Circle Health Group · Rochdale
The Highfield Hospital
The self-pay prices this hospital publishes, what they include, and how they compare nearby.
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Treatments with prices
5
Hip replacement, Knee replacement, Cataract surgery, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy
Health regulator rating
Outstanding
CQC, report published August 2022
For the whole hospital, not one treatment.
Nearest other hospital with prices
1.6 miles
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale, Rochdale
In short
The Highfield Hospital is a Circle Health Group hospital in Rochdale (OL11 4LZ). On 9 November 2026 it published self-pay prices for 5 of the treatments we cover: hip replacement, knee replacement, cataract surgery, colonoscopy, gastroscopy.
The Care Quality Commission rated the hospital Outstanding overall, in a report published 8 August 2022. A CQC rating describes the whole hospital, not a particular treatment.
Its prices appear on 11 local price comparison pages on this site, alongside other hospitals and the NHS waiting figures for each area.
Hip replacement
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The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale
£15,460Hip 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 Highfield Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £15,460 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included
Knee replacement
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The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale
£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 Highfield 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
Cataract surgery
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The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale
£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 Highfield 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
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The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale
£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 Highfield 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
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The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale
£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 Highfield 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 Highfield Hospital published on the date shown, not a quote. Ask for a written, itemised price for your situation.
How its prices compare
Hip replacement: published at £15,460, £40 below the UK median of £15,500. 8 other hospitals within 25 miles publish a price; 4 of them are 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. 8 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. 13 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. 8 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. 6 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 Highfield Hospital
The nearest other hospitals publishing self-pay prices are Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale (Practice Plus Group, Rochdale, 1.6 miles), Oaklands Hospital (Ramsay Health Care UK, Salford, 10 miles), Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite (Nuffield Health, Manchester, 10 miles), Bridgewater Hospital (Optical Express, Manchester, 11 miles), Optegra Manchester Eye Hospital (Optegra, Didsbury, 13 miles) and Spire Manchester Hospital (Spire Healthcare, Manchester, 13 miles).
Nearest towns and cities by straight-line distance: Rochdale (0.6 miles, population 111,255), Milnrow (2.3 miles, population 9,235), Heywood (2.8 miles, population 29,725), Royton (3.2 miles, population 22,990), Shaw (3.4 miles, population 18,240).
NHS waiting lists for the same care near Rochdale: trauma and orthopaedics at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust: median 11.5 weeks waited, 0 over a year (August 2026); ophthalmology at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: median 11.6 weeks waited, 17 over a year (August 2026); endoscopy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust: 97.0% under six weeks (August 2026).
Details
- Address
- Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 4LZ
- Telephone
- Not listed by CQC
- Hospital group
- Circle Health Group
- CQC registration
- 1-128766862, registered 11 May 2011
- CQC rating
- Outstanding, published 8 August 2022
Compare with other hospitals
Hip replacement
Knee replacement
Cataract surgery
Colonoscopy
Gastroscopy
Where these figures come from
Prices: from The Highfield 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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