Optical Express · Dartford
Optical Express - Dartford 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 June 2022
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
8.4 miles
Chelsfield Park Hospital, Orpington
In short
Optical Express - Dartford Hospital is a Optical Express hospital in Dartford (DA2 6QH). 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 22 June 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 - Dartford Hospital
Dartford
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 - Dartford Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Optical Express - Dartford 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. 27 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 1 of them is lower.
Around Optical Express - Dartford Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Chelsfield Park Hospital (Circle Health Group, Orpington, 8.4 miles), Spire Hartswood Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Brentwood, 10 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Ilford (Practice Plus Group, Ilford, 11 miles), The Blackheath Hospital (Circle Health Group, London, 11 miles), The Sloane Hospital (Circle Health Group, Beckenham, 12 miles) and Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (Nuffield Health, Brentwood, 12 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Stone (0.9 miles, population 6,440), Dartford (0.9 miles, population 69,130), Purfleet-on-Thames (1.4 miles, population 5,880), Swanscombe (2.2 miles, population 15,460), Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock (2.4 miles, population 23,585).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Stone: ophthalmology at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: median 9.4 weeks waited, 0 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Ground Floor, North Wing, Riverbridge House, Crossways Business Park, Dartford, DA2 6QH
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-23383414522, registered 5 August 2025
- CQC rating
- Good, published 22 June 2022
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Optical Express - Dartford 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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