Optical Express · London
Optical Express - London (White City) 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 2023
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
3.3 miles
Optegra Eye Hospital London, London
In short
Optical Express - London (White City) Hospital is a Optical Express hospital in London (W12 7GF). 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 19 January 2023. 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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Optical Express - London (White City) Hospital
London
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 - London (White City) Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Optical Express - London (White City) 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. 32 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower.
Around Optical Express - London (White City) Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Optegra Eye Hospital London (Optegra, London, 3.3 miles), Optical Express - London (Harley Street) Hospital (Optical Express, London, 3.4 miles), Optical Express - Great Portland Street Hospital (Optical Express, London, 3.5 miles), Syon Clinic (Circle Health Group, Brentford, 4.7 miles), Hendon Hospital (Circle Health Group, London, 6.0 miles) and Optegra London (Optegra, London, 6.0 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Hammersmith and Fulham (0.7 miles, population 183,157), Kensington and Chelsea (2.2 miles, population 143,375), Westminster (2.8 miles, population 204,236), Camden (3.9 miles, population 210,136), London (4.1 miles, population 8,799,728).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Hammersmith and Fulham: ophthalmology at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median 13.2 weeks waited, 29 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Unit 2121 Westfield Shopping Centre London, Ariel Way, White City, London, W12 7GF
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-1001911572, registered 14 October 2013
- CQC rating
- Good, published 19 January 2023
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Optical Express - London (White City) 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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