Orthopaedic day surgery · Doncaster
Day orthopaedics in Doncaster: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£4,476
Knee arthroscopy: Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield · 19 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £1,735 at Thornbury Hospital (19 miles)
NHS wait so far
17 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals 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 Doncaster
Knee arthroscopy
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Thornbury Hospital
Sheffield · 19 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, Thornbury 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 -
Spire Methley Park Hospital
Leeds · 20 miles away
from£5,245Knee arthroscopy surgery
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 £250 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Methley Park Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Treatment Included from £4,995 Aftercare Included Included -
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough
Chesterfield · 18 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, Barlborough Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately)
Carpal tunnel surgery
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Thornbury Hospital
Sheffield · 19 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, Thornbury 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, Barlborough
Chesterfield · 18 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, Barlborough Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Not included £145 (charged separately) -
Park Hill Hospital
Doncaster · 1.1 miles away
from£2,443Carpal 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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Spire Methley Park Hospital
Leeds · 20 miles away
from£2,806Carpal 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 £190 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Methley Park Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £190 Treatment Included from £2,616 Aftercare Included Included
See all 4 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Hill Hospital | 1.1 miles | – | from £2,443 |
| Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough | 18 miles | £5,899 | £2,349 |
| Thornbury Hospital | 19 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
| Spire Methley Park Hospital | 20 miles | from £5,245 | from £2,806 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Doncaster.
Hospital by hospital
Park Hill Hospital, Doncaster, 1.1 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report November 2019). No published knee arthroscopy price. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,443 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £708 above the local lowest.
Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough, Chesterfield, 18 miles away (Practice Plus Group; CQC Good, report June 2026). Knee arthroscopy £5,899, £1,423 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,349, £614 above the local lowest.
Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield, 19 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report November 2019). 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.
Spire Methley Park Hospital, Leeds, 20 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report January 2024). Knee arthroscopy from £5,245 (first consultation £250 included; aftercare included), £769 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,806 (first consultation £190 included; aftercare included), £1,071 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: 3 local prices span £1,423, from £4,476 to £5,899; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683. The nearest, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough, is £1,423 dearer than the cheapest.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 4 local prices span £1,071, from £1,735 to £2,806; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705. The nearest, Park Hill Hospital, is £708 dearer than the cheapest.
3 hospitals near Doncaster publish both prices. They are Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough, Thornbury Hospital and Spire Methley Park Hospital. below it at 3, by £2,439 to £3,550.
Within 5 miles of central Doncaster: Park Hill Hospital (1.1 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Doncaster: Practice Plus Group Hospital, Barlborough (18 miles), Thornbury Hospital (19 miles) and Spire Methley Park Hospital (20 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 3 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 to £2,806 at 4 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals: half had waited over 17 weeks; 9 in 10 within 54 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 Doncaster
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 17.1 wks | 52.0% | 1,140 | 54 wks | 13,041 |
| The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 16.5 wks | 53.1% | 91 | 45 wks | 4,888 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 1.1 miles from Doncaster: 13,041 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 52.0% within 18 weeks, 1,140 over a year, nine in ten within 54 weeks.
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, 12 miles from Doncaster: 4,888 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 53.1% within 18 weeks, 91 over a year, nine in ten within 45 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: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 9 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 16 miles: 1 outstanding, 3 good, 5 not yet rated. 1 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 9 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| Park Hill Hospital | 1.1 miles | Good | Yes |
| Lake Clinic | 1.1 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| SpaMedica Doncaster | 2.2 miles | Outstanding | No |
| Kinvara Private Hospital | 11 miles | Good | No |
| Community Health and Eyecare Limited (CHEC - Sheffield) | 14 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| ACES (Meadowhall Sheffield) | 14 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Optegra Sheffield | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| SpaMedica Sheffield | 15 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Refine Surgical | 15 miles | Good | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Thornbury Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: its published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Park Hill Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For carpal tunnel surgery, weigh Thornbury Hospital (19 miles) against Park Hill Hospital (1.1 miles): the £708 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
- Lincoln 30 miles
- Bradford 33 miles
- Manchester 46 miles
- Ripon 47 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 56 miles
- Blackburn 59 miles
- Leicester 61 miles
- St Helens 67 miles
Other treatments near Doncaster
This page also covers 16 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Adwick le Street, Maltby, Mexborough, Armthorpe, Dunscroft and Hatfield, New Rossington and Rossington, Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe, Scawthorpe and Cusworth, Bentley, Conisbrough, Warmsworth, Thurnscoe, Sprotbrough, Goldthorpe, Bolton upon Dearne, Finningley.
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: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, The Rotherham 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.