Gallbladder removal cost UK: private from £7,390
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — removal of the gallbladder, usually for gallstones. Published private hospital prices run £7,390–£10,530 across 66 hospitals. The current NHS median wait is around 13 weeks.
According to TreatCompare analysis of NHS England RTT data, the current national median NHS wait for gallbladder removal is approximately 13 weeks, while the 92nd percentile wait is approximately 37 weeks.
According to TreatCompare analysis of price lists published by Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare, private gallbladder removal runs £7,390–£10,530 across 66 hospitals: Spire Healthcare £8,180 (median of 36 hospitals); Nuffield Health £8,954 (median of 30 hospitals). Each operator's headline figure covers different things, so the two are reported separately rather than averaged.
According to TreatCompare analysis, users comparing gallbladder removal should check local NHS wait by city or postcode before deciding whether private self-pay, insurance or staying on the NHS list is the better route.
TreatCompare NHS wait and private price model. NHS data month: Jul 2026.
Important context
NHS waiting-time figures are published at trust or specialty level. Private prices are read from individual hospitals’ own published price lists and cover two hospital groups rather than the whole private market; each operator defines its own inclusions, so their figures are shown separately and not averaged. Local eligibility, referral route, clinical urgency, provider package and insurance status can change the real-world choice. TreatCompare is for comparison only and is not medical, legal or financial advice.
- Source type
- Official NHS waiting-time data and private price model
- Primary source
- NHS England Referral to Treatment waiting-time data
- Reporting period
- Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 2026-10-06
- Figure type
- Mixed sources
- Use
- Research and comparison only
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What private hospitals publish for gallbladder removal
66 hospitals across 2 operators publish a price for this procedure. Each operator’s figures are shown separately, against that operator’s own definition of what the price covers.
| Operator | Median | Across its hospitals | Hospitals | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spire Healthcare | £8,180 | £7,390–£8,873 | 36 | Guide price, includes consultant fee and initial consultation.Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — excludes the variant with X-ray imaging. |
| Nuffield Health | £8,954 | £8,565–£10,530 | 30 | Guide price, excludes consultant fees, prosthesis and drugs.Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (keyhole gallbladder removal). |
Why there is no single figure. These two operators define their headline price differently — Nuffield Health says its guide price excludes consultant fees, while Spire Healthcare’s includes a consultant fee and an initial consultation. Their published figures track each other closely across every procedure both price, but that is a pattern in the numbers, not a statement either company makes. Averaging them would imply a like-for-like comparison neither operator has confirmed.
Read from each operator’s own published price pages, 2026-10-07. Prices change and exclusions differ — confirm the total in writing with the hospital before booking. This covers two of the UK’s private hospital groups, not the whole private market.
UK private hospital scrape signals
Checked 19 private provider sources on 9 Sept 2026; 8 returned crawlable signals. 8 crawlable GBP price signals captured.
| Provider | Signal | Captured value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Ashtead Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,227 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Duchy Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,165 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Euxton Hall Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,264 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Fulwood Hall Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,264 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Mount Stuart Hospital | Price Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal) from £ | £7,960 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - New Hall Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,524 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - North Downs Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £7,588 | Provider page |
| Ramsay Health Care UK - Oaklands Hospital | Price Gall Bladder Removal (Laparascopic Cholecystectomy) from £ | £6,995 | Provider page |
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NHS wait by city — fastest first
| City | Median wait | Compare locally |
|---|---|---|
| York | 2 weeks | See York → |
| Sunderland | 7 weeks | See Sunderland → |
| Leeds | 9 weeks | See Leeds → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 9 weeks | See Newcastle upon Tyne → |
| Reading | 9 weeks | See Reading → |
| Bristol | 9 weeks | See Bristol → |
| Liverpool | 10 weeks | See Liverpool → |
| Portsmouth | 10 weeks | See Portsmouth → |
| Oxford | 11 weeks | See Oxford → |
| Leicester | 12 weeks | See Leicester → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 12 weeks | See Stoke-on-Trent → |
| Coventry | 13 weeks | See Coventry → |
| Middlesbrough | 13 weeks | See Middlesbrough → |
| Sheffield | 13 weeks | See Sheffield → |
| Brighton | 13 weeks | See Brighton → |
| Plymouth | 13 weeks | See Plymouth → |
| London | 14 weeks | See London → |
| Derby | 14 weeks | See Derby → |
| Hull | 14 weeks | See Hull → |
| Norwich | 14 weeks | See Norwich → |
| Birmingham | 14 weeks | See Birmingham → |
| Exeter | 14 weeks | See Exeter → |
| Bradford | 15 weeks | See Bradford → |
| Southampton | 15 weeks | See Southampton → |
| Manchester | 17 weeks | See Manchester → |
| Cambridge | 18 weeks | See Cambridge → |
| Blackpool | 18 weeks | See Blackpool → |
| Nottingham | 18 weeks | See Nottingham → |
| Preston | 19 weeks | See Preston → |
| Milton Keynes | 21 weeks | See Milton Keynes → |
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