X-ray UK: NHS waits and private options
Plain-film diagnostic imaging, commonly used for bones, joints, chest and dental referral checks. No major private hospital group publishes a quotable price for this procedure. NHS waits vary by trust.
According to TreatCompare analysis, NHS waits for x-ray vary by trust and city.
According to TreatCompare analysis of price lists published by Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare, neither operator publishes a quotable price for private x-ray.
According to TreatCompare analysis, users comparing x-ray 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
- 2026-09-11
- Figure type
- Mixed sources
- Use
- Research and comparison only
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Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare publish no price for x-ray
These are the two operators whose published price lists we read — 71 of their 82 UK hospitals publish one — and neither prices this procedure in a way that can be quoted. Where a price is listed at all it is banded by an internal code with nothing published to say what each band covers, so there is no figure we can honestly attach to this procedure. Other operators may publish one; we do not yet read them, and we would rather say that than imply the market is silent.
Ask the hospital for a written quote before booking. The NHS waiting-time figures on this page are unaffected — those come from NHS England and cover every trust.
UK private hospital scrape signals
Checked 5 private provider sources on 9 Sept 2026; 5 returned crawlable signals. 7 crawlable GBP price signals captured. A further 2 figures below are recorded by hand from a provider page that blocks automated reading, and were not re-read on this date.
| Provider | Signal | Captured value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 360Med | Price X-ray | £99 | Provider page |
| Cobalt Health | Price X-ray | £149 | Provider page |
| Oryon Imaging | Price X-ray | £70 | Provider page |
| Scan.com UK | PriceRecorded by hand X-ray scan from-price | £95 | Provider page |
| Vista Health | PriceRecorded by hand X-ray scan from-price | £99 | Provider page |
| Vista Health | Price Orbital X-Ray Only | £99 | Provider page |
| Vista Health | Price X-ray Fixed price | £99 | Provider page |
| Oryon Imaging | Available X-ray | Mentioned in crawlable text; no nearby price captured | Provider page |
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