Across the 4 urology and men’s health procedures we price at UK private hospitals, self-pay costs run from £1,481 to £10,661. Each figure below is the range across every hospital that publishes a price, so it shows both the cheapest route and how far the same operation varies by where it is done.
| Procedure | Hospitals priced | From | To | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bladder Investigations | 24 | £1,481 | £2,500 | £1,785 |
| Circumcision | 34 | £2,448 | £3,191 | £2,923 |
| Vasectomy Reversal | 20 | £3,795 | £5,336 | £4,308 |
| Prostate Surgery and Laser Prostate Surgery | 42 | £8,030 | £10,661 | £8,801 |
Why urology and men’s health prices vary this much
Urology covers everything from a vasectomy reversal to prostate surgery, so the range is wide. Laser and robotic techniques cost more than open surgery, and that is often what separates two quotes for what looks like the same operation.
Read any row as a starting range, not a quote: the published figure is a package, and the initial consultation, diagnostics and a longer-than-assumed stay are usually billed on top. The per-procedure pages linked above show which hospital sits where in each range.
Would private health insurance pay for urology and men’s health?
Not if you already have the problem. Cover is written for conditions that arise after it starts, so anything you already have symptoms of is a pre-existing condition and excluded — permanently under full medical underwriting, or until a symptom-free period has passed under a moratorium. Freedom Health Insurance names a five-year look-back; WPA adds a 14-day deferment on anything arising in the first fortnight.
Bought before symptoms, a policy is what turns £4,308 into a claim. Bought after, it will not. Get a free quote to see what cover would cost you, or read how UK cover compares and the FCA-authorised brokers.
Source: each range is built from the hospitals’ own published self-pay price lists, cited in full on the per-procedure pages above.