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Yorkshire and The Humber

Private healthcare in Ripon

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 9 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    11 miles

    The Duchy Hospital, Harrogate

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    13 weeks

    half had waited longer at Harrogate and District (August 2026)

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

In short

Ripon is in the area of NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Ripon

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 £15,465 at The Duchy Hospital (11 miles). UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest from £14,975 at Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles); nearest The Duchy Hospital (11 miles) at £16,625. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest from £4,400 at Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles); nearest The Duchy Hospital (11 miles) at £5,167. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £2,196 at The Duchy Hospital (11 miles). UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest from £3,762 at Spire Leeds Hospital (21 miles); nearest The Duchy Hospital (11 miles) at £3,986. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (24 miles); nearest The Duchy Hospital (11 miles) at £3,794. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest from £325 at Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £945 at Spire Leeds Hospital (21 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Duchy Hospital (11 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £2,455 at Nuffield Health York Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire Leeds Hospital (21 miles) at from £2,487. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Ripon

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 3,575 people waiting at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust had waited 13.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 10 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 2,126 people waiting at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust had waited 10.5 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 1,502 people waiting at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust had waited 9.1 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

MRI: 75.4% of the 297 people waiting at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 91.4% of the 186 people waiting at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 94.9% of the 374 people waiting at Harrogate and District 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 Ripon

Ripon had 16,590 residents in the 2021 Census, in the North Yorkshire local authority area and the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire NHS area.

The 9 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Optegra (3), Nuffield Health (2), Circle Health Group (1), Ramsay Health Care UK (1), Spire Healthcare (1), Optical Express (1). 6 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 0 are within 10 miles.

10 to 25 miles of central Ripon: The Duchy Hospital (11 miles), Optegra York (20 miles), Optegra Bowcliffe Hall (20 miles), Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles), Spire Leeds Hospital (21 miles), Nuffield Health York Hospital (22 miles), Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (23 miles), Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (24 miles), Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (10 miles), York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (22 miles), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (55 miles).

By population, Ripon is number 44 of the 157 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the Yorkshire and The Humber, in the North Yorkshire statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 1 independent hospital registered for surgery: Kliniken Limited, Harrogate (5.7 miles, not yet rated).
  • No independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
  • 1 independent scanning and testing centre: Kliniken Limited, Harrogate (5.7 miles, not yet rated).
  • 1 independent hospital or unit registered for endoscopy and other tests: Kliniken Limited, Harrogate (5.7 miles, not yet rated).

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Ripon’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Ripon pages: Middlesbrough, Darlington, Knaresborough, Catterick Garrison, Northallerton.

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 Ripon.

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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