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Private healthcare in Reading

Prices hospitals near Reading publish, and how long NHS waits are locally.

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 12 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    1.1 miles

    Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    10 weeks

    half had waited longer at Royal Berkshire (August 2026)

    Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Reading is in the area of NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Reading

The lowest price published within 25 miles. Open a treatment to see every price, what it includes and the NHS wait.

Cheapest and nearest, treatment by treatment

Hip replacement: lowest £12,665 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £16,079. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £16,109. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,455 at Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (25 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £7,492. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £2,932. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest from £3,761 at Spire Clare Park Hospital (16 miles). UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest £2,035 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £3,092. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £430 at Spire Thames Valley Hospital (18 miles); nearest Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles) at from £609. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £800 at Spire Clare Park Hospital (16 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Reading

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 2,231 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited 10.0 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 3 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 2,901 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited 9.8 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 1 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 5,419 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited 11.0 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 8 had waited over a year.

MRI: 89.1% of the 2,492 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 99.2% of the 1,163 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 81.1% of the 688 people waiting at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 69.6% across England.

These figures cover everyone already on the list and show time waited so far, not how long a new referral will take.

About Reading

Reading had 203,795 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Thames Valley NHS area.

The 12 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Circle Health Group (5), Nuffield Health (3), Spire Healthcare (2), Ramsay Health Care UK (1), Optegra (1). 11 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 1 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Reading: Berkshire Independent Hospital (1.1 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Reading: The Hampshire Clinic (12 miles), The Shelburne Hospital (16 miles), Spire Clare Park Hospital (16 miles), Spire Thames Valley Hospital (18 miles), Nuffield Health Woking Hospital (19 miles), The Runnymede Hospital (19 miles), Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (21 miles), Optegra Surrey Eye Hospital (21 miles), The Chiltern Hospital (21 miles), Mount Alvernia Hospital (22 miles), Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (25 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (0.7 miles), Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (21 miles).

By population, Reading is number 4 of the 270 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the South East.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

Independent places on the health regulator’s register within 10 miles of central Reading, nearest first, whether or not they publish prices. Ratings are for the whole location.

  • 10 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Thames Valley General Surgery (TVGS) (1), Reading (0.7 miles, not yet rated), CircleReading, Reading (1.0 miles, good), The Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading (1.1 miles, good), and 7 more.
  • 2 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: Optimax Laser Eye Clinics - Reading, Reading (1.1 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Wokingham, Wokingham (5.6 miles, good).
  • 11 independent scanning and testing centres: Thames Valley General Surgery (TVGS) (1), Reading (0.7 miles, not yet rated), CircleReading, Reading (1.0 miles, good), The Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading (1.1 miles, good), and 8 more.
  • 11 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Thames Valley General Surgery (TVGS) (1), Reading (0.7 miles, not yet rated), CircleReading, Reading (1.0 miles, good), The Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading (1.1 miles, good), and 8 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Reading’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Reading pages: Wokingham, Caversham, Woodley, Winnersh, Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross, Burghfield Common, Shinfield.

Where these figures come from

Prices: lowest and nearest published self-pay prices within 25 miles, read from each hospital’s own website on the date shown. Straight-line distances from the centre of Reading.

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.

Hospital details and ratings: CQC register (HSCA Active Locations, downloaded 9 November 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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