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Private healthcare in Wakefield

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 13 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    5.1 miles

    Spire Methley Park Hospital, Leeds

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    16 weeks

    half had waited longer at Mid Yorkshire Teaching (August 2026)

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

In short

Wakefield is in the area of NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Wakefield

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 Thornbury Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £16,462. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at Thornbury Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £16,791. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,476 at Thornbury Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £5,245. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at Thornbury Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £2,806. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest from £3,762 at Spire Leeds Hospital (10 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £3,973. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.1 miles). UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £565 at Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £720 at Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at Huddersfield Private Hospital (12 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £3,062. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at Thornbury Hospital (21 miles); nearest Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles) at from £2,356. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Wakefield

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 5,160 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust had waited 15.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 137 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 1,727 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust had waited 12.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 4 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 5,114 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust had waited 11.8 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 16 had waited over a year.

MRI: 87.4% of the 2,034 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 100.0% of the 949 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 99.5% of the 1,389 people waiting at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS 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 Wakefield

Wakefield had 97,870 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS West Yorkshire NHS area.

The 13 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (3), Circle Health Group (3), Optegra (3), Optical Express (2), Nuffield Health (1), Ramsay Health Care UK (1). 8 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 3 are within 10 miles.

5 to 10 miles of central Wakefield: Spire Methley Park Hospital (5.1 miles), Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.1 miles), Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (8.3 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Wakefield: Spire Leeds Hospital (10 miles), Huddersfield Private Hospital (12 miles), Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (13 miles), Spire Elland Hospital (13 miles), Optegra Bowcliffe Hall (15 miles), Optical Express - Sheffield (Meadowhall) Clinic (19 miles), Park Hill Hospital (19 miles), Optegra Sheffield (20 miles), The Duchy Hospital (21 miles), Thornbury Hospital (21 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (0.9 miles), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (8.5 miles).

By population, Wakefield is number 7 of the 157 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the Yorkshire and The Humber.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 9 independent hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Wakefield, Wakefield (1.7 miles, outstanding), Spire Methley Park Hospital, Leeds (5.1 miles, good), Dr. Raja Hair Restoration, Leeds (7.0 miles, not yet rated), and 6 more.
  • 6 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: Newmedica Wakefield, Wakefield (1.4 miles, good), SpaMedica Wakefield, Wakefield (1.7 miles, outstanding), Optical Express – Leeds Hospital, Leeds (8.0 miles, not yet rated), and 3 more.
  • 8 independent scanning and testing centres: SpaMedica Wakefield, Wakefield (1.7 miles, outstanding), Spire Methley Park Hospital, Leeds (5.1 miles, good), Optical Express – Leeds Hospital, Leeds (8.0 miles, not yet rated), and 5 more.
  • 8 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: SpaMedica Wakefield, Wakefield (1.7 miles, outstanding), Spire Methley Park Hospital, Leeds (5.1 miles, good), Optical Express – Leeds Hospital, Leeds (8.0 miles, not yet rated), and 5 more.

Hospitals with published prices

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 Wakefield.

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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