How much is a back surgery at Spire Healthcare Hartswood?

Spire Healthcare Hartswood lists back surgery (spinal surgery, trapped nerve release) from £10,432. Of the 77 published prices we hold it ranks 36th, £98 below the median of £10,530 (1%). The nearest we hold either side are Liverpool at £10,400 and Washington at £10,450.

Every published price for back surgery

Compare back surgery prices across all 77 UK hospitals.

Priced similarly at Hartswood

• Breast reduction (Cosmetic, Reduction of breast - bilateral) — from £10,439
• Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) — from £10,382
• Back surgery (spinal surgery, slipped disc) — from £10,549
• Hysterectomy (vaginal) — from £10,800
• Hysterectomy (abdominal) — from £9,336
• Rotator cuff repair — from £9,224
• Knee ligament surgery (ACL, Cruciate ligament repair) — from £8,685
• Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy with X-ray imaging, Gallbladder removal) — from £8,280

The full list at this hospital covers 41 treatments. See all Hartswood prices.

Where it sits on the Hartswood list

Of the 41 treatments Hartswood publishes a price for, this ranks 36 by cost. The list there runs £1,811 to £17,370 with a median of £5,030, so back surgery is toward the more expensive end of what this hospital prices.

Would cover pay the £10,432?

At £10,432 this is the kind of bill cover exists for — but only cover bought before the problem. The back surgery you already need at Hartswood is pre-existing and excluded, so a policy taken out now would not pay it. Comparing UK cover · brokers · UK insurers

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Source: Self-pay treatment prices — Spire Hartswood Hospital, https://www.spirehealthcare.com/spire-hartswood-hospital/treatments/a-z/back-surgery-spinal-surgery/, read 4 September 2026.