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Private healthcare in Southend-on-Sea

Prices hospitals near Southend-on-Sea 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

    0.4 miles

    Southend Private Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    31 weeks

    half had waited longer at Mid and South Essex (August 2026)

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

In short

Southend-on-Sea is in the area of NHS Essex Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Southend-on-Sea

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 from £12,910 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at from £18,725. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest from £13,662 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at from £18,157. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,650 at Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (17 miles); nearest Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham (13 miles) at £5,899. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £200 at Southend Private Hospital (0.4 miles). UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham (13 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at from £4,012. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest £175 at Southend Private Hospital (0.4 miles). UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest from £420 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at £495. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest from £500 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at £765. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest from £2,525 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at from £3,474. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest from £2,152 at KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles); nearest Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles) at from £2,878. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Southend-on-Sea

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 11,377 people waiting at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had waited 30.8 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 2,418 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 9,158 people waiting at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had waited 16.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 895 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 13,629 people waiting at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had waited 14.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 457 had waited over a year.

MRI: 68.9% of the 7,872 people waiting at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 91.1% of the 3,112 people waiting at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 34.5% of the 5,104 people waiting at Mid and South Essex 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 Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea had 182,305 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Essex NHS area.

The 11 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (3), Optical Express (2), Circle Health Group (1), Practice Plus Group (1), Ramsay Health Care UK (1), Nuffield Health (1), KIMS Hospital (1), Optegra (1). 9 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Southend-on-Sea: Southend Private Hospital (0.4 miles), Spire Wellesley Hospital (1.4 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Southend-on-Sea: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham (13 miles), Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic (16 miles), Springfield Hospital (16 miles), Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (17 miles), Spire Alexandra Hospital (17 miles), Spire Hartswood Hospital (18 miles), KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (20 miles), Optical Express - Dartford Hospital (20 miles), Optegra Maidstone (23 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (0.3 miles), East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (26 miles).

By population, Southend-on-Sea is number 4 of the 175 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the East of England.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 5 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Southend Private Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-on-Sea (1.4 miles, good), Jorja Essex, Leigh-on-Sea (2.1 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 1 independent eye clinic or hospital registered for surgery: Essex Tongue Tie Division, Benfleet (6.3 miles, not yet rated).
  • 6 independent scanning and testing centres: Southend Private Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-on-Sea (1.4 miles, good), The International Radiology Reporting Group Limited, Southend-on-Sea (1.5 miles, not yet rated), and 3 more.
  • 6 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Southend Private Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea (0.4 miles, outstanding), Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-on-Sea (1.4 miles, good), Jorja Essex, Leigh-on-Sea (2.1 miles, not yet rated), and 3 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Southend-on-Sea’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Southend-on-Sea pages: Thundersley and South Benfleet, Canvey Island, Rayleigh, Hockley and Hawkwell, Rochford, Burnham-on-Crouch, Great Wakering, Ashingdon, Hullbridge.

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 Southend-on-Sea.

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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