Circle Health Group · Blackburn
The Beardwood Hospital
The self-pay prices this hospital publishes, what they include, and how they compare nearby.
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Treatments with prices
7
Hip replacement, Knee replacement, Knee arthroscopy, Carpal tunnel surgery, Cataract surgery, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy
Health regulator rating
Good
CQC, report published February 2026
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
6.3 miles
Optegra Preston, Preston
In short
The Beardwood Hospital is a Circle Health Group hospital in Blackburn (BB2 7AE). On 9 November 2026 it published self-pay prices for 7 of the treatments we cover: hip replacement, knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, carpal tunnel surgery, cataract surgery, colonoscopy, gastroscopy.
The Care Quality Commission rated the hospital Good overall, in a report published 3 February 2026. A CQC rating describes the whole hospital, not a particular treatment.
Its prices appear on 18 local price comparison pages on this site, alongside other hospitals and the NHS waiting figures for each area.
Hip replacement
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£12,665Hip replacement surgery
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £12,465 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£13,735Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £250). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 13,485 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Knee replacement
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£12,945Knee replacement surgery
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 12,745 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Knee arthroscopy
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£4,476Knee surgery via arthroscopy
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £4,276 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Carpal tunnel surgery
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£1,735Wrist surgery - Carpal Tunnel release (local anaesthetic)
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £1,535 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Cataract surgery
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£2,035Cataract removal & lens implant - one eye
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £1,835 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Colonoscopy
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£2,205Colonoscopy or camera into bowel
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £2,005 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Gastroscopy
-
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn
£1,869Gastroscopy endoscopy or camera into stomach
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £1,669 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Each price is what The Beardwood Hospital published on the date shown, not a quote. Ask for a written, itemised price for your situation.
How its prices compare
Hip replacement: 2 published prices, the lowest £12,665, £2,836 below the UK median of £15,500. 7 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Knee replacement: published at £12,945, £3,290 below the UK median of £16,235. 7 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Knee arthroscopy: published at £4,476, £207 below the UK median of £4,683. 7 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 1 of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Carpal tunnel surgery: published at £1,735, £970 below the UK median of £2,705. 7 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Cataract surgery: published at £2,035, £960 below the UK median of £2,995. 9 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 1 of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Colonoscopy: published at £2,205, £712 below the UK median of £2,917. 5 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Gastroscopy: published at £1,869, £430 below the UK median of £2,300. 5 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; none of them is lower. The published breakdown includes a first consultation at £200; diagnostic tests are listed as not included.
Around The Beardwood Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Optegra Preston (Optegra, Preston, 6.3 miles), Fulwood Hall Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Preston, 7.3 miles), Buckshaw Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Chorley, 8.1 miles), The Beaumont Hospital (Circle Health Group, Lostock Bolton, 12 miles), The Highfield Hospital (Circle Health Group, Rochdale, 17 miles) and Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale (Practice Plus Group, Rochdale, 18 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Blackburn (1.3 miles, population 124,955), Rishton (4.0 miles, population 6,655), Darwen (4.4 miles, population 27,900), Oswaldtwistle (4.7 miles, population 10,810), Great Harwood (4.9 miles, population 11,015).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Blackburn: trauma and orthopaedics at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: median 7.4 weeks waited, 7 over a year (August 2026); ophthalmology at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: median 11.8 weeks waited, 4 over a year (August 2026); endoscopy at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: 95.7% under six weeks (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 7AE
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Circle Health Group
- CQC registration
- 1-128758505, registered 11 May 2011
- CQC rating
- Good, published 3 February 2026
Compare with other hospitals
Hip replacement
Knee replacement
Knee arthroscopy
Carpal tunnel surgery
Cataract surgery
Colonoscopy
Gastroscopy
Where these figures come from
Prices: from The Beardwood 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.
This profile is factual information from the health regulator’s register and the hospital’s own published prices. It is not a review or a recommendation. Hospitals can ask for corrections through our corrections process.
Independent. We’re not part of the NHS or any hospital, we’re not clinicians, and nothing here is medical advice. Hospitals can’t pay to appear or to change their position.