Orthopaedic surgery · Blackpool
Hip and knee replacement in Blackpool: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£12,665
Hip replacement: Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster · 19 miles away
Knee replacement: £12,945 at Lancaster Private Hospital (19 miles)
Typical price
£14,332
The middle of 8 published hip replacement prices within 25 miles.
Knee replacement: £16,011.
NHS wait so far
16 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Blackpool 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 Blackpool
Hip replacement
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Lancaster Private Hospital
Lancaster · 19 miles away
£12,665Hip replacement surgery
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, Lancaster Private Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £12,465 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn · 21 miles away
£12,665Hip replacement surgery
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 Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £12,465 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Lancaster Private Hospital
Lancaster · 19 miles away
£13,735Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £250). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Lancaster Private Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 13,485 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn · 21 miles away
£13,735Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, the operation and care after you go home (first consultation £250). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 13,485 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Fairfield Independent Hospital
St. Helens · 24 miles away
£14,929Hip replacement surgery
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, Fairfield Independent Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £14,729 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Renacres Hospital
Ormskirk · 14 miles away
from£15,453Hip Replacement (cemented)
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.
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Fulwood Hall Hospital
Preston · 14 miles away
from£15,501Hip Replacement (cemented)
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.
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Spire Fylde Coast Hospital
Blackpool · 2.1 miles away
from£16,199Hip replacement
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 £232 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £232 Treatment Included from £15,967 Aftercare Included Included
Knee replacement
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Lancaster Private Hospital
Lancaster · 19 miles away
£12,945Knee replacement surgery
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, Lancaster Private Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 12,745 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
The Beardwood Hospital
Blackburn · 21 miles away
£12,945Knee replacement surgery
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 Beardwood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 12,745 · Not included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Fairfield Independent Hospital
St. Helens · 24 miles away
£15,642Knee replacement surgery
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, Fairfield Independent Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £15,442 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Renacres Hospital
Ormskirk · 14 miles away
from£16,380Knee Replacement
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.
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Fulwood Hall Hospital
Preston · 14 miles away
from£16,467Knee Replacement
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.
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Spire Fylde Coast Hospital
Blackpool · 2.1 miles away
from£17,021Knee replacement
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 £234 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £234 Treatment Included from £16,787 Aftercare Included Included
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| Hospital | Distance | Hip replacement | Knee replacement |
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| Spire Fylde Coast Hospital | 2.1 miles | from £16,199 | from £17,021 |
| Fulwood Hall Hospital | 14 miles | from £15,501 | from £16,467 |
| Renacres Hospital | 14 miles | from £15,453 | from £16,380 |
| Lancaster Private Hospital | 19 miles | £12,665 | £12,945 |
| The Beardwood Hospital | 21 miles | £12,665 | £12,945 |
| Fairfield Independent Hospital | 24 miles | £14,929 | £15,642 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Blackpool.
Hospital by hospital
Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, Blackpool, 2.1 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report October 2026). Hip replacement from £16,199 (first consultation £232 included; aftercare included), £3,534 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £17,021 (first consultation £234 included; aftercare included), £4,076 above the local lowest.
Fulwood Hall Hospital, Preston, 14 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report August 2026). Hip replacement from £15,501 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £2,836 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,467 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £3,522 above the local lowest.
Renacres Hospital, Ormskirk, 14 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report December 2016). Hip replacement from £15,453 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £2,788 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,380 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £3,435 above the local lowest.
Lancaster Private Hospital, Lancaster, 19 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Requires improvement, report October 2019). Hip replacement £12,665 (Hip replacement surgery) or £13,735 (Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery) (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally. Knee replacement £12,945 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
The Beardwood Hospital, Blackburn, 21 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report February 2026). Hip replacement £12,665 (Hip replacement surgery) or £13,735 (Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery) (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally. Knee replacement £12,945 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens, 24 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report January 2017). Hip replacement £14,929 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £2,264 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £15,642 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £2,697 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Hip replacement: 8 local prices span £3,534, from £12,665 to £16,199; the UK median across 158 published prices is £15,500. The nearest, Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, is £3,534 dearer than the cheapest.
Knee replacement: 6 local prices span £4,076, from £12,945 to £17,021; the UK median across 133 published prices is £16,235. The nearest, Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, is £4,076 dearer than the cheapest.
6 hospitals near Blackpool publish both prices. Knee replacement is priced above hip replacement at 6 of them, by £280 to £966.
Within 5 miles of central Blackpool: Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (2.1 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Blackpool: Fulwood Hall Hospital (14 miles), Renacres Hospital (14 miles), Lancaster Private Hospital (19 miles), The Beardwood Hospital (21 miles) and Fairfield Independent Hospital (24 miles).
Typical for hip replacement: an inpatient stay, usually of a few nights.
Tip: count the journeys for the consultation, the procedure and follow-up when weighing a cheaper hospital further away.
Private or NHS?
- Cost. hip replacement £12,665 to £16,199 at 6 hospitals; knee replacement £12,945 to £17,021 at 6 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals: half had waited over 16 weeks; 9 in 10 within 43 weeks. England: 14 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 Blackpool
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 15.5 wks | 55.5% | 57 | 43 wks | 3,021 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 16.2 wks | 55.5% | 23 | 41 wks | 4,613 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 1.7 miles from Blackpool: 3,021 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 55.5% within 18 weeks, 57 over a year, nine in ten within 43 weeks.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 13 miles from Blackpool: 4,613 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 55.5% within 18 weeks, 23 over a year, nine in ten within 41 weeks.
These figures cover everyone on the trust’s trauma and orthopaedics list, not only people waiting for a hip replacement and a knee replacement, 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: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 6 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 12 miles: 1 outstanding, 4 good, 1 not yet rated. 1 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 6 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| SpaMedica Blackpool | 1.3 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Blackpool) | 1.6 miles | Good | No |
| Spire Fylde Coast Hospital | 2.1 miles | Good | Yes |
| Lancashire Eye Clinic | 4.6 miles | Good | No |
| iSight Limited | 11 miles | Good | No |
| SpaMedica Preston | 12 miles | Outstanding | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Fairfield Independent Hospital, Lancaster Private Hospital and The Beardwood Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Fulwood Hall Hospital and Renacres Hospital for an itemised quote, as their prices are published as a single figure.
- For hip replacement, weigh Lancaster Private Hospital (19 miles) against Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (2.1 miles): the £3,534 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- For knee replacement, weigh Lancaster Private Hospital (19 miles) against Spire Fylde Coast Hospital (2.1 miles): the £4,076 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- Ask whether the price includes the first consultation and any X-rays or scans before surgery.
- Ask whether the quote is for a total or a partial knee replacement, and why.
Nearby
Hip and knee replacement in nearby places
- Liverpool 27 miles
- Manchester 40 miles
- Bradford 51 miles
- Leeds 60 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 66 miles
- Sheffield 70 miles
- Telford 80 miles
- Durham 90 miles
Other treatments near Blackpool
This page also covers 1 nearby place with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Poulton-le-Fylde.
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: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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.