster

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 6,403 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust had waited 12.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 211 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 2,372 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust had waited 18.9 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 69 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 2,671 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust had waited 7.5 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 25 had waited over a year.

MRI: 91.8% of the 1,973 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 86.2% of the 1,132 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 96.3% of the 564 people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay 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 Lancaster

Lancaster had 52,655 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS area.

The 5 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Circle Health Group (2), Spire Healthcare (1), Ramsay Health Care UK (1), Optegra (1). 3 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 1 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Lancaster: Lancaster Private Hospital (0.6 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Lancaster: Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (18 miles), Fulwood Hall Hospital (19 miles), Optegra Preston (23 miles), The Beardwood Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (18 miles), Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (18 miles).

By population, Lancaster is number 32 of the 193 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the North West.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 1 independent hospital registered for surgery: Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster (0.6 miles, requires improvement).
  • No independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
  • 1 independent scanning and testing centre: Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster (0.6 miles, requires improvement).
  • 1 independent hospital or unit registered for endoscopy and other tests: Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster (0.6 miles, requires improvement).

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Lancaster’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Lancaster pages: Blackpool, Morecambe, Kendal, Fleetwood, Thornton, Heysham, Poulton-le-Fylde, Cleveleys, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Garstang.

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 Lancaster.

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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