Private coronary angiogram cost in the UK: 2026 price guide

A private coronary angiogram uses a catheter and contrast dye to X-ray the heart arteries and find blockages, usually after a non-invasive test or symptoms suggest significant narrowing, and can lead to a stent in the same session.

Published guide prices for coronary angiogram ran from £2,164 to £11,065 in the hospital price lists we retrieved. They are not quotes: each provider decides what its figure includes, and the final price follows assessment.

These are published guide figures from October 2026 and can change. Use them to judge scale, and rely on an itemised written quote for your own circumstances.

After local anaesthetic, a thin catheter is passed to the heart through the wrist or groin, and dye is injected while X-ray images are taken. You are awake throughout and may feel warmth as the dye goes in.

If a significant blockage is found, the cardiologist may discuss treating it straight away, so you should agree beforehand what you consent to and how that is priced.

If two quotes for coronary angiogram differ, the reasons are usually found in the list below rather than in the headline name of the procedure.

• Diagnostic only versus with treatment: Duchy lists a coronary angiogram at one price and an angiogram plus angioplasty at a much higher one, so a decision to stent changes the bill.

• Pressure-wire assessment: an angiogram plus pressure wire study is priced above diagnostic angiography alone.

• Day case or overnight stay: some patients need observation or an admission.

• Consultant and team fees: cardiologist, anaesthesia support and catheter lab staff.

• Provider: published angiogram prices differ widely, from about £2,164 at Rowley Hall to £3,900 at Duchy in the lists we retrieved.

Before comparing totals, compare contents. These are the lines most often included, and the ones most often added afterwards.

Insurers normally cover a diagnostic angiogram on cardiologist request and authorise stenting separately. Check whether a decision to stent during the same session is covered in advance.

Authorisation from the insurer before the date is the safest course, and it is worth asking what happens if the plan changes on the day. Self-pay patients may be able to spread the cost, though any finance is a credit agreement.

The NHS performs angiography in cardiac centres after specialist assessment, and urgent cases such as heart attacks are treated as emergencies with immediate access.

The NHS sets an 18-week standard from referral to treatment for non-urgent consultant-led care, and in England you have a legal right to choose a provider. Waiting times differ by area and specialty, so ask your GP or the provider about current local waits rather than relying on a national average.

You rest for several hours afterwards and are advised to avoid heavy lifting for a few days if the wrist or groin was used. Time off work depends on the access site and your job.

Complications are uncommon for most patients, yet a quote should say what happens if something does not go to plan.

• Complications such as bleeding at the access site or contrast reactions are uncommon, but any complication can lengthen the stay and change the bill; ask what is covered.

• Chest pain at rest or with sweating needs 999; an angiogram is not a substitute for emergency care.

A lower headline figure can hide extras. Use these questions to make quotes for this procedure comparable.

• Is the quote for diagnostic angiography only, or does it include stenting if needed?

• Is a pressure-wire assessment included?

• What are the consultant and anaesthetic fees?

• What is the charge if an overnight stay is needed?

• Which fees are fixed in the written quote, and which, such as consultant or anaesthetist fees, might be billed separately?