Optical Express · Birmingham
Optical Express - Birmingham 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
Outstanding
CQC, report published October 2022
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
0.6 miles
Optegra Birmingham Eye Hospital, Birmingham
In short
Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital is a Optical Express hospital in Birmingham (B2 4RN). 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 Outstanding overall, in a report published 14 October 2022. A CQC rating describes the whole hospital, not a particular treatment.
Its prices appear on 2 local price comparison pages on this site, alongside other hospitals and the NHS waiting figures for each area.
Cataract surgery
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Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital
Birmingham
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, Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Optical Express - Birmingham 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. 11 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower.
Around Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Optegra Birmingham Eye Hospital (Optegra, Birmingham, 0.6 miles), The Priory Hospital (Circle Health Group, Birmingham, 1.7 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (Practice Plus Group, Birmingham, 2.1 miles), Spire Parkway Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Solihull, 7.0 miles), West Midlands Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Halesowen, 7.7 miles) and Sutton Medical Centre (Circle Health Group, Sutton Coldfield, 7.8 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Birmingham (1.5 miles, population 1,121,375), Smethwick (3.3 miles, population 56,340), Oldbury (5.1 miles, population 45,180), West Bromwich (5.2 miles, population 103,110), Pheasey (5.5 miles, population 9,495).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Birmingham: ophthalmology at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: median 12.0 weeks waited, 53 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- 16 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B2 4RN
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-23383414495, registered 5 August 2025
- CQC rating
- Outstanding, published 14 October 2022
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Optical Express - Birmingham 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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