MRI scan · Leeds
an MRI scan in Leeds: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
from£325
Clifton Park Hospital, York · 21 miles away
Cheapest in Leeds itself: £565 at Spire Leeds Hospital (2 miles)
Typical price
£565
The middle of the 6 published prices within 25 miles.
Range £325 to £590.
NHS wait in Leeds
About 9 in 10
on the Leeds Teaching Hospitals MRI list under 6 weeks (August 2026).
How long people already on the list had waited. It can’t tell you your own wait.
In short
The lowest published self-pay price we found for an MRI scan in the Leeds area was £565 at Spire Leeds Hospital (Leeds). Checked 9 November 2026.
At the end of August 2026, 90.8% of the 3,954 people waiting for an NHS MRI scan at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had been waiting less than six weeks, compared with 78.0% across England.
The health regulator (CQC) lists 83 independent healthcare places in Leeds, including 4 with overnight beds and 13 diagnostic or screening services.
Where to get an MRI scan near Leeds
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Clifton Park Hospital
York · 21 miles away
from£325MRI (one part)
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 Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 2 miles away
£565MRI 1 area
What’s included: Spire says its MRI prices include contrast dye when needed and the radiologist’s report. You need a referral letter from a GP or consultant.
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Spire Methley Park Hospital
Leeds · 7 miles away
£565MRI 1 area
What’s included: Spire says its MRI prices include contrast dye when needed and the radiologist’s report. You need a referral letter from a GP or consultant.
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Spire Elland Hospital
Elland · 14 miles away
£565MRI 1 area
What’s included: Spire says its MRI prices include contrast dye when needed and the radiologist’s report. You need a referral letter from a GP or consultant.
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Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital
Leeds · under 1 mile away
£590MRI scan (1 part)
What’s included: Nuffield’s guide price for one body part. Nuffield says you get a fixed price after your consultation; check with the hospital whether the report is included.
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Nuffield Health York Hospital
York · 23 miles away
£590MRI scan (1 part)
What’s included: Nuffield’s guide price for one body part. Nuffield says you get a fixed price after your consultation; check with the hospital whether the report is included.
Prices the hospitals and clinics publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from Leeds city centre.
Hospital list prices nearby
6 hospitals within 25 miles of Leeds publish a self-pay list price for an MRI scan, ranging from £325 to £590. They belong to Nuffield Health, Ramsay Health Care UK and Spire Healthcare. These are the hospitals’ own published figures, read from each source page on 9 November 2026; what a list price covers differs between groups.
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (Leeds), in the city itself, lists MRI scan (1 part) at £590; CQC rates the hospital good (report published May 2025).
Spire Leeds Hospital (Leeds), about 2 miles from the centre of Leeds, lists MRI 1 area at £565; CQC rates the hospital good (report published June 2020).
Spire Methley Park Hospital (Leeds), about 7 miles from the centre of Leeds, lists MRI 1 area at £565; CQC rates the hospital good (report published January 2024).
Spire Elland Hospital (Calderdale), about 14 miles from the centre of Leeds, lists MRI 1 area at £565; CQC rates the hospital good (report published March 2017).
Clifton Park Hospital (York), about 21 miles from the centre of Leeds, lists MRI (one part) from £325; CQC rates the hospital good (report published January 2026).
Nuffield Health York Hospital (York), about 23 miles from the centre of Leeds, lists MRI scan (1 part) at £590; CQC rates the hospital good (report published December 2025).
Private or NHS?
- Cost. Free on the NHS. Privately £325 to £590 across 6 published prices within 25 miles.
- Wait. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: about 9 in 10 (90.8%) on its MRI list under 6 weeks; 363 people longer. England: 78.0%.
- Referral. Many private hospitals ask for a referral letter from a GP or consultant before a private scan. Ask before you book.
Not sure which is right for you? Your GP can refer you on the NHS and talk through your options.
The NHS wait for an MRI scan
| 90.8% | About 9 in 10 people on the MRI waiting list at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026) |
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| 78.0% | the same measure across England. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait six weeks or more. |
At Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, 363 people had waited six weeks or more and 65 had waited 13 weeks or more. Across the NHS North East and Yorkshire region, 81.5% of the 46,946 people on the list had waited under six weeks.
These figures describe people already on the list at the end of the month. They do not predict how long a new referral will wait. Source: NHS England, Monthly Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), 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 Leeds
These 2 providers in the Leeds area are on the CQC register. We list providers alphabetically and say why each is listed. Nobody pays to appear.
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital
2 Leighton Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 3EB
Hospital registered to do scans and tests. Ask whether it does MRI.
Spire Leeds Hospital
Jackson Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 1NT
Publishes a self-pay price, shown above.
Before you book
We found only one published local price in the Leeds area, so there is little to compare it with locally. Prices published elsewhere in the country are on the national MRI page.
Ask whether the scan price includes the radiologist’s report and whether you need a referral letter before booking.
For the month-by-month NHS picture in Leeds, see MRI waiting times in Leeds on Waiting Times UK.
More in Leeds 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.
These figures describe people already on the list at the end of the month. They do not predict how long a new referral will wait. Source: NHS England, Monthly Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), 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.
