Ramsay Health Care UK · Sawbridgeworth
Rivers Hospital
The self-pay prices this hospital publishes, what they include, and how they compare nearby.
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Treatments with prices
3
Knee arthroscopy, Carpal tunnel surgery and MRI scan
Health regulator rating
Good
CQC, report published October 2026
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
14 miles
The Kings Oak Hospital, London
In short
Rivers Hospital is a Ramsay Health Care UK hospital in Sawbridgeworth (CM21 0HH). On 9 November 2026 it published self-pay prices for 3 of the treatments we cover: knee arthroscopy, carpal tunnel surgery, MRI.
The Care Quality Commission rated the hospital Good overall, in a report published 14 October 2026. A CQC rating describes the whole hospital, not a particular treatment.
Its prices appear on 3 local price comparison pages on this site, alongside other hospitals and the NHS waiting figures for each area.
Knee arthroscopy
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Rivers Hospital
Sawbridgeworth
from£5,610Knee Arthroscopy (key hole surgery)
What’s included: Ramsay calls this a guide price (a “from” price). Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
Carpal tunnel surgery
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Rivers Hospital
Sawbridgeworth
from£2,653Carpal Tunnel Release Under Local Anaesthetic - One Wrist
What’s included: Ramsay calls this a guide price (a “from” price). Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
MRI scan
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Rivers Hospital
Sawbridgeworth
from£609MRI (one part)
What’s included: Ramsay calls this a guide price (a “from” price). Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
Each price is what Rivers Hospital published on the date shown, not a quote. Ask for a written, itemised price for your situation.
How its prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: published at from £5,610, £927 above the UK median of £4,683. 11 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 9 of them are lower. It is published as a single figure without a breakdown.
Carpal tunnel surgery: published at from £2,653, £52 below the UK median of £2,705. 12 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 6 of them are lower. It is published as a single figure without a breakdown.
MRI scan: published at from £609, £64 above the UK median of £545. 6 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 3 of them are lower. It is published as a single figure without a breakdown.
Around Rivers Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are The Kings Oak Hospital (Circle Health Group, London, 14 miles), The Cavell Hospital (Circle Health Group, Enfield, 14 miles), Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (Nuffield Health, Brentwood, 15 miles), Optical Express - Chelmsford Clinic (Optical Express, Chelmsford, 15 miles), Springfield Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Chelmsford, 16 miles) and Spire London East Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Ilford, 16 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Sawbridgeworth (0.8 miles, population 10,475), Harlow (2.8 miles, population 93,580), Bishop's Stortford (4.5 miles, population 40,915), Hoddesdon (6.9 miles, population 40,615), Ware (6.9 miles, population 19,625).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Sawbridgeworth: trauma and orthopaedics at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust: median 19.3 weeks waited, 273 over a year (August 2026); MRI at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust: 72.6% under six weeks (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- High Wych Road, High Wych, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0HH
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Ramsay Health Care UK
- CQC registration
- 1-128733105, registered 12 October 2010
- CQC rating
- Good, published 14 October 2026
Compare with other hospitals
Knee arthroscopy
Carpal tunnel surgery
MRI scan
Where these figures come from
Prices: from Rivers 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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