Orthopaedic day surgery · Milton Keynes
Day orthopaedics in Milton Keynes: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£4,476
Knee arthroscopy: The Saxon Clinic, Milton Keynes · 1.2 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £1,735 at The Saxon Clinic (1.2 miles)
Typical price
£4,476
The middle of 6 published knee arthroscopy prices within 25 miles.
Carpal tunnel surgery: £1,735.
NHS wait so far
16 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Milton Keynes University Hospital 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 Milton Keynes
Knee arthroscopy
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The Saxon Clinic
Milton Keynes · 1.2 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 Saxon Clinic 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 -
The Manor Hospital
Bedford · 13 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 Manor 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 -
Three Shires Hospital
Northampton · 15 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, Three Shires 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 -
The Chiltern Hospital
Great Missenden · 24 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 Chiltern 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 -
Pinehill Hospital
Hitchin · 22 miles away
from£4,683Knee 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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Spire Harpenden Hospital
Harpenden · 22 miles away
from£5,119Knee 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 £230 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Harpenden Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £230 Treatment Included from £4,889 Aftercare Included Included
Carpal tunnel surgery
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The Saxon Clinic
Milton Keynes · 1.2 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 Saxon Clinic 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 -
The Manor Hospital
Bedford · 13 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 Manor 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 -
Three Shires Hospital
Northampton · 15 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, Three Shires 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 -
The Chiltern Hospital
Great Missenden · 24 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 Chiltern 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 -
Spire Harpenden Hospital
Harpenden · 22 miles away
from£2,986Carpal 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 £238 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Harpenden Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £238 Treatment Included from £2,748 Aftercare Included Included -
Pinehill Hospital
Hitchin · 22 miles away
from£3,003Carpal 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 6 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
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| The Saxon Clinic | 1.2 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
| The Manor Hospital | 13 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
| Three Shires Hospital | 15 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
| Pinehill Hospital | 22 miles | from £4,683 | from £3,003 |
| Spire Harpenden Hospital | 22 miles | from £5,119 | from £2,986 |
| The Chiltern Hospital | 24 miles | £4,476 | £1,735 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Milton Keynes.
Hospital by hospital
The Saxon Clinic, Milton Keynes, 1.2 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report December 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.
The Manor Hospital, Bedford, 13 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report July 2018). 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.
Three Shires Hospital, Northampton, 15 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Outstanding, report July 2025). 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.
Pinehill Hospital, Hitchin, 22 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report March 2019). Knee arthroscopy from £4,683 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £207 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £3,003 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £1,268 above the local lowest.
Spire Harpenden Hospital, Harpenden, 22 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report January 2017). Knee arthroscopy from £5,119 (first consultation £230 included; aftercare included), £643 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,986 (first consultation £238 included; aftercare included), £1,251 above the local lowest.
The Chiltern Hospital, Great Missenden, 24 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report November 2021). 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.
How the prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: 6 local prices span £643, from £4,476 to £5,119; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 6 local prices span £1,268, from £1,735 to £3,003; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705.
6 hospitals near Milton Keynes publish both prices. below it at 6, by £1,680 to £2,741.
Within 5 miles of central Milton Keynes: The Saxon Clinic (1.2 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Milton Keynes: The Manor Hospital (13 miles), Three Shires Hospital (15 miles), Pinehill Hospital (22 miles), Spire Harpenden Hospital (22 miles) and The Chiltern Hospital (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 £5,119 at 6 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 to £3,003 at 6 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Milton Keynes University Hospital: half had waited over 16 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 Milton Keynes
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 15.5 wks | 56.8% | 96 | 45 wks | 3,071 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 20.8 wks | 45.5% | 482 | 51 wks | 7,426 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 1.4 miles from Milton Keynes: 3,071 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 56.8% within 18 weeks, 96 over a year, nine in ten within 45 weeks.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 16 miles from Milton Keynes: 7,426 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 45.5% within 18 weeks, 482 over a year, nine in ten within 51 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: Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Bedfordshire Hospitals 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 9.3 miles: 2 good, 7 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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| ACES Milton Keynes Hospital | 0.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Optical Express – Milton Keynes Hospital | 0.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Bloom Health Hospitals | 0.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| KPI:Health | 0.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Athena Surgical Centre | 1.1 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| The Saxon Clinic | 1.2 miles | Good | Yes |
| Community Health and Eyecare Milton Keynes | 2.6 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Blakelands Hospital | 2.7 miles | Good | No |
| Stanier Square Centre | 3.2 miles | Not yet rated | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask The Chiltern Hospital, The Manor Hospital and The Saxon Clinic what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Pinehill Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- 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
- Oxford 29 miles
- Watford 31 miles
- Slough 37 miles
- Coventry 41 miles
- Leicester 44 miles
- Ely 50 miles
- Swindon 55 miles
- Basingstoke 55 miles
Other treatments near Milton Keynes
This page also covers 1 nearby place with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Newport Pagnell.
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: Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Bedfordshire Hospitals 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.