What does a private GP appointment cost?
A private GP appointment in the UK typically costs £80 for 15 minutes and £150 for half an hour, though the range is wide. These figures come from the prices practices publish on Quokka, not from a survey.
Last updated 11 September 2026
Most articles about private GP costs quote a range someone gathered by ringing round. The figures below are different: they are the prices private GP practices are currently publishing on Quokka, read from their own booking systems.
The short answer
A standard private GP consultation costs about £80 for 15 minutes, or £150 for half an hour. Half of appointments fall within the middle column below, and the outer columns show how wide the spread really is.
| Appointment length | Cheaper quarter | Typical | Dearer quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 minutes | £60 | £80 | £110 |
| 20 minutes | £88 | £105 | £125 |
| 30 minutes | £120 | £150 | £225 |
| 45 minutes | £150 | £210 | £268 |
Measured 26 August 2026 across 186 private GP practices listing on Quokka. "Typical" is the median: half of appointments cost less, half cost more.
Why the range is so wide
Three things move the price more than anything else:
- Length. This is the big one, and it is why comparing a headline price between practices is misleading unless you check what you get. A 30-minute appointment costs roughly double a 15-minute one almost everywhere.
- Where the practice is. Central London sits well above the rest of the country. If you are flexible about travelling a few miles, the difference is often larger than the difference between practices in the same town.
- What the appointment is for. A routine consultation is the cheapest thing a private GP does. A medical, a travel clinic appointment, or anything with a report at the end costs more, and is usually listed as a separate service with its own price.
What is usually not included
The consultation fee generally covers the appointment itself and nothing else. Expect these to be charged separately, and to be worth asking about before you book:
- Blood tests and other investigations: both the sample and the laboratory fee.
- Prescriptions. A private prescription is a document; the medicine is bought separately at a pharmacy, at a price the pharmacy sets. Some practices charge for issuing it.
- Letters, reports and referral letters.
- Vaccinations, which are usually priced per vaccine on top of any appointment fee.
Is it worth it?
That depends entirely on what you need, and it is your call rather than ours. The honest framing is that you are usually buying speed and a specific length of time, not better medicine: private GPs and NHS GPs are the same profession, registered with the same regulator.
What private access typically gets you is an appointment within days rather than weeks, at a time you choose, usually with a longer slot than the ten minutes an NHS appointment allows. If your question needs unhurried discussion, or you need something documented quickly, that time is the thing you are paying for.
If cost is the deciding factor, it is worth knowing that NHS GP care remains free at the point of use for anyone registered, and that a private GP cannot refer you into NHS services on any faster footing than your own GP can.
How to compare prices properly
- Compare like for like on length. A £70 appointment and a £110 appointment are often the same service at 15 and 30 minutes.
- Check whether the price is per appointment or per person. Family and couples appointments are sometimes listed at a combined price.
- Look for the first-appointment premium. Many practices charge more for an initial consultation than for a follow-up, so the price you see may not be the price you pay next time.
- Ask what happens if it overruns. Some practices bill in blocks beyond the booked time.
On Quokka every listing shows the practice's own price for the specific appointment you are looking at, next to the times they have free, so you can compare on both at once. Browse private GPs.
Where these figures come from
Prices are read automatically from each practice's own booking system and refreshed regularly, so they are what that practice charges rather than an estimate. The table above covers appointments described as consultations or general appointments, priced between £20 and £1,000, at practices whose listings were live on the date shown. It excludes medicals, travel clinics and procedures, which are priced separately and would otherwise pull the figures up.
Prices change. Always check the price shown on the practice's own listing before booking.
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