Cataract surgery · Truro
cataract surgery in Truro: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
from£3,260
Duchy Hospital, Truro · 2 miles away
NHS wait in Truro
8 weeks
Half the people on the NHS eye care list at Royal Cornwall Hospitals had waited longer than this so far (August 2026).
Covers all eye care, not only cataracts.
In short
The lowest published self-pay price we found for cataract surgery in the Truro area was £3,260 at Duchy Hospital (Truro). Checked 9 November 2026.
In August 2026, half of the 4,117 people on Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust’s waiting list for NHS eye care (ophthalmology) had waited 8.0 weeks or less, and 80.2% had waited under 18 weeks, against 72.2% across England.
The health regulator (CQC) lists 18 independent healthcare places in Truro, including 1 with overnight beds and 2 diagnostic or screening services.
Where to get cataract surgery near Truro
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Duchy Hospital
Truro · 2 miles away
from£3,260cataract surgery (one eye)
What’s included: Ramsay calls this a guide price (a “from” price). Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
Prices the hospitals and clinics publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from Truro city centre.
Hospital list prices nearby
1 hospital within 25 miles of Truro publishes a self-pay list price for cataract surgery. They belong to Ramsay Health Care UK. These are the hospitals’ own published figures, read from each source page on 9 November 2026; what a list price covers differs between groups.
Duchy Hospital (Cornwall), in the city itself, lists cataract surgery (one eye) from £3,260; CQC rates the hospital good (report published August 2022).
Private or NHS?
- Cost. Free on the NHS. Privately £3,260, the one published price we found.
- Wait. Half the people on the NHS eye care waiting list at Royal Cornwall Hospitals had waited longer than 8 weeks so far (August 2026).
Not sure which is right for you? Your GP can refer you on the NHS and talk through your options.
The NHS wait for eye care
| 8.0 wks | median wait so far for NHS eye care at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (August 2026) |
|---|---|
| 10.4 wks | the median across England |
At Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, 4 of the 4,117 people waiting had waited more than a year, and nine in ten had waited 28 weeks or less.
Ophthalmology covers all eye conditions, not only cataracts. NHS England does not publish cataract waits separately. Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times, August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full local picture on Waiting Times UK.
Where else to look in Truro
This provider in the Truro area is on the CQC register. We list providers alphabetically and say why each is listed. Nobody pays to appear.
Duchy Hospital
Penventinnie Lane, Treliske, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3UP
Publishes a self-pay price, shown above.
1 other registered clinic in Truro that may be relevant
Their names and registrations suggest it may be relevant. We haven’t checked its services or prices.
Before you book
We found only one published local price in the Truro area, so there is little to compare it with locally. Prices published elsewhere in the country are on the national cataract surgery page.
Truro has only one independent location with overnight beds on the CQC register, so for hospital-based treatment the realistic alternative may involve travel. Factor travel and follow-up visits into any comparison.
Ask whether a quote is per eye, which lens it includes and whether the assessment and follow-up checks are in the price.
More in Truro and elsewhere
Where these figures come from
Prices: read from each provider’s own website on the date shown next to each price. We store the price, what the page says it includes, the link and the date.
Provider details are from the CQC register (downloaded 9 November 2026), under the Open Government Licence. A CQC rating describes the whole location, not a particular treatment.
Ophthalmology covers all eye conditions, not only cataracts. NHS England does not publish cataract waits separately. Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times, August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full local picture 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.
