Orthopaedic day surgery · Oxford
Day orthopaedics in Oxford: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
£4,455
Knee arthroscopy: Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital, Oxford · 1.9 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £1,735 at The Shelburne Hospital (23 miles)
Typical price
£4,615
The middle of 5 published knee arthroscopy prices within 25 miles.
NHS wait so far
15 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Oxford University 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 Oxford
Knee arthroscopy
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Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital
Oxford · 1.9 miles away
£4,455Knee 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 Oxford Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,455 -
The Chiltern Hospital
Great Missenden · 25 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 -
Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital
Oxford · 1.9 miles away
£4,615Knee 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 Oxford Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,615 -
The Shelburne Hospital
High Wycombe · 23 miles away
£5,114Knee 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 £250). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Shelburne Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment Included £4,864 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included -
Berkshire Independent Hospital
Reading · 24 miles away
from£7,492Knee 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.
Carpal tunnel surgery
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The Shelburne Hospital
High Wycombe · 23 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 Shelburne 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 · 25 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 -
Berkshire Independent Hospital
Reading · 24 miles away
from£2,932Carpal 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 4 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
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| Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital | 1.9 miles | £4,455 | – |
| The Shelburne Hospital | 23 miles | £5,114 | £1,735 |
| Berkshire Independent Hospital | 24 miles | from £7,492 | from £2,932 |
| The Chiltern Hospital | 25 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 Oxford.
Hospital by hospital
Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital, Oxford, 1.9 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report June 2022). Knee arthroscopy £4,455 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery to Remove Damaged Cartilage) or £4,615 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery) (tests before treatment not included), the lowest locally. No published carpal tunnel surgery price.
The Shelburne Hospital, High Wycombe, 23 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Requires improvement, report April 2019). Knee arthroscopy £5,114 (first consultation £250 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £659 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading, 24 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report May 2020). Knee arthroscopy from £7,492 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £3,037 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,932 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £1,197 above the local lowest.
The Chiltern Hospital, Great Missenden, 25 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), £21 above the local lowest. 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: 5 local prices span £3,037, from £4,455 to £7,492; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 3 local prices span £1,197, from £1,735 to £2,932; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705.
3 hospitals near Oxford publish both prices. They are The Shelburne Hospital, Berkshire Independent Hospital and The Chiltern Hospital. below it at 3, by £2,741 to £4,560.
Within 5 miles of central Oxford: Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital (1.9 miles).
10 to 25 miles of central Oxford: The Shelburne Hospital (23 miles), Berkshire Independent Hospital (24 miles) and The Chiltern Hospital (25 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 £4,455 to £7,492 at 4 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £1,735 to £2,932 at 3 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Oxford University Hospitals: half had waited over 15 weeks; 9 in 10 within 43 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 Oxford
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 15.1 wks | 57.4% | 196 | 43 wks | 8,112 |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | 10.0 wks | 82.9% | 3 | 23 wks | 2,231 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 1.7 miles from Oxford: 8,112 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 57.4% within 18 weeks, 196 over a year, nine in ten within 43 weeks.
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, 25 miles from Oxford: 2,231 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 82.9% within 18 weeks, 3 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: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Royal Berkshire 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 22 miles: 3 good, 1 requires improvement, 2 not yet rated. 1 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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| Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital Oxford | 1.9 miles | Good | Yes |
| Newmedica Community Ophthalmology Service | 6.4 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| SpaMedica Oxford | 6.6 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Chiltern Medical Clinic, Goring on Thames | 17 miles | Requires improvement | No |
| The New Foscote Hospital | 21 miles | Good | No |
| The Cherwell Hospital | 21 miles | Good | No |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital, The Chiltern Hospital and The Shelburne Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Berkshire Independent 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
- Swindon 26 miles
- Milton Keynes 29 miles
- Slough 33 miles
- Basingstoke 35 miles
- Watford 37 miles
- Coventry 46 miles
- Winchester 48 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 57 miles
Other treatments near Oxford
This page also covers 4 nearby places with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Witney, Carterton, Kidlington, Eynsham.
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: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, Royal Berkshire 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.