Optical Express · Chelmsford
Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic
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
Not yet rated
CQC has not published a rating yet
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
1.4 miles
Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford
In short
Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic is a Optical Express hospital in Chelmsford (CM1 1LN). On 9 November 2026 it published self-pay prices for 1 of the treatments we cover: cataract surgery.
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 - Chelmsford Clinic
Chelmsford
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 - Chelmsford Clinic Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic 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. 8 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 1 of them is lower.
Around Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Springfield Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Chelmsford, 1.4 miles), Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (Nuffield Health, Brentwood, 10 miles), Spire Hartswood Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Brentwood, 12 miles), Rivers Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Sawbridgeworth, 15 miles), Southend Private Hospital (Circle Health Group, Westcliff-on-Sea, 16 miles) and Spire Wellesley Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Southend-on-Sea, 17 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Chelmsford (0.6 miles, population 110,625), Galleywood (2.6 miles, population 6,410), Danbury (4.9 miles, population 6,195), Ingatestone (6.0 miles, population 5,410), Billericay (7.6 miles, population 34,075).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Chelmsford: ophthalmology at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: median 14.2 weeks waited, 457 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Marlborough House, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, CM1 1LN
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-1527194508, registered 11 July 2014
- CQC rating
- Not yet rated
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic’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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