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Private healthcare in Wells

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 7 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    4.2 miles

    Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    13 weeks

    half had waited longer at Somerset (August 2026)

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

In short

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

Treatments near Wells

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 £13,199 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles). UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £13,799 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles). UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,540 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (17 miles); nearest Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles) at £5,899. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £2,349 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles). UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles). UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Bristol Hospital (17 miles); nearest Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles) at £2,099. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £350 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles). UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £750 at Spire Bristol Hospital (18 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £3,635 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (17 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £2,870 at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (17 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Wells

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 9,296 people waiting at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust had waited 12.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 389 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 2,627 people waiting at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust had waited 12.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 65 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,271 people waiting at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust had waited 8.6 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 18 had waited over a year.

MRI: 86.0% of the 2,004 people waiting at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 93.5% of the 811 people waiting at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 64.9% of the 2,328 people waiting at Somerset 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 Wells

Wells had 12,105 residents in the 2021 Census, in the Somerset local authority area and the NHS Somerset NHS area.

The 7 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Practice Plus Group (2), Nuffield Health (2), Optical Express (1), Circle Health Group (1), Spire Healthcare (1). 6 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 1 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Wells: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Wells: Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield (17 miles), Optical Express - Bristol Hospital (17 miles), Bath Clinic (18 miles), Spire Bristol Hospital (18 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Emersons Green (22 miles), Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (24 miles).

By population, Wells is number 77 of the 159 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the South West, in the Somerset statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 1 independent hospital registered for surgery: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles, good).
  • No independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
  • 1 independent scanning and testing centre: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles, good).
  • 1 independent hospital or unit registered for endoscopy and other tests: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (4.2 miles, good).

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Wells’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Wells pages: Taunton, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Street, Sherborne, Shepton Mallet, Glastonbury, Highbridge, Somerton.

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 Wells.

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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