Spire Healthcare South Bank lists knee replacement from £16,481. Of the 43 published prices we hold it ranks 20th, £39 below the median of £16,520. The nearest we hold either side are Wellesley at £16,448 and Gatwick Park at £16,482.

Every published price for knee replacement

Self-pay prices, cheapest first
HospitalListed asPricevs this one
Hull and East RidingKnee replacementfrom £14,706−£1,775
ManchesterKnee replacementfrom £15,112−£1,369
LeicesterKnee replacementfrom £15,655−£826
ParkwayKnee replacementfrom £15,801−£680
Clare ParkKnee replacementfrom £15,820−£661
WashingtonKnee replacementfrom £15,853−£628
The MontefioreKnee replacementfrom £15,854−£627
Edinburgh Hospitals Murrayfield and Shawfair ParkKnee replacementfrom £15,937−£544
AlexandraKnee replacementfrom £15,951−£530
LiverpoolKnee replacementfrom £15,985−£496
Thames ValleyKnee replacementfrom £16,090−£391
London EastKnee replacementfrom £16,115−£366
Little AstonKnee replacementfrom £16,129−£352
Regency Hospital MacclesfieldKnee replacementfrom £16,201−£280
BristolKnee replacementfrom £16,218−£263
LeedsKnee replacementfrom £16,267−£214
EllandKnee replacementfrom £16,356−£125
St AnthonysKnee replacementfrom £16,419−£62
WellesleyKnee replacementfrom £16,448−£33
South BankKnee replacementfrom £16,481—
Gatwick ParkKnee replacementfrom £16,482+£1
PortsmouthKnee replacementfrom £16,520+£39
CardiffKnee replacementfrom £16,559+£78
Methley ParkKnee replacementfrom £16,560+£79
HarpendenKnee replacementfrom £16,714+£233
Murrayfield Hospital WirralKnee replacementfrom £16,781+£300
Fylde CoastKnee replacementfrom £16,787+£306
SouthamptonKnee replacementfrom £16,878+£397
CheshireKnee replacementfrom £16,880+£399
YaleKnee replacementfrom £16,895+£414
NottinghamKnee replacementfrom £16,898+£417
HighgateKnee replacement£17,000+£519
The HollyKnee replacement£17,000+£519
BusheyKnee replacementfrom £17,287+£806
NorwichKnee replacementfrom £17,303+£822
HartswoodKnee replacementfrom £17,370+£889
Cambridge LeaKnee replacementfrom £17,392+£911
ManchesterKnee replacementfrom £17,426+£945
LeedsKnee replacementfrom £17,750+£1,269
ParkwayKnee replacementfrom £18,939+£2,458
The MontefioreKnee replacementfrom £19,104+£2,623
DunedinKnee replacementfrom £19,290+£2,809
Fylde CoastKnee replacementfrom £19,599+£3,118

Compare knee replacement prices across all 43 UK hospitals.

Priced similarly at South Bank

  • Hip replacement surgery — from £15,829
  • Facelift — from £11,142
  • Hysterectomy (vaginal) — from £9,953
  • Knee ligament surgery (ACL, Cruciate ligament repair) — from £9,057
  • Breast reduction (Cosmetic, Reduction of breast - bilateral) — from £8,911
  • Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) — from £8,881
  • Prostate surgery and laser prostate surgery (TURP, Prostate resection) — from £8,450
  • Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Gallbladder removal) — from £8,066

The full list at this hospital covers 35 treatments. See all South Bank prices.

Where it sits on the South Bank list

Of the 35 treatments South Bank publishes a price for, this ranks 35 by cost. The list there runs £1,716 to £16,481 with a median of £4,120, so knee replacement is toward the more expensive end of what this hospital prices.

Would cover pay the £16,481?

At £16,481 this is the kind of bill cover exists for — but only cover bought before the problem. The knee replacement you already need at South Bank 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 South Bank Hospital, https://www.spirehealthcare.com/spire-south-bank-hospital/treatments/a-z/knee-replacement/, read 4 September 2026.