Optical Express · Manchester
Bridgewater Hospital
The self-pay prices this hospital publishes, what they include, and how they compare nearby.
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Treatments with prices
1
Cataract surgery
Health regulator rating
Good
CQC, report published January 2022
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
0.7 miles
Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite, Manchester
In short
Bridgewater Hospital is a Optical Express hospital in Manchester (M15 5AT). On 9 November 2026 it published self-pay prices for 1 of the treatments we cover: cataract surgery.
The Care Quality Commission rated the hospital Good overall, in a report published 6 January 2022. A CQC rating describes the whole hospital, not a particular treatment.
Its prices appear on 1 local price comparison page on this site, alongside other hospitals and the NHS waiting figures for each area.
Cataract surgery
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Bridgewater Hospital
Manchester
from£2,000Cataract surgery (per eye)
What’s included: A “from” price per eye. Optical Express says the first consultation is free. Check with the clinic what’s included for your lens choice.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Bridgewater Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Bridgewater Hospital published on the date shown, not a quote. Ask for a written, itemised price for your situation.
How its prices compare
Cataract surgery: published at from £2,000, £995 below the UK median of £2,995. 13 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower.
Around Bridgewater Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite (Nuffield Health, Manchester, 0.7 miles), Optegra Manchester Eye Hospital (Optegra, Didsbury, 2.0 miles), Spire Manchester Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Manchester, 2.4 miles), Spire Manchester Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Manchester, 2.4 miles), Oaklands Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Salford, 3.8 miles) and The Alexandra Hospital (Circle Health Group, Cheadle, 4.5 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Manchester (1.7 miles, population 470,405), Stretford (2.8 miles, population 28,015), Salford (2.8 miles, population 108,410), Old Trafford (2.8 miles, population 21,445), Reddish (3.8 miles, population 22,200).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Manchester: ophthalmology at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: median 11.6 weeks waited, 17 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- 120 Princess Road, Manchester, M15 5AT
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-2112545028, registered 6 July 2015
- CQC rating
- Good, published 6 January 2022
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Bridgewater Hospital’s own price pages on the date shown. We store the price, the hospital’s own label, what its page says is included, the link and the date.
Comparisons use other hospitals’ published self-pay prices within 25 miles (straight line) and across the UK, all checked on the same date.
NHS figures describe time waited so far by everyone on the list. 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.
Registration details and rating: CQC register (HSCA Active Locations, downloaded 9 November 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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