Orthopaedic day surgery · Ripon
Day orthopaedics in Ripon: what it costs, and the NHS wait
Prices checked 9 Nov 2026
Cheapest nearby
from£4,400
Knee arthroscopy: Clifton Park Hospital, York · 20 miles away
Carpal tunnel surgery: £2,196 at The Duchy Hospital (11 miles)
Typical price
£4,975
The middle of 5 published knee arthroscopy prices within 25 miles.
Carpal tunnel surgery: £2,674.
NHS wait so far
13 weeks
Half the people on the trauma and orthopaedics list at Harrogate and District 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 Ripon
Knee arthroscopy
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Clifton Park Hospital
York · 20 miles away
from£4,400Knee 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 Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 24 miles away
£4,745Knee 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 Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,745 -
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 24 miles away
£4,975Knee 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 Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £4,975 -
The Duchy Hospital
Harrogate · 11 miles away
£5,167Knee arthroscopy (lateral)
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, main treatment from, care after you go home and guide price from (first consultation £250). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Duchy Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £250 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment from Included £ 4,917 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included Guide price from Included £ 4,917 · £250 -
Nuffield Health York Hospital
York · 22 miles away
£5,770Knee 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 York Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £5,770
Carpal tunnel surgery
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The Duchy Hospital
Harrogate · 11 miles away
£2,196Carpal tunnel syndrome treatment
What’s included: Circle’s guide price. Circle says it covers your first consultation, main treatment from, care after you go home and guide price from (first consultation £200). Not included: tests before treatment. Circle confirms the final price after your consultation.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, The Duchy Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £200 Diagnostic Investigations Not included Not included Main treatment from Included £1,955.50 · Included Post discharge care Included Included · Included Guide price from Included £1,995.50 · £200 -
Clifton Park Hospital
York · 20 miles away
from£2,525Carpal Tunnel
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 Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 21 miles away
from£2,674Carpal 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 £228 on top.
Price breakdown, as published
Published price breakdown, Spire Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Initial consultation Included £228 Treatment Included from £2,446 Aftercare Included Included -
Nuffield Health York Hospital
York · 22 miles away
£2,720Carpal 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 York Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £2,720 -
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital
Leeds · 24 miles away
£3,055Carpal 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 Leeds Hospital Stage In the price? As published Diagnostic Investigations Not included Charged separately Main treatment Included £3,055
See all 5 hospitals side by side
| Hospital | Distance | Knee arthroscopy | Carpal tunnel surgery |
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| The Duchy Hospital | 11 miles | £5,167 | £2,196 |
| Clifton Park Hospital | 20 miles | from £4,400 | from £2,525 |
| Spire Leeds Hospital | 21 miles | – | from £2,674 |
| Nuffield Health York Hospital | 22 miles | £5,770 | £2,720 |
| Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital | 24 miles | £4,745 | £3,055 |
Prices the hospitals publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from the centre of Ripon.
Hospital by hospital
The Duchy Hospital, Harrogate, 11 miles away (Circle Health Group; CQC Good, report February 2024). Knee arthroscopy £5,167 (first consultation £250 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), £767 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,196 (first consultation £200 included; tests before treatment not included; aftercare included), the lowest locally.
Clifton Park Hospital, York, 20 miles away (Ramsay Health Care UK; CQC Good, report January 2026). Knee arthroscopy from £4,400 (single guide figure, no breakdown), the lowest locally. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,525 (single guide figure, no breakdown), £330 above the local lowest.
Spire Leeds Hospital, Leeds, 21 miles away (Spire Healthcare; CQC Good, report June 2020). No published knee arthroscopy price. Carpal tunnel surgery from £2,674 (first consultation £228 included; aftercare included), £478 above the local lowest.
Nuffield Health York Hospital, York, 22 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report December 2025). Knee arthroscopy £5,770 (tests before treatment not included), £1,370 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £2,720 (tests before treatment not included), £524 above the local lowest.
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, Leeds, 24 miles away (Nuffield Health; CQC Good, report May 2025). Knee arthroscopy £4,745 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery to Remove Damaged Cartilage) or £4,975 (Knee Arthroscopy - Key Hole Surgery) (tests before treatment not included), £345 above the local lowest. Carpal tunnel surgery £3,055 (tests before treatment not included), £860 above the local lowest.
How the prices compare
Knee arthroscopy: 5 local prices span £1,370, from £4,400 to £5,770; the UK median across 131 published prices is £4,683. The nearest, The Duchy Hospital, is £767 dearer than the cheapest.
Carpal tunnel surgery: 5 local prices span £860, from £2,196 to £3,055; the UK median across 137 published prices is £2,705.
4 hospitals near Ripon publish both prices. They are The Duchy Hospital, Clifton Park Hospital, Nuffield Health York Hospital and Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. below it at 4, by £1,690 to £3,050.
10 to 25 miles of central Ripon: The Duchy Hospital (11 miles), Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles), Spire Leeds Hospital (21 miles), Nuffield Health York Hospital (22 miles) and Nuffield Health Leeds 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 £4,400 to £5,770 at 4 hospitals; carpal tunnel surgery £2,196 to £3,055 at 5 hospitals. Free on the NHS.
- Wait. Harrogate and District: half had waited over 13 weeks; 9 in 10 within 39 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 Ripon
| NHS trust | Median wait | Under 18 weeks | Over a year | 9 in 10 within | On the list |
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| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 13.2 wks | 62.5% | 10 | 39 wks | 3,575 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 12.4 wks | 65.2% | 62 | 40 wks | 4,934 |
| England | 13.9 wks | 60.9% | 22,043 | 43 wks | 851,183 |
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, 10 miles from Ripon: 3,575 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 62.5% within 18 weeks, 10 over a year, nine in ten within 39 weeks.
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 22 miles from Ripon: 4,934 people on the trauma and orthopaedics list, 65.2% within 18 weeks, 62 over a year, nine in ten within 40 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: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK.
Other clinics nearby
The CQC register lists 10 independent hospitals registered with the CQC to do surgery within 22 miles: 1 outstanding, 5 good, 1 requires improvement, 3 not yet rated. 4 of them publish a price we could check here; ask the others directly.
The 10 nearest
| Location | Distance | Rating (CQC) | Price shown above? |
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| Kliniken Limited | 5.7 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| The Duchy Hospital | 11 miles | Good | Yes |
| Spire Harrogate Clinic | 11 miles | Good | No |
| Cardale Park | 11 miles | Outstanding | No |
| Optegra Bowcliffe Hall | 20 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Clifton Park Hospital Limited | 20 miles | Good | Yes |
| The Hair Dr, Leeds Private Hospital | 21 miles | Requires improvement | No |
| CHEC - Leeds (Headingley) | 21 miles | Not yet rated | No |
| Spire Leeds Hospital | 21 miles | Good | Yes |
| Nuffield Health York Hospital | 22 miles | Good | Yes |
Questions to ask before booking
- Ask Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, Nuffield Health York Hospital and The Duchy Hospital what tests before treatment would cost: their published breakdown lists them as not included.
- Ask Clifton Park Hospital for an itemised quote, as its price is published as a single figure.
- For knee arthroscopy, weigh Clifton Park Hospital (20 miles) against The Duchy Hospital (11 miles): the £767 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
- Bradford 26 miles
- Middlesbrough 31 miles
- Doncaster 47 miles
- Blackburn 47 miles
- Lancaster 52 miles
- Sunderland 53 miles
- Manchester 54 miles
- St Helens 69 miles
Other treatments near Ripon
This page also covers 1 nearby place with the same hospitals and NHS trust: Knaresborough.
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: Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust on Waiting Times UK, York and Scarborough Teaching 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.