How much is a gallbladder / gallstone removal at Spire Healthcare London East?

Spire Healthcare London East lists gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallbladder removal) from £7,179. That is the cheapest of the 49 published prices we hold for it, £1,622 below the dearest.

Every published price for gallbladder / gallstone removal

Compare gallbladder / gallstone removal prices across all 49 UK hospitals.

Priced similarly at London East

• Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty) — from £7,373
• Breast uplift (mastopexy, Unilateral) — from £7,720
• Breast enlargement (one) — from £6,505
• Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy with X-ray imaging, Gallbladder removal) — from £8,153
• Varicose vein treatment (VNUS - both legs) — from £6,132
• Shoulder arthroscopy (bursa and collar bone, Shoulder surgery) — from £6,122
• Knee ligament surgery (ACL, Cruciate ligament repair) — from £8,328
• Shoulder arthroscopy (bursa, Shoulder surgery) — from £5,746

The full list at this hospital covers 39 treatments. See all London East prices.

Where it sits on the London East list

Of the 39 treatments London East publishes a price for, this ranks 25 by cost. The list there runs £1,601 to £16,880 with a median of £4,610, so gallbladder / gallstone removal is toward the more expensive end of what this hospital prices.

Would cover pay the £7,179?

£7,179 at London East sits in the range where people weigh self-pay against waiting. Insurance changes that calculation only if it predates the symptoms: the gallbladder / gallstone removal you already need is excluded. Comparing UK cover · brokers · UK insurers

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Source: Self-pay treatment prices — Spire London East Hospital, https://www.spirehealthcare.com/spire-london-east-hospital/treatments/a-z/gallbladder-gallstone-removal-cholecystectomy/, read 4 September 2026.