Orthopaedic surgery · Liverpool
Hip and knee replacement in Liverpool: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£14,929
Hip replacement: Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens · 8.7 miles away
Knee replacement: £15,642 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles)
Typical price
£15,712
The middle of 6 published hip replacement prices within 25 miles.
Knee replacement: £16,282.
NHS wait so far
16 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Liverpool University 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 Liverpool
Hip replacement
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Fairfield Independent Hospital
St. Helens · 8.7 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 -
Spire Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool · 1.7 miles away
from£15,370Hip 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 £207 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Liverpool Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £207 Treatment Included from £15,163 Aftercare Included Included -
Renacres Hospital
Ormskirk · 13 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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Nuffield Health Chester Hospital
Chester · 16 miles away
£15,970Hip Replacement
What’s included: Nuffield’s guide price for the treatment. Nuffield says tests before treatment are charged separately, and you get a fixed, all-inclusive price after your first consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Nuffield Health Chester Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £15,970 -
Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral
Wirral · 7.8 miles away
from£16,917Hip 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 £223 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £223 Treatment Included from £16,694 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Cheshire Hospital
Warrington · 15 miles away
from£16,927Hip 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 £224 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Cheshire Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £224 Treatment Included from £16,703 Aftercare Included Included
Knee replacement
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Fairfield Independent Hospital
St. Helens · 8.7 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 -
Nuffield Health Chester Hospital
Chester · 16 miles away
£15,960Knee Replacement
What’s included: Nuffield’s guide price for the treatment. Nuffield says tests before treatment are charged separately, and you get a fixed, all-inclusive price after your first consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Nuffield Health Chester Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £15,960 -
Spire Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool · 1.7 miles away
from£16,185Knee 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 £200 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Liverpool Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Treatment Included from £15,985 Aftercare Included Included -
Renacres Hospital
Ormskirk · 13 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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Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral
Wirral · 7.8 miles away
from£16,996Knee 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 £215 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £215 Treatment Included from £16,781 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Cheshire Hospital
Warrington · 15 miles away
from£17,107Knee 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 £227 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Cheshire Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £227 Treatment Included from £16,880 Aftercare Included Included
See all 6 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Hip replacement | Knee replacement |
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| Spire Liverpool Hospital | 1.7 miles | from £15,370 | from £16,185 |
| Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral | 7.8 miles | from £16,917 | from £16,996 |
| Fairfield Independent Hospital | 8.7 miles | £14,929 | £15,642 |
| Renacres Hospital | 13 miles | from £15,453 | from £16,380 |
| Spire Cheshire Hospital | 15 miles | from £16,927 | from £17,107 |
| Nuffield Health Chester Hospital | 16 miles | £15,970 | £15,960 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Liverpool.
Hospital by hospital
Spire Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, 1.7 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report October 2022). Hip replacement from £15,370 (first consultation £207 included; aftercare included), £441 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,185 (first consultation £200 included; aftercare included), £543 above the local lowest.
Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral, Wirral, 7.8 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report July 2022). Hip replacement from £16,917 (first consultation £223 included; aftercare included), £1,988 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,996 (first consultation £215 included; aftercare included), £1,354 above the local lowest.
Fairfield Independent Hospital, St. Helens, 8.7 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), the lowest locally. Knee replacement £15,642 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
Renacres Hospital, Ormskirk, 13 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report December 2016). Hip replacement from £15,453 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £524 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,380 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £738 above the local lowest.
Spire Cheshire Hospital, Warrington, 15 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Outstanding, report May 2017). Hip replacement from £16,927 (first consultation £224 included; aftercare included), £1,998 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £17,107 (first consultation £227 included; aftercare included), £1,465 above the local lowest.
Nuffield Health Chester Hospital, Chester, 16 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report December 2016). Hip replacement £15,970 (tests before treatment not included), £1,041 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £15,960 (tests before treatment not included), £318 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Hip replacement: 6 local prices span £1,998, from £14,929 to £16,927; the UK median across 158 published prices is £15,500. The nearest, Spire Liverpool Hospital, is £441 dearer than the cheapest.
Knee replacement: 6 local prices span £1,465, from £15,642 to £17,107; the UK median across 133 published prices is £16,235. The nearest, Spire Liverpool Hospital, is £543 dearer than the cheapest.
6 hospitals near Liverpool publish both prices. Knee replacement is priced above hip replacement at 5 of them, by £79 to £927; below it at 1, by £10.
Within 5 miles of central Liverpool: Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles).
5 to 10 miles of central Liverpool: Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (7.8 miles) and Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Liverpool: Renacres Hospital (13 miles), Spire Cheshire Hospital (15 miles) and Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (16 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 £14,929 to £16,927 at 6 hospitals; knee replacement £15,642 to £17,107 at 6 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Liverpool University Hospitals: half had waited over 16 weeks; 9 in 10 within 40 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 Liverpool
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 16.2 wks | 54.8% | 52 | 40 wks | 4,672 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 9.7 wks | 67.4% | 148 | 40 wks | 7,922 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 1.8 miles from Liverpool: 4,672 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 54.8% within 18 weeks, 52 over a year, nine in ten within 40 weeks.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, 5.7 miles from Liverpool: 7,922 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 67.4% within 18 weeks, 148 over a year, nine in ten within 40 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: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 11 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 9.3 miles: 2 outstanding, 5 good, 2 requires improvement, 2 not yet rated. 3 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 11 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| SpaMedica Liverpool | 0.4 miles | Outstanding | No |
| Spire Liverpool Hospital | 1.7 miles | Good | Yes |
| Liverpool Skin Clinic | 2.1 miles | Requires improvement | No |
| Signature Clinic- Liverpool | 2.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| ACES Liverpool Hospital | 2.9 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| SpaMedica Wirral | 4.8 miles | Good | No |
| ASET Hospital | 5.9 miles | Requires improvement | No |
| Crosby Hospital | 6.3 miles | Good | No |
| Spire Murrayfield Hospital | 7.8 miles | Good | Yes |
| Fairfield Independent Hospital | 8.7 miles | Good | Yes |
| SpaMedica Widnes | 9.1 miles | Outstanding | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Fairfield Independent Hospital and Nuffield Health Chester Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Renacres Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For hip replacement, weigh Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles) against Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles): the £441 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- For knee replacement, weigh Fairfield Independent Hospital (8.7 miles) against Spire Liverpool Hospital (1.7 miles): the £543 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
- Blackpool 27 miles
- Manchester 29 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 43 miles
- Telford 53 miles
- Bradford 54 miles
- Sheffield 60 miles
- Leeds 62 miles
- Birmingham 78 miles
Other treatments near Liverpool
This page also covers 5 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Birkenhead, Bootle, Crosby, Litherland, Aintree.
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: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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.
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