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Private healthcare in Liverpool

Prices hospitals near Liverpool 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

    1.7 miles

    Spire Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    16 weeks

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

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

In short

Liverpool 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 Liverpool

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 (8.7 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £15,370. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £15,642 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £16,185. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,193 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £4,327. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,430 at Circle Cheshire Clinic (21 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £2,823. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,381 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £3,678. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (2.9 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £2,944. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest from £525 at Buckshaw Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at £565. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Beaumont Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £2,943. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Beaumont Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles) at from £2,259. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Liverpool

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 4,672 people waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 16.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 52 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 2,269 people waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 18.8 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 39 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 8,348 people waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 9.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

MRI: 90.5% of the 2,319 people waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 99.7% of the 1,501 people waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 60.7% of the 117 people waiting at Alder Hey Children's 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 Liverpool

Liverpool had 506,565 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside NHS area.

The 11 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (3), Circle Health Group (3), Ramsay Health Care UK (2), Optical Express (1), Nuffield Health (1), Optegra (1). 8 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 4 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Liverpool: Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles), Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (2.9 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Liverpool: Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (7.8 miles), Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Liverpool: Renacres Hospital (13 miles), Spire Cheshire Hospital (15 miles), Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (16 miles), Circle Cheshire Clinic (21 miles), The Beaumont Hospital (21 miles), Buckshaw Hospital (22 miles), Optegra Preston (25 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (1.8 miles), Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (5.7 miles), Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (1.2 miles).

By population, Liverpool is number 1 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 Liverpool, nearest first, whether or not they publish prices. Ratings are for the whole location.

  • 11 independent hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Liverpool, Liverpool (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (1.8 miles, good), Liverpool Skin Clinic, Liverpool (2.1 miles, requires improvement), and 8 more.
  • 5 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Liverpool, Liverpool (0.4 miles, outstanding), Optical Express – Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (2.9 miles, not yet rated), Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited - Liverpool, Liverpool (3.0 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 9 independent scanning and testing centres: SpaMedica Liverpool, Liverpool (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (1.8 miles, good), ACES Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (2.9 miles, not yet rated), and 6 more.
  • 9 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: SpaMedica Liverpool, Liverpool (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (1.8 miles, good), ACES Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (2.9 miles, not yet rated), and 6 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Liverpool’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Liverpool pages: Birkenhead, Wallasey, Huyton with Roby, Bebington, Bootle, Crosby, Heswall, Litherland, West Kirby, Greasby, Aintree, Hoylake, Meols.

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 Liverpool.

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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