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Private healthcare in Worcester

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 12 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    1.1 miles

    Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    19 weeks

    half had waited longer at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals (August 2026)

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

In short

Worcester is in the area of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Worcester

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 Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £16,043. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £16,701. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest from £4,056 at West Midlands Hospital (19 miles); nearest The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles) at £4,476. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £2,914. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (21 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £3,887. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital (24 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £3,427. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest from £347 at Winfield Hospital (22 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at £395. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £785 at Spire Parkway Hospital (25 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at £800. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £3,079. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles); nearest Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £2,313. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Worcester

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 5,536 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 19.3 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 166 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 5,213 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 14.9 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 7 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 6,374 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 12.3 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 4 had waited over a year.

MRI: 73.0% of the 1,302 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 89.0% of the 1,178 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 81.1% of the 1,681 people waiting at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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 Worcester

Worcester had 105,465 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS area.

The 12 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Ramsay Health Care UK (3), Spire Healthcare (2), Circle Health Group (2), Nuffield Health (2), Practice Plus Group (1), Optical Express (1), Optegra (1). 8 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Worcester: Spire South Bank Hospital (1.1 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Worcester: The Droitwich Spa Hospital (5.4 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Worcester: Stourside Hospital (18 miles), West Midlands Hospital (19 miles), Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital (21 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (21 miles), The Priory Hospital (22 miles), Winfield Hospital (22 miles), Nuffield Health Hereford Hospital (23 miles), Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital (24 miles), Optegra Birmingham Eye Hospital (24 miles), Spire Parkway Hospital (25 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (1.4 miles), Wye Valley NHS Trust (23 miles).

By population, Worcester is number 7 of the 107 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the West Midlands.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 5 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Worcester), Worcester (0.3 miles, good), Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester (1.1 miles, requires improvement), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Worcester (2.0 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 3 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Worcester), Worcester (0.3 miles, good), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Worcester (2.0 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Worcester, Worcester (2.4 miles, not yet rated).
  • 7 independent scanning and testing centres: Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Worcester), Worcester (0.3 miles, good), PrimaryCare-Scanning (Worcs), Worcester (0.4 miles, good), Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester (1.1 miles, requires improvement), and 4 more.
  • 5 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Worcester), Worcester (0.3 miles, good), Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester (1.1 miles, requires improvement), Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service, Worcester (2.0 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Worcester’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Worcester pages: Cheltenham, Great Malvern, Droitwich Spa, Stourport-on-Severn, Pershore.

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 Worcester.

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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