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Physiotherapy · Manchester

physiotherapy in Manchester: what it costs

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Cheapest nearby

    £65

    Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield, Macclesfield · 15 miles away

    Cheapest in Manchester itself: £70 at Spire Manchester Hospital (4 miles)

  • Typical price

    £65

    The middle of the 4 published prices within 25 miles.

    Range £65 to £70.

In short

The lowest published self-pay price we found for physiotherapy in the Manchester area was £70 at Spire Manchester Hospital (Manchester). Checked 9 November 2026.

The health regulator (CQC) lists 131 independent healthcare places in Manchester, including 3 with overnight beds and 27 diagnostic or screening services.

Where to get physiotherapy near Manchester

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  • Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield

    Macclesfield · 15 miles away

    £65physiotherapy outpatient - assessment

    What’s included: A standard physiotherapy appointment. Spire says specialist physio may cost more.

    Health regulator (CQC) rating: Good · checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Spire Cheshire Hospital

    Warrington · 18 miles away

    £65physiotherapy outpatient - assessment

    What’s included: A standard physiotherapy appointment. Spire says specialist physio may cost more.

    Health regulator (CQC) rating: Outstanding · checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Spire Elland Hospital

    Elland · 22 miles away

    £65physiotherapy outpatient - assessment

    What’s included: A standard physiotherapy appointment. Spire says specialist physio may cost more.

    Health regulator (CQC) rating: Good · checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Spire Manchester Hospital

    Manchester · 4 miles away

    £70physiotherapy outpatient - assessment

    What’s included: A standard physiotherapy appointment. Spire says specialist physio may cost more.

    Health regulator (CQC) rating: Outstanding · checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Nuffield Health (gym-based physiotherapy)

    National price, outside London

    £72Physiotherapy initial assessment, up to 45 min, outside London

    What’s included: Nuffield's national price for non-members outside London. Members get 20% off. Nuffield's page says a referral may be needed before booking.

    checked 9 Nov 2026

Prices the hospitals and clinics publish on their own websites, not quotes. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line miles from Manchester city centre.

Hospital list prices nearby

4 hospitals within 25 miles of Manchester publish a self-pay list price for physiotherapy, ranging from £65 to £70. They belong to Spire Healthcare. These are the hospitals’ own published figures, read from each source page on 9 November 2026; what a list price covers differs between groups.

Spire Manchester Hospital (Manchester), about 4 miles from the centre of Manchester, lists physiotherapy outpatient - assessment at £70; CQC rates the hospital outstanding (report published October 2022).

Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield (Cheshire East), about 15 miles from the centre of Manchester, lists physiotherapy outpatient - assessment at £65; CQC rates the hospital good (report published February 2022).

Spire Cheshire Hospital (Warrington), about 18 miles from the centre of Manchester, lists physiotherapy outpatient - assessment at £65; CQC rates the hospital outstanding (report published May 2017).

Spire Elland Hospital (Calderdale), about 22 miles from the centre of Manchester, lists physiotherapy outpatient - assessment at £65; CQC rates the hospital good (report published March 2017).

Private or NHS?

  • Cost. Free on the NHS. Privately £65 to £70 across 4 published prices within 25 miles.

Not sure which is right for you? Your GP can refer you on the NHS and talk through your options.

Where else to look in Manchester

This provider in the Manchester area is on the CQC register. We list providers alphabetically and say why each is listed. Nobody pays to appear.

  • CQC: Outstanding

    Spire Manchester Hospital

    170 Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2AF

    Publishes a self-pay price, shown above.

    Registered 2017 · rated Oct 2022

Before you book

We found only one published local price in the Manchester area, so there is little to compare it with locally. Prices published elsewhere in the country are on the national physiotherapy page.

Check the physiotherapist’s name on the HCPC register, and ask how many sessions they expect before you commit to a course.

Read the full physiotherapy guide

More in Manchester and elsewhere

Where these figures come from

Prices: read from each provider’s own website on the date shown next to each price. We store the price, what the page says it includes, the link and the date.

Provider details are from the CQC register (downloaded 9 November 2026), under the Open Government Licence. A CQC rating describes the whole location, not a particular treatment.

Typical price is the middle (median) of the published prices within 25 miles, shown only when there are at least four.

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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.

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