Orthopaedic day surgery · Middlesbrough
Day orthopaedics in Middlesbrough: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£4,120
Knee arthroscopy: Nuffield Health Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees · 5.6 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £2,015 at Woodlands Hospital (12 miles)
NHS wait so far
12 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at South Tees 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 Middlesbrough
Knee arthroscopy
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Nuffield Health Tees Hospital
Stockton on Tees · 5.6 miles away
£4,120Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery to Remove Damaged Cartilage
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 Tees Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,120 -
Tees Valley Hospital
Middlesbrough · 1.5 miles away
from£4,346Knee 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 Tees Hospital
Stockton on Tees · 5.6 miles away
£4,375Knee 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 Tees Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,375
Carpal tunnel surgery
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Woodlands Hospital
Darlington · 12 miles away
£2,015Carpal 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 From £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Woodlands Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included From £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £1,800 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Woodlands Hospital
Darlington · 12 miles away
£2,225Carpal tunnel release (general 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 From £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Woodlands Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included From £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £ 2,000 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Nuffield Health Tees Hospital
Stockton on Tees · 5.6 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 Tees Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £2,785 -
Tees Valley Hospital
Middlesbrough · 1.5 miles away
from£2,833Carpal 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.
See all 3 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
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| Tees Valley Hospital | 1.5 miles | from £4,346 | from £2,833 |
| Nuffield Health Tees Hospital | 5.6 miles | £4,120 | £2,785 |
| Woodlands Hospital | 12 miles | – | £2,015 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Middlesbrough.
Hospital by hospital
Tees Valley Hospital, Middlesbrough, 1.5 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report March 2022). Knee arthroscopy from £4,346 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £226 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,833 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £818 above the local lowest.
Nuffield Health Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees, 5.6 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report April 2022). Knee arthroscopy £4,120 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery to Remove Damaged Cartilage) or £4,375 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery) (tests before treatment not included), the lowest locally. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,785 (tests before treatment not included), £770 above the local lowest.
Woodlands Hospital, Darlington, 12 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report August 2016). No published knee arthroscopy price. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,015 (Carpal tunnel release (local anaesthetic)) or £2,225 (Carpal tunnel release (general anaesthetic)) (first consultation From £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
How the prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: 3 local prices span £255, from £4,120 to £4,375; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683. The nearest, Tees Valley Hospital, is £226 dearer than the cheapest.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 4 local prices span £818, from £2,015 to £2,833; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705. The nearest, Tees Valley Hospital, is £818 dearer than the cheapest.
2 hospitals near Middlesbrough publish both prices. They are Tees Valley Hospital and Nuffield Health Tees Hospital. below it at 2, by £1,335 to £1,513.
Within 5 miles of central Middlesbrough: Tees Valley Hospital (1.5 miles).
5 to 10 miles of central Middlesbrough: Nuffield Health Tees Hospital (5.6 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Middlesbrough: Woodlands Hospital (12 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 £4,120 to £4,375 at 2 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £2,015 to £2,833 at 3 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. South Tees Hospitals: half had waited over 12 weeks; 9 in 10 within 37 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 Middlesbrough
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 12.4 wks | 67.5% | 41 | 37 wks | 5,592 |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | 8.0 wks | 85.1% | 17 | 23 wks | 7,078 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 0.1 miles from Middlesbrough: 5,592 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 67.5% within 18 weeks, 41 over a year, nine in ten within 37 weeks.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, 11 miles from Middlesbrough: 7,078 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 85.1% within 18 weeks, 17 over a year, nine in ten within 23 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: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 4 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 25 miles: 1 outstanding, 3 good. 3 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 4 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| Tees Valley Hospital | 1.5 miles | Good | Yes |
| SpaMedica Stockton-On-Tees | 3.5 miles | Outstanding | No |
| Nuffield Health Tees Hospital | 5.6 miles | Good | Yes |
| Woodlands Hospital | 12 miles | Good | Yes |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Nuffield Health Tees Hospital and Woodlands Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Tees Valley Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For knee arthroscopy, weigh Nuffield Health Tees Hospital (5.6 miles) against Tees Valley Hospital (1.5 miles): the £226 saving comes with a longer trip, so ask each how many follow-up visits are included.
- For carpal tunnel surgery, weigh Woodlands Hospital (12 miles) against Tees Valley Hospital (1.5 miles): the £818 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
- Sunderland 26 miles
- Ripon 31 miles
- Bradford 57 miles
- Doncaster 72 miles
- Lancaster 73 miles
- Blackburn 76 miles
- Manchester 85 miles
- Lincoln 96 miles
Other treatments near Middlesbrough
This page also covers 23 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Billingham, Eston, Newton Aycliffe, Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees, Guisborough, Catterick Garrison, Northallerton, Whitby, Egglescliffe, Shildon, Yarm, Richmond, Marske-by-the-Sea, Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Barnard Castle, Brotton, Wingate.
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: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, North Tees and Hartlepool 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.