North West

Private healthcare in Preston

Prices hospitals near Preston 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
1.2 miles
Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston
NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far
16 weeks
half had waited longer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (August 2026)
Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Preston 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 Preston

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 The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £15,501. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £16,467. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,193 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (20 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £5,792. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £2,720. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,381 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (20 miles); nearest Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (14 miles) at from £4,164. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest £2,035 at The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £3,854. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £445 at Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (14 miles); nearest Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles) at from £525. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (14 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Preston

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 4,613 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 16.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 23 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 214 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 20.0 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 1 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,649 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited 9.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 2 had waited over a year.

MRI: 96.4% of the 1,326 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 85.5% of the 948 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 83.1% of the 527 people waiting at Lancashire Teaching 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 Preston

Preston had 94,490 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS area.

The 11 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Circle Health Group (5), Ramsay Health Care UK (4), Optegra (1), Spire Healthcare (1). 9 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 4 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Preston: Fulwood Hall Hospital (1.2 miles), Optegra Preston (3.2 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Preston: Buckshaw Hospital (6.0 miles), The Beardwood Hospital (7.8 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Preston: Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (14 miles), The Beaumont Hospital (16 miles), Renacres Hospital (16 miles), Lancaster Private Hospital (19 miles), Fairfield Independent Hospital (20 miles), The Highfield Hospital (25 miles), Oaklands Hospital (25 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (1.4 miles), East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (10 miles).

By population, Preston is number 14 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 Preston, nearest first, whether or not they publish prices. Ratings are for the whole location.

8 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston (1.2 miles, good), SpaMedica Preston, Preston (1.2 miles, outstanding), Community Health and Eyecare Limited and Head Office (CHEC - Preston), Preston (1.9 miles, good), and 5 more.
4 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Preston, Preston (1.2 miles, outstanding), Community Health and Eyecare Limited and Head Office (CHEC - Preston), Preston (1.9 miles, good), Optegra Preston, Preston (3.2 miles, not yet rated), and 1 more.
9 independent scanning and testing centres: Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston (1.2 miles, good), SpaMedica Preston, Preston (1.2 miles, outstanding), Community Health and Eyecare Limited and Head Office (CHEC - Preston), Preston (1.9 miles, good), and 6 more.
8 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston (1.2 miles, good), SpaMedica Preston, Preston (1.2 miles, outstanding), Community Health and Eyecare Limited and Head Office (CHEC - Preston), Preston (1.9 miles, good), and 5 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Preston’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Preston pages: Lytham St Anne's, Bamber Bridge, Leyland, Fulwood, Penwortham, Longton, Kirkham, Tarleton and Hesketh Bank, Cottam.

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 Preston.

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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