Orthopaedic surgery · Maidstone
Hip and knee replacement in Maidstone: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£12,665
Hip replacement: Chelsfield Park Hospital, Orpington · 18 miles away
Knee replacement: £12,945 at Chelsfield Park Hospital (18 miles)
Typical price
£13,735
The middle of 9 published hip replacement prices within 25 miles.
Knee replacement: £14,642.
NHS wait so far
11 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells 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 Maidstone
Hip replacement
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Chelsfield Park Hospital
Orpington · 18 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, Chelsfield Park 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 -
KIMS Hospital, Maidstone
Maidstone · 1.9 miles away
from£12,910Hip replacement surgery
What’s included: KIMS calls this a guide “from” price. Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
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Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham
Gillingham · 8.0 miles away
£13,199Hip replacement surgery
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, Gillingham Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
Chaucer Hospital
Canterbury · 24 miles away
£13,420Hip 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 £220). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Chaucer Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £220 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £13,200 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Chelsfield Park Hospital
Orpington · 18 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, Chelsfield Park 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 -
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Tunbridge Wells · 14 miles away
£14,545Hip 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 Tunbridge Wells Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £14,545 -
Spire Alexandra Hospital
Chatham · 4.0 miles away
from£15,592Hip 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 £231 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Alexandra Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £231 Treatment Included from £15,361 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Hartswood Hospital
Brentwood · 25 miles away
from£16,943Hip 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 £219 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Hartswood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £219 Treatment Included from £16,724 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Wellesley Hospital
Southend-on-Sea · 22 miles away
from£18,725Hip 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 £219 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Wellesley Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £219 Treatment Included from £18,506 Aftercare Included Included
Knee replacement
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Chelsfield Park Hospital
Orpington · 18 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, Chelsfield Park 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 -
KIMS Hospital, Maidstone
Maidstone · 1.9 miles away
from£13,662Knee replacement surgery
What’s included: KIMS calls this a guide “from” price. Its page doesn’t list what’s included, so check with the hospital.
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Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham
Gillingham · 8.0 miles away
£13,799Knee replacement surgery
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, Gillingham Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
Chaucer Hospital
Canterbury · 24 miles away
£13,940Knee 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 £220). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Chaucer Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £220 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £13,720 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Tunbridge Wells · 14 miles away
£15,343Knee 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 Tunbridge Wells Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £15,343 -
Spire Alexandra Hospital
Chatham · 4.0 miles away
from£16,176Knee 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 £225 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Alexandra Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £225 Treatment Included from £15,951 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Hartswood Hospital
Brentwood · 25 miles away
from£17,609Knee 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 £239 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Hartswood Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £239 Treatment Included from £17,370 Aftercare Included Included -
Spire Wellesley Hospital
Southend-on-Sea · 22 miles away
from£18,157Knee 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 Wellesley Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £224 Treatment Included from £17,933 Aftercare Included Included
See all 8 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Hip replacement | Knee replacement |
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| KIMS Hospital, Maidstone | 1.9 miles | from £12,910 | from £13,662 |
| Spire Alexandra Hospital | 4.0 miles | from £15,592 | from £16,176 |
| Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham | 8.0 miles | £13,199 | £13,799 |
| Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital | 14 miles | £14,545 | £15,343 |
| Chelsfield Park Hospital | 18 miles | £12,665 | £12,945 |
| Spire Wellesley Hospital | 22 miles | from £18,725 | from £18,157 |
| Chaucer Hospital | 24 miles | £13,420 | £13,940 |
| Spire Hartswood Hospital | 25 miles | from £16,943 | from £17,609 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Maidstone.
Hospital by hospital
KIMS Hospital, Maidstone, Maidstone, 1.9 miles away (KIMS Hospital; CQC Good, report October 2019). Hip replacement from £12,910 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £245 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £13,662 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £717 above the local lowest.
Spire Alexandra Hospital, Chatham, 4.0 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Requires improvement, report September 2017). Hip replacement from £15,592 (first consultation £231 included; aftercare included), £2,927 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £16,176 (first consultation £225 included; aftercare included), £3,231 above the local lowest.
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham, Gillingham, 8.0 miles away (Practice Plus Group; CQC Good, report November 2022). Hip replacement £13,199, £534 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £13,799, £854 above the local lowest.
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, 14 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report July 2017). Hip replacement £14,545 (tests before treatment not included), £1,880 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £15,343 (tests before treatment not included), £2,398 above the local lowest.
Chelsfield Park Hospital, Orpington, 18 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report December 2016). 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.
Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, 22 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report October 2026). Hip replacement from £18,725 (first consultation £219 included; aftercare included), £6,060 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £18,157 (first consultation £224 included; aftercare included), £5,212 above the local lowest.
Chaucer Hospital, Canterbury, 24 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report April 2026). Hip replacement £13,420 (first consultation £220 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £755 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £13,940 (first consultation £220 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £995 above the local lowest.
Spire Hartswood Hospital, Brentwood, 25 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report March 2022). Hip replacement from £16,943 (first consultation £219 included; aftercare included), £4,278 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £17,609 (first consultation £239 included; aftercare included), £4,664 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Hip replacement: 9 local prices span £6,060, from £12,665 to £18,725; the UK median across 158 published prices is £15,500. The nearest, KIMS Hospital, Maidstone, is £245 dearer than the cheapest.
Knee replacement: 8 local prices span £5,212, from £12,945 to £18,157; the UK median across 133 published prices is £16,235. The nearest, KIMS Hospital, Maidstone, is £717 dearer than the cheapest.
8 hospitals near Maidstone publish both prices. Knee replacement is priced above hip replacement at 7 of them, by £280 to £798; below it at 1, by £568.
Within 5 miles of central Maidstone: KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (1.9 miles) and Spire Alexandra Hospital (4.0 miles).
5 to 10 miles of central Maidstone: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Gillingham (8.0 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Maidstone: Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (14 miles), Chelsfield Park Hospital (18 miles), Spire Wellesley Hospital (22 miles), Chaucer Hospital (24 miles) and Spire Hartswood Hospital (25 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 £18,725 at 8 hospitals; knee replacement £12,945 to £18,157 at 8 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells: half had waited over 11 weeks; 9 in 10 within 29 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 Maidstone
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 10.8 wks | 75.6% | 0 | 29 wks | 4,271 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | 16.8 wks | 54.1% | 5 | 38 wks | 3,116 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, 1.6 miles from Maidstone: 4,271 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 75.6% within 18 weeks, 0 over a year, nine in ten within 29 weeks.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust, 7.6 miles from Maidstone: 3,116 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 54.1% within 18 weeks, 5 over a year, nine in ten within 38 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: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on Waiting Times UK, Medway NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 7 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 9.3 miles: 6 good, 1 requires improvement. 3 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 7 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| The KSL Clinic Ltd | 0.4 miles | Good | No |
| KIMS Hospital | 1.9 miles | Good | Yes |
| Spire Alexandra Hospital | 4.0 miles | Requires improvement | Yes |
| Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, Gillingham | 8.0 miles | Good | Yes |
| SpaMedica Sittingbourne | 8.3 miles | Good | No |
| CES Medical - Headcorn | 8.5 miles | Good | No |
| CES Medical - Chatham | 9.1 miles | Good | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Chaucer Hospital, Chelsfield Park Hospital and Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask KIMS Hospital, Maidstone for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For hip replacement, weigh Chelsfield Park Hospital (18 miles) against KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (1.9 miles): the £245 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- For knee replacement, weigh Chelsfield Park Hospital (18 miles) against KIMS Hospital, Maidstone (1.9 miles): the £717 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
- Southend-on-Sea 21 miles
- Crawley 32 miles
- London 32 miles
- Brighton and Hove 40 miles
- Colchester 46 miles
- Luton 59 miles
- Chichester 64 miles
- Reading 65 miles
Other treatments near Maidstone
This page also covers 3 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Larkfield, Coxheath, Bearsted.
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: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on Waiting Times UK, Medway 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.
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