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Private healthcare in St Helens

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 18 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    2.6 miles

    Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    10 weeks

    half had waited longer at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (August 2026)

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

In short

St Helens is in the area of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near St Helens

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 Alexandra Hospital (22 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £14,929. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at The Alexandra Hospital (22 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £15,642. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,193 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles). UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,430 at Circle Cheshire Clinic (16 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £2,403. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,381 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles). UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (11 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £2,420. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £400 at Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite (21 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (8.8 miles) at £565. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £587 at Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite (21 miles); nearest Spire Liverpool Hospital (8.8 miles) at £720. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at The Beaumont Hospital (13 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £2,543. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Beaumont Hospital (13 miles); nearest Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles) at £2,115. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near St Helens

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 7,922 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 9.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 148 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 6,314 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 14.1 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 177 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,871 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 11.7 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 8 had waited over a year.

MRI: 86.2% of the 2,904 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 89.6% of the 1,544 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 81.1% of the 2,162 people waiting at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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 St Helens

St Helens had 107,680 residents in the 2021 Census, in the St. Helens local authority area and the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside NHS area.

The 18 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Circle Health Group (5), Spire Healthcare (5), Ramsay Health Care UK (4), Nuffield Health (2), Optical Express (1), Optegra (1). 15 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central St Helens: Fairfield Independent Hospital (2.6 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central St Helens: Spire Liverpool Hospital (8.8 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central St Helens: Spire Cheshire Hospital (10 miles), Optical Express - Liverpool Hospital (11 miles), The Beaumont Hospital (13 miles), Renacres Hospital (14 miles), Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (16 miles), Circle Cheshire Clinic (16 miles), Buckshaw Hospital (17 miles), Oaklands Hospital (17 miles), Optegra Preston (20 miles), Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (20 miles), Spire Manchester Hospital (20 miles), Spire Manchester Hospital (20 miles), Nuffield Health Manchester Diagnostic Suite (21 miles), The Alexandra Hospital (22 miles), The Beardwood Hospital (23 miles), Fulwood Hall Hospital (23 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (2.7 miles), North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (6.4 miles).

By population, St Helens is number 12 of the 193 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the North West, in the St. Helens statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 12 independent hospitals registered for surgery: ASET Hospital, Prescot (2.4 miles, requires improvement), Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens (2.6 miles, good), Pall Mall Medical Diagnostic Treatment Centre, Newton Le Willows (4.1 miles, requires improvement), and 9 more.
  • 5 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Haydock, Newton-le-Willows (4.6 miles, not yet rated), SpaMedica Widnes, Widnes (5.8 miles, outstanding), SpaMedica Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale (7.3 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 12 independent scanning and testing centres: ASET Hospital, Prescot (2.4 miles, requires improvement), Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens (2.6 miles, good), The Scanning Midwife, St. Helens (3.6 miles, not yet rated), and 9 more.
  • 10 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: ASET Hospital, Prescot (2.4 miles, requires improvement), Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens (2.6 miles, good), Pall Mall Medical Diagnostic Treatment Centre, Newton Le Willows (4.1 miles, requires improvement), and 7 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share St Helens’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the St Helens pages: Orrell, Rainford.

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 St Helens.

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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