Optical Express · Southampton
Optical Express - Southampton (The Avenue) 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 March 2026
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
0.6 miles
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton, Southampton
In short
Optical Express - Southampton (The Avenue) Hospital is a Optical Express hospital in Southampton (SO14 1XN). 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 2 March 2026. 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 - Southampton (The Avenue) Hospital
Southampton
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 - Southampton (The Avenue) Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free
Each price is what Optical Express - Southampton (The Avenue) 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. 8 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower.
Around Optical Express - Southampton (The Avenue) Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton (Practice Plus Group, Southampton, 0.6 miles), Spire Southampton Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Southampton, 2.2 miles), Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital (Nuffield Health, Eastleigh, 5.4 miles), Optegra Solent Eye Hospital (Optegra, Whiteley, 6.8 miles), Sarum Road Hospital (Circle Health Group, Winchester, 10 miles) and Practice Plus Group Hospital, Portsmouth (Practice Plus Group, Portsmouth, 16 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Southampton (0.3 miles, population 249,620), West End (2.5 miles, population 10,870), Marchwood (3.0 miles, population 5,775), Netley (3.5 miles, population 6,305), Bursledon (3.8 miles, population 8,070).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Southampton: ophthalmology at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: median 11.8 weeks waited, 98 over a year (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Avenue House, 36-38 The Avenue, Southampton, SO14 1XN
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Optical Express
- CQC registration
- 1-1675050329, registered 1 October 2014
- CQC rating
- Good, published 2 March 2026
Compare with other hospitals
Cataract surgery
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Optical Express - Southampton (The Avenue) 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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