MRI scan · Truro
an MRI scan in Truro: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
from£395
Duchy Hospital, Truro · 2 miles away
NHS wait in Truro
About 9 in 10
on the Royal Cornwall 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
None of the Truro providers we profile publishes a price for an MRI scan that we could verify, so this page shows “price on request”. Checked 9 November 2026.
At the end of August 2026, 94.7% of the 2,092 people waiting for an NHS MRI scan at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust had been waiting less than six weeks, compared with 78.0% across England.
The health regulator (CQC) lists 18 independent healthcare places in Truro, including 1 with overnight beds and 2 diagnostic or screening services.
Where to get an MRI scan near Truro
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Duchy Hospital
Truro · 2 miles away
from£395MRI (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.
Prices the hospitals and clinics publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from Truro city centre.
Hospital list prices nearby
1 hospital within 25 miles of Truro publishes a self-pay list price for an MRI scan. They belong to Ramsay Health Care UK. These are the hospitals’ own published figures, read from each source page on 9 November 2026; what a list price covers differs between groups.
Duchy Hospital (Cornwall), in the city itself, lists MRI (one part) from £395; CQC rates the hospital good (report published August 2022).
Private or NHS?
- Cost. Free on the NHS. Privately £395, the one published price we found.
- Wait. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: about 9 in 10 (94.7%) on its MRI list under 6 weeks; 110 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
| 94.7% | About 9 in 10 people on the MRI waiting list at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026) |
|---|---|
| 78.0% | the same measure across England. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait six weeks or more. |
At Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, 110 people had waited six weeks or more and 17 had waited 13 weeks or more. Across the NHS South West region, 84.1% of the 27,999 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 Truro
This provider in the Truro area is on the CQC register. We list providers alphabetically and say why each is listed. Nobody pays to appear.
Duchy Hospital
Penventinnie Lane, Treliske, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3UP
Hospital registered to do scans and tests. Ask whether it does MRI.
Before you book
Truro has only one independent location with overnight beds on the CQC register, so for hospital-based treatment the realistic alternative may involve travel. Factor travel and follow-up visits into any comparison.
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 Truro, see MRI waiting times in Truro on Waiting Times UK.
More in Truro 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.
