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Private healthcare in Oxford

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    8

    at 4 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    1.9 miles

    Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital, Oxford

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    15 weeks

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

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

In short

Oxford is in the area of NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Oxford

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 £13,735 at The Shelburne Hospital (23 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles) at £17,903. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest from £16,109 at Berkshire Independent Hospital (24 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles) at £17,470. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,455 at Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles). UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at The Shelburne Hospital (23 miles). UK median £2,705.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £3,092 at Berkshire Independent Hospital (24 miles); nearest Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles) at £3,470. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £590 at Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles). UK median £545.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,973 at The Chiltern Hospital (25 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £2,539 at The Chiltern Hospital (25 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Oxford

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 8,112 people waiting at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 15.1 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 196 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 5,433 people waiting at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 17.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 198 had waited over a year.

MRI: 88.1% of the 4,345 people waiting at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

Endoscopy: 40.6% of the 2,670 people waiting at Oxford 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 Oxford

Oxford had 170,805 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Thames Valley NHS area.

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

Within 5 miles of central Oxford: Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Oxford: The Shelburne Hospital (23 miles), Berkshire Independent Hospital (24 miles), The Chiltern Hospital (25 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (1.7 miles), Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (25 miles).

By population, Oxford is number 6 of the 270 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the South East.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 3 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital Oxford, Oxford (1.9 miles, good), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Abingdon (6.4 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Oxford, Witney (6.6 miles, not yet rated).
  • 2 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Abingdon (6.4 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Oxford, Witney (6.6 miles, not yet rated).
  • 5 independent scanning and testing centres: St Luke's Radiology Oxford Ltd, Oxford (1.7 miles, not yet rated), Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital Oxford, Oxford (1.9 miles, good), Genesis Care, Oxford, Oxford (2.9 miles, good), and 2 more.
  • 3 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital Oxford, Oxford (1.9 miles, good), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Abingdon (6.4 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Oxford, Witney (6.6 miles, not yet rated).

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Oxford’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Oxford pages: Swindon, Didcot, Abingdon-on-Thames, Witney, Carterton, Kidlington, Wallingford, Eynsham, Benson.

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 Oxford.

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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