Eye surgery · Bradford
Cataract surgery in Bradford: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
from£2,000
Optical Express - Leeds Hospital, Leeds · 8.8 miles away
Typical price
£2,995
The middle of 11 published cataract surgery prices within 25 miles.
NHS wait so far
10 weeks
Half the people on the ophthalmology list at Bradford Teaching Hospitals had waited longer than this (August 2026).
Time waited so far by everyone on the list. It can’t tell you your own wait.
Prices near Bradford
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Optical Express - Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 8.8 miles away
from£2,000Cataract surgery (per eye)
What’s included: A “from” price per eye. Optical Express says the first consultation is free. Check with the clinic what’s included for your lens choice.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Optical Express - Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included Free -
The Highfield Hospital
Rochdale · 21 miles away
£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 -
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale
Rochdale · 19 miles away
£2,099Cataract surgery – standard monofocal lens
What’s included: A fixed treatment price. The first consultation costs £145 on top; Practice Plus says that includes a nurse assessment, any blood tests and swabs needed, and an X-ray if required.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale
Rochdale · 19 miles away
£2,249Cataract surgery – enhanced monofocal lens
What’s included: A fixed treatment price. The first consultation costs £145 on top; Practice Plus says that includes a nurse assessment, any blood tests and swabs needed, and an X-ray if required.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital
Bradford · 3.5 miles away
£2,995Standard Cataract Treatment (per eye)
What’s included: A fixed price per eye. Optegra says the package includes a free consultation and eye tests, the surgery, and aftercare with follow-up appointments and any medicines needed; laser treatment for clouding (YAG) within one or two years if needed, depending on the package.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Stage In the price? As published Surgery and follow-up aftercare Included -
Optegra Bowcliffe Hall
Wetherby · 18 miles away
£2,995Standard Cataract Treatment (per eye)
What’s included: A fixed price per eye. Optegra says the package includes a free consultation and eye tests, the surgery, and aftercare with follow-up appointments and any medicines needed; laser treatment for clouding (YAG) within one or two years if needed, depending on the package.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Optegra Bowcliffe Hall Stage In the price? As published Surgery and follow-up aftercare Included -
Spire Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 11 miles away
from£3,108Cataract surgery with eyesight correction
What’s included: Spire’s fixed self-pay package. Spire says it covers tests before your operation, the surgeon’s and anaesthetist’s fees, nursing, medicines and food during your stay, and any standard implant, plus aftercare: follow-up appointments, stitches, dressings and up to 14 days of medicines. The first consultation is £227 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £227 Treatment Included from £2,881 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Elland Hospital
Elland · 7.6 miles away
from£3,411Cataract surgery with eyesight correction
What’s included: Spire’s fixed self-pay package. Spire says it covers tests before your operation, the surgeon’s and anaesthetist’s fees, nursing, medicines and food during your stay, and any standard implant, plus aftercare: follow-up appointments, stitches, dressings and up to 14 days of medicines. The first consultation is £230 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Elland Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £230 Treatment Included from £3,181 Aftercare Included Included -
Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital
Bradford · 3.5 miles away
£3,695Enhanced Cataract Treatment (per eye)
What’s included: A fixed price per eye. Optegra says the package includes a free consultation and eye tests, the surgery, and aftercare with follow-up appointments and any medicines needed; laser treatment for clouding (YAG) within one or two years if needed, depending on the package.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital Stage In the price? As published Surgery and follow-up aftercare Included -
Optegra Bowcliffe Hall
Wetherby · 18 miles away
£3,695Enhanced Cataract Treatment (per eye)
What’s included: A fixed price per eye. Optegra says the package includes a free consultation and eye tests, the surgery, and aftercare with follow-up appointments and any medicines needed; laser treatment for clouding (YAG) within one or two years if needed, depending on the package.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Optegra Bowcliffe Hall Stage In the price? As published Surgery and follow-up aftercare Included -
The Duchy Hospital
Harrogate · 16 miles away
£3,794Cataract surgery (one eye)
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, main treatment from, care after you go home and guide price from (first consultation £235). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Duchy Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £235 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment from Included £3 ,559 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included Guide price from Included £3 ,559 · £235
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Bradford.
Hospital by hospital
Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, Bradford, 3.5 miles away (Optegra; CQC Good, report February 2022). Cataract surgery £2,995 (Standard Cataract Treatment (per eye)) or £3,695 (Enhanced Cataract Treatment (per eye)), £995 above the local lowest.
Spire Elland Hospital, Elland, 7.6 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report March 2017). Cataract surgery from £3,411 (first consultation £230 included; aftercare included), £1,411 above the local lowest.
Optical Express - Leeds Hospital, Leeds, 8.8 miles away (Optical Express; not yet rated by CQC). Cataract surgery from £2,000, the lowest locally.
Spire Leeds Hospital, Leeds, 11 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report June 2020). Cataract surgery from £3,108 (first consultation £227 included; aftercare included), £1,108 above the local lowest.
The Duchy Hospital, Harrogate, 16 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report February 2024). Cataract surgery £3,794 (first consultation £235 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £1,794 above the local lowest.
Optegra Bowcliffe Hall, Wetherby, 18 miles away (Optegra; not yet rated by CQC). Cataract surgery £2,995 (Standard Cataract Treatment (per eye)) or £3,695 (Enhanced Cataract Treatment (per eye)), £995 above the local lowest.
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale, Rochdale, 19 miles away (Practice Plus Group; CQC Outstanding, report April 2017). Cataract surgery £2,099 (Cataract surgery – standard monofocal lens) or £2,249 (Cataract surgery – enhanced monofocal lens), £99 above the local lowest.
The Highfield Hospital, Rochdale, 21 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Outstanding, report August 2022). Cataract surgery £2,035 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £35 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Cataract surgery: 11 local prices span £1,794, from £2,000 to £3,794; the UK median across 187 published prices is £2,995. The nearest, Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital, is £995 dearer than the cheapest.
Within 5 miles of central Bradford: Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (3.5 miles).
5 to 10 miles of central Bradford: Spire Elland Hospital (7.6 miles) and Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.8 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Bradford: Spire Leeds Hospital (11 miles), The Duchy Hospital (16 miles), Optegra Bowcliffe Hall (18 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Rochdale (19 miles) and The Highfield Hospital (21 miles).
Typical for cataract surgery: usually a day case.
Tip: count the journeys for the consultation, the procedure and follow-up when weighing a cheaper hospital further away.
Private or NHS?
- Cost. cataract surgery £2,000 to £3,794 at 8 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Bradford Teaching Hospitals: half had waited over 10 weeks; 9 in 10 within 28 weeks. England: 10 weeks.
Private hospitals usually ask for a referral letter or a consultation first. Not sure which is right for you? Your GP can refer you on the NHS and talk through your options.
The NHS wait near Bradford
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 10.0 wks | 78.3% | 0 | 28 wks | 2,400 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 6.4 wks | 86.4% | 0 | 22 wks | 2,679 |
| England | 10.4 wks | 72.2% | 5,022 | 33 wks | 625,063 |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 1.6 miles from Bradford: 2,400 people on the ophthalmology list, 78.3% within 18 weeks, 0 over a year, nine in ten within 28 weeks.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, 9.8 miles from Bradford: 2,679 people on the ophthalmology list, 86.4% within 18 weeks, 0 over a year, nine in ten within 22 weeks.
These figures cover everyone on the trust’s ophthalmology list, not only people waiting for cataract surgery, and describe time waited so far, not how long a new referral will take.
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. Month-by-month figures: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 6 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 9.3 miles: 2 good, 4 not yet rated. 2 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 6 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpaMedica Bradford | 1.7 miles | Good | No |
| Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital | 3.5 miles | Good | Yes |
| Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service | 3.9 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| The Eye Doctor | 7.8 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Optimax Laser Eye Clinics - Leeds | 8.8 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Optical Express – Leeds Hospital | 8.8 miles | Not yet rated | Yes |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask The Duchy Hospital and The Highfield Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- For cataract surgery, weigh Optical Express - Leeds Hospital (8.8 miles) against Optegra Yorkshire Eye Hospital (3.5 miles): the £995 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- Ask whether the price is per eye and which lens it includes.
Nearby
Cataract surgery in nearby places
- Ripon 26 miles
- Bolton 31 miles
- Preston 38 miles
- Lancaster 46 miles
- Liverpool 54 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 58 miles
- Kingston upon Hull 58 miles
- Chester 62 miles
Other treatments near Bradford
This page also covers 14 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Keighley, Batley, Brighouse, Shipley, Bingley, Liversedge, Gomersal and Birkenshaw, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton, Queensbury, Shelf and Northowram, Haworth, Thornton, Drighlington.
Where these figures come from
Prices: from each hospital’s own price page and breakdown on the date shown next to each price. We store the price, what the page says it includes, the link and the date.
Each hospital group describes its prices differently (guide prices, fixed packages or “from” prices), so read what’s included before comparing totals.
Clinic details and ratings: CQC register (HSCA Active Locations, downloaded 9 November 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. A rating describes the whole location, not one treatment.
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. Month-by-month figures: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Typical price is the middle (median) of the published prices within 25 miles, shown only when there are at least four.
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.