Executive health screen cost in the UK: what you pay privately (2026)

A private executive health screen is a long, comprehensive assessment, sometimes including imaging, cardiac tests and a full set of blood tests, marketed to busy professionals and often funded by employers.

Some private hospitals post guide prices for common procedures. For executive health screen the entries we found ran from £869 to £1,129. Each row below is a published figure from the named provider, and the label shows the exact variant it priced.

Hospitals update these lists, and a guide price is not a quote. Treat the figures as a way to see the scale of the bill, then compare against a written estimate for your own case.

You move between consultations, blood tests, heart and lung assessments and, depending on the package, scans. A doctor reviews all results and gives a report.

Ask for the list of tests and the evidence behind each, and what happens if something is found.

Executive screens aim to find risk factors early, particularly for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Their strength is the time spent on lifestyle and risk reduction, which research suggests matters more than any single test.

The limits are that many tests have false positives, and incidental findings can lead to chains of further investigation. Asking for the evidence behind each test and for a named doctor to coordinate follow-up are the most useful steps.

Price differences for executive health screen usually come down to a handful of choices and circumstances, set out here.

• Breadth of tests: imaging, exercise testing, cancer markers and advanced bloods raise the price well above a standard assessment.

• Clinician time and consultant review.

• Employer sponsorship: corporate rates often differ from individual pricing.

• Provider type: hospital-based or clinic-based.

• Follow-up: findings may lead to scans, procedures and specialist consultations.

The same label can mean different things at different hospitals. Use this table as a checklist when you read an estimate.

Insurers rarely cover executive screening, and employers may provide it as a benefit.

Policies differ on outpatient and inpatient cover, so the same procedure can be fully, partly or not covered. If you pay yourself, ask what is guaranteed in the price and whether instalment plans carry interest.

The NHS does not offer broad executive-style screening but provides targeted programmes and health checks.

The NHS pathway runs through your GP and a consultant-led service, with an 18-week referral-to-treatment standard for non-urgent care. If a wait looks likely to exceed that, you can ask your commissioner about alternatives.

There is no recovery, though the day can be long.

Most people have an uneventful experience, but it helps to know how a problem would be handled financially.

• More tests do not always mean better outcomes, because incidental findings can lead to further investigation and anxiety; ask about the evidence for each test.

• Tumour markers and some advanced tests are not recommended for general screening.

To compare like with like, request the same details from every provider. For this procedure the useful questions are below.

• What tests are included and why?

• How are incidental findings handled?

• Are imaging and cancer tests included?

• Who coordinates follow-up?

• Does the quote itemise the hospital, consultant and anaesthetic charges, and which of them could still change?