Private Care · 72 pages

The Self-Pay Surgery Guide

Buying private surgery in the UK at real self-pay prices — how to get transparent quotes, avoid finance-plan markups and choose a consultant, not a brand.

Smiles and Miles · Buyer's Guide

The Self-Pay Surgery Guide

What's inside

  • Fixed-price self-pay packages: what's really included
  • Consultant vs group vs corporate hospital — cost & quality trade-offs
  • Getting itemised quotes and comparing like-for-like
  • Finance plans decoded: 0% vs interest-bearing, real APR
  • What happens if there's a complication (and who pays)
  • Common procedures with 2025/26 price ranges by region

Table of contents

  1. 1. The UK self-pay market, mapped
  2. 2. Choosing a consultant, not a hospital brand
  3. 3. Getting quotes that can actually be compared
  4. 4. Finance plans and hidden costs
  5. 5. Complications, revisions and warranties
  6. 6. Price ranges by procedure and region