Private heart health check cost in the UK: what you pay privately (2026)

A private heart health check combines an ECG, an echocardiogram and a consultant review, and sometimes blood tests, for people with a family history, symptoms or who simply want reassurance, and is offered by cardiology practices and health screening providers.

Some private hospitals post guide prices for common procedures. For private heart health check the entries we found ran from £75 to £725. 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 usually have an ECG, an echocardiogram and a consultation in one visit, with blood pressure and a risk discussion. Some practices add a calcium score or exercise test.

The most useful part is often the discussion of risk and the action plan. Ask what follow-up is included and what information is sent to your GP.

Price differences for private heart health check usually come down to a handful of choices and circumstances, set out here.

• What is bundled: Complete Cardiology lists an ECG at £75, an echocardiogram at £400 and a consultation at £250, and sells the three together at £725, the same total, so check what a bundle actually saves.

• Extra tests: cholesterol, calcium scoring, stress testing and ambulatory blood pressure extend the check.

• Consultant time and location.

• Age and risk: older or higher-risk people may need more tests.

• Report: a written summary and plan versus a short letter.

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

Insurers rarely cover checks without symptoms, so most people self-pay. A cardiologist-requested work-up for symptoms is more likely to be covered.

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 offers health checks to adults in a set age range through GP practices, focusing on blood pressure and cholesterol, and cardiac tests are arranged when indicated.

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, and the visit fits into a morning or afternoon.

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

• Broad checks can detect minor abnormalities that lead to further tests without changing outcomes, so a clear purpose helps avoid unnecessary spend.

• If you have chest pain or breathlessness now, seek medical assessment rather than a screening package.

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

• Which tests are in the package, and what is extra?

• Is a cardiologist involved throughout?

• What follow-up is included?

• How are incidental findings handled?

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