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Private healthcare in Watford

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    10

    at 25 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    2.8 miles

    Bishops Wood Hospital, London

  • NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far

    17 weeks

    half had waited longer at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals (August 2026)

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

In short

Watford is in the area of NHS Central East Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Watford

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 £12,550 at The Kings Oak Hospital (13 miles); nearest Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles) at from £17,139. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £11,195 at The London Independent Hospital (18 miles); nearest Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles) at from £17,536. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest £4,476 at The Clementine Churchill Hospital (6.5 miles); nearest Bishops Wood Hospital (2.8 miles) at £4,801. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at Hendon Hospital (8.6 miles); nearest Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles) at from £3,112. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Ilford (23 miles); nearest Bishops Wood Hospital (2.8 miles) at £4,381. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - London (White City) Hospital (12 miles); nearest Bishops Wood Hospital (2.8 miles) at £3,181. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £430 at Spire Thames Valley Hospital (10 miles); nearest Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles) at £545. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest from £360 at scan.com (booking service) (16 miles); nearest Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles) at £830. UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,205 at Hendon Hospital (8.6 miles). UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at The Clementine Churchill Hospital (6.5 miles). UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Watford

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 5,047 people waiting at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 16.9 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 108 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 3,380 people waiting at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 16.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 64 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 3,227 people waiting at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited 14.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 33 had waited over a year.

MRI: 96.1% of the 1,598 people waiting at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 100.0% of the 1,310 people waiting at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 86.3% of the 2,545 people waiting at West Hertfordshire 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 Watford

Watford had 131,325 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Central East NHS area.

The 25 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Circle Health Group (12), Spire Healthcare (5), Optegra (2), Ramsay Health Care UK (2), Optical Express (1), scan.com (booking service) (1), Practice Plus Group (1), Nuffield Health (1). 22 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 5 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Watford: Bishops Wood Hospital (2.8 miles), Spire Bushey Hospital (3.3 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Watford: The Clementine Churchill Hospital (6.5 miles), Optegra London (7.6 miles), Hendon Hospital (8.6 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Watford: Spire Thames Valley Hospital (10 miles), Syon Clinic (12 miles), Optegra West London (12 miles), Optical Express - London (White City) Hospital (12 miles), Spire Harpenden Hospital (13 miles), The Chiltern Hospital (13 miles), The Kings Oak Hospital (13 miles), The Cavell Hospital (13 miles), The Shelburne Hospital (15 miles), scan.com (booking service) (16 miles), The London Independent Hospital (18 miles), The Runnymede Hospital (19 miles), Spire London East Hospital (20 miles), Spire St Anthonys Hospital (20 miles), Pinehill Hospital (22 miles), The Blackheath Hospital (22 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Ilford (23 miles), Nuffield Health Woking Hospital (23 miles), Shirley Oaks Hospital (24 miles), Ashtead Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (0.1 miles), Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (17 miles).

By population, Watford is number 7 of the 175 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the East of England.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 18 independent hospitals registered for surgery: MACS Clinic, Watford (0.7 miles, good), Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Watford), Watford (0.7 miles, requires improvement), SpaMedica Watford, Watford (1.5 miles, good), and 15 more.
  • 5 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Watford), Watford (0.7 miles, requires improvement), SpaMedica Watford, Watford (1.5 miles, good), OCL Vision Herts, Borehamwood (4.2 miles, not yet rated), and 2 more.
  • 23 independent scanning and testing centres: MACS Clinic, Watford (0.7 miles, good), Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Watford), Watford (0.7 miles, requires improvement), SpaMedica Watford, Watford (1.5 miles, good), and 20 more.
  • 14 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: MACS Clinic, Watford (0.7 miles, good), Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Watford), Watford (0.7 miles, requires improvement), SpaMedica Watford, Watford (1.5 miles, good), and 11 more.

Hospitals with published prices

Nearby places covered here

These places share Watford’s hospitals and NHS trusts, so their prices and waits are on the Watford pages: Harrow, Bushey, Rickmansworth, Radlett, Moor Park.

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 Watford.

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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