Orthopaedic surgery · Northampton
Hip and knee replacement in Northampton: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£12,665
Hip replacement: Three Shires Hospital, Northampton · 0.9 miles away
Knee replacement: £12,945 at Three Shires Hospital (0.9 miles)
Typical price
£13,735
The middle of 7 published hip replacement prices within 25 miles.
Knee replacement: £12,945.
NHS wait so far
12 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Kettering General Hospital 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 Northampton
Hip replacement
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Three Shires Hospital
Northampton · 0.9 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, Three Shires 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 Manor Hospital
Bedford · 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, The Manor 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 -
Three Shires Hospital
Northampton · 0.9 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, Three Shires 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 Saxon Clinic
Milton Keynes · 16 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 Saxon Clinic 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 Manor Hospital
Bedford · 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, The Manor 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 Saxon Clinic
Milton Keynes · 16 miles away
£15,300Hip 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 Saxon Clinic Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £15,050 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Woodland Hospital
Kettering · 13 miles away
from£16,394Hip 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.
Knee replacement
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Three Shires Hospital
Northampton · 0.9 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, Three Shires 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 Saxon Clinic
Milton Keynes · 16 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 Saxon Clinic 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 Manor Hospital
Bedford · 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, The Manor 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 -
Woodland Hospital
Kettering · 13 miles away
from£15,995Knee 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.
See all 4 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Hip replacement | Knee replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Shires Hospital | 0.9 miles | £12,665 | £12,945 |
| Woodland Hospital | 13 miles | from £16,394 | from £15,995 |
| The Saxon Clinic | 16 miles | £13,735 | £12,945 |
| The Manor Hospital | 18 miles | £12,665 | £12,945 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Northampton.
Hospital by hospital
Three Shires Hospital, Northampton, 0.9 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Outstanding, report July 2025). 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.
Woodland Hospital, Kettering, 13 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report January 2019). Hip replacement from £16,394 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £3,729 above the local lowest. Knee replacement from £15,995 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £3,050 above the local lowest.
The Saxon Clinic, Milton Keynes, 16 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report December 2019). Hip replacement £13,735 (Minimally invasive hip replacement surgery) or £15,300 (Hip Replacement Surgery) (first consultation £250 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £1,070 above the local lowest. Knee replacement £12,945 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
The Manor Hospital, Bedford, 18 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report July 2018). 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.
How the prices compare
Hip replacement: 7 local prices span £3,729, from £12,665 to £16,394; the UK median across 158 published prices is £15,500.
Knee replacement: 4 local prices span £3,050, from £12,945 to £15,995; the UK median across 133 published prices is £16,235.
4 hospitals near Northampton publish both prices. They are Three Shires Hospital, Woodland Hospital, The Saxon Clinic and The Manor Hospital. Knee replacement is priced above hip replacement at 2 of them, by £280 to £280; below it at 2, by £399 to £790.
Within 5 miles of central Northampton: Three Shires Hospital (0.9 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Northampton: Woodland Hospital (13 miles), The Saxon Clinic (16 miles) and The Manor Hospital (18 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 £16,394 at 4 hospitals; knee replacement £12,945 to £15,995 at 4 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Kettering General Hospital: half had waited over 12 weeks; 9 in 10 within 36 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 Northampton
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 12.1 wks | 65.0% | 2 | 36 wks | 1,955 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 13 miles from Northampton: 1,955 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 65.0% within 18 weeks, 2 over a year, nine in ten within 36 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: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 11 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 16 miles: 2 outstanding, 3 good, 6 not yet rated. 2 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 11 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Northampton) | 0.3 miles | Outstanding | No |
| Three Shires Hospital | 0.9 miles | Outstanding | Yes |
| Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service | 2.7 miles | Good | No |
| Blakelands Hospital | 13 miles | Good | No |
| Woodland Hospital | 13 miles | Good | Yes |
| Community Health and Eyecare Milton Keynes | 14 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Glendon Wood Hospital | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| ACES Milton Keynes Hospital | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Optical Express – Milton Keynes Hospital | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Bloom Health Hospitals | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| KPI:Health | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask The Manor Hospital, The Saxon Clinic and Three Shires Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Woodland Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- 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
- Leicester 29 miles
- Luton 31 miles
- Peterborough 35 miles
- Cambridge 44 miles
- Birmingham 44 miles
- Nottingham 52 miles
- Reading 55 miles
- Worcester 56 miles
Other treatments near Northampton
This page also covers 2 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Towcester, Earls Barton.
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: Kettering General Hospital 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.