Orthopaedic day surgery · Bournemouth
Day orthopaedics in Bournemouth: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£4,476
Knee arthroscopy: The Harbour Hospital, Poole · 4.6 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £1,735 at The Harbour Hospital (4.6 miles)
Typical price
£5,340
The middle of 4 published knee arthroscopy prices within 25 miles.
Carpal tunnel surgery: £2,664.
NHS wait so far
17 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at University Hospitals Dorset 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 Bournemouth
Knee arthroscopy
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The Harbour Hospital
Poole · 4.6 miles away
£4,476Knee surgery via arthroscopy
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 Harbour Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £4,276 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
New Hall Hospital
Salisbury · 21 miles away
from£4,999Knee Arthroscopy (key hole surgery)
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 Bournemouth Hospital
Bournemouth · 0.8 miles away
£5,680Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery
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 Bournemouth Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £5,680 -
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton
Southampton · 24 miles away
£5,899Knee arthroscopy
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, Southampton Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately)
Carpal tunnel surgery
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The Harbour Hospital
Poole · 4.6 miles away
£1,735Wrist surgery - Carpal Tunnel release (local anaesthetic)
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 Harbour Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £1,535 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton
Southampton · 24 miles away
£2,349Carpal tunnel 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, Southampton Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
New Hall Hospital
Salisbury · 21 miles away
from£2,664Carpal Tunnel Release - One Wrist
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 Bournemouth Hospital
Bournemouth · 0.8 miles away
£2,785Carpal Tunnel Release - One Wrist
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 Bournemouth Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £2,785 -
Spire Southampton Hospital
Southampton · 23 miles away
from£3,072Carpal tunnel release (one wrist)
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 Southampton Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £225 Treatment Included from £2,847 Aftercare Included Included
See all 5 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
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| Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital | 0.8 miles | £5,680 | £2,785 |
| The Harbour Hospital | 4.6 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
| New Hall Hospital | 21 miles | from £4,999 | from £2,664 |
| Spire Southampton Hospital | 23 miles | – | from £3,072 |
| Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton | 24 miles | £5,899 | £2,349 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Bournemouth.
Hospital by hospital
Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, 0.8 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report June 2022). Knee arthroscopy £5,680 (tests before treatment not included), £1,204 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,785 (tests before treatment not included), £1,050 above the local lowest.
The Harbour Hospital, Poole, 4.6 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report February 2022). Knee arthroscopy £4,476 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally. Carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
New Hall Hospital, Salisbury, 21 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report February 2025). Knee arthroscopy from £4,999 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £523 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,664 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £929 above the local lowest.
Spire Southampton Hospital, Southampton, 23 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report July 2025). No published knee arthroscopy price. Carpal tunnel surgery from £3,072 (first consultation £225 included; aftercare included), £1,337 above the local lowest.
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton, Southampton, 24 miles away (Practice Plus Group; CQC Good, report June 2017). Knee arthroscopy £5,899, £1,423 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,349, £614 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: 4 local prices span £1,423, from £4,476 to £5,899; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683. The nearest, Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, is £1,204 dearer than the cheapest.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 5 local prices span £1,337, from £1,735 to £3,072; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705. The nearest, Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, is £1,050 dearer than the cheapest.
4 hospitals near Bournemouth publish both prices. They are Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital, The Harbour Hospital, New Hall Hospital and Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton. below it at 4, by £2,335 to £3,550.
Within 5 miles of central Bournemouth: Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital (0.8 miles) and The Harbour Hospital (4.6 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Bournemouth: New Hall Hospital (21 miles), Spire Southampton Hospital (23 miles) and Practice Plus Group Hospital, Southampton (24 miles).
Typical for knee arthroscopy: usually a day-case procedure.
Tip: count the journeys for the consultation, the procedure and follow-up when weighing a cheaper hospital further away.
Private or NHS?
- Cost. knee arthroscopy £4,476 to £5,899 at 4 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 to £3,072 at 5 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. University Hospitals Dorset: half had waited over 17 weeks; 9 in 10 within 45 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 Bournemouth
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | 16.7 wks | 53.7% | 238 | 45 wks | 8,476 |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 19.4 wks | 46.1% | 140 | 48 wks | 3,432 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, 4.5 miles from Bournemouth: 8,476 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 53.7% within 18 weeks, 238 over a year, nine in ten within 45 weeks.
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 25 miles from Bournemouth: 3,432 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 46.1% within 18 weeks, 140 over a year, nine in ten within 48 weeks.
These figures cover everyone on the trust’s trauma and orthopaedics list, not only people waiting for a knee arthroscopy and carpal tunnel release, 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: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 6 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 9.3 miles: 6 good. 2 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 6 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| Tajmeel clinic ltd | 0.2 miles | Good | No |
| Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital | 0.8 miles | Good | Yes |
| Wentworth Clinic | 2.7 miles | Good | No |
| The Harbour Hospital | 4.6 miles | Good | Yes |
| SpaMedica Poole | 5.2 miles | Good | No |
| Victoria Hospital | 6.8 miles | Good | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital and The Harbour Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask New Hall Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For knee arthroscopy, weigh The Harbour Hospital (4.6 miles) against Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital (0.8 miles): the £1,204 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- For carpal tunnel surgery, weigh The Harbour Hospital (4.6 miles) against Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital (0.8 miles): the £1,050 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- Ask whether an MRI scan is needed first and whether it is in the price.
- Ask whether the price is for one wrist and what both would cost.
Nearby
Knee arthroscopy and carpal tunnel surgery in nearby places
- Winchester 33 miles
- Portsmouth 35 miles
- Basingstoke 49 miles
- Swindon 57 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 58 miles
- Worthing 65 miles
- Oxford 75 miles
- Slough 77 miles
Other treatments near Bournemouth
This page also covers 14 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne Minster, Verwood, Ferndown, Ringwood, New Milton, West Moors, Corfe Mullen, Swanage, Upton, Ashley Heath, Barton on Sea, Merley.
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: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Dorset County 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.