What prostate diagnosis costs
Every diagnostic price on one page, with no hidden extras and no surprise invoices.
Written and reviewed by Mr Ashwin Sridhar, Consultant Urological Surgeon
- Complete Assessment, fixed
- £2,500
- No separate hospital invoices
- No extras
- Both routes supported
- Self-pay or insured
- To your results
- 5 to 7 days
The one-visit answer
One fixed fee, and exactly what it buys you.
The Complete Assessment is £2,500, fixed. It covers an in-depth consultation and physical examination with your consultant, blood tests including total and free PSA and kidney function, mid-stream urine analysis, a high-definition multiparametric MRI with contrast on the day, formal reporting by a specialist uro-radiologist, and a dedicated results consultation later in the week. There are no hidden hospital or radiologist charges.
What the fee covers, and what it does not
One fixed figure for the assessment itself. Anything that follows a diagnosis is quoted before it is booked.
The £2,500 is the whole assessment, not a deposit against it. It covers everything needed to get you an answer:
- Consultation and physical examination with your consultant
- Blood tests: total and free PSA, plus kidney function for the scan contrast
- Mid-stream urine analysis
- Multiparametric MRI with contrast, on the same morning
- Formal reporting by a consultant uro-radiologist
- Your results consultation later the same week
There are no separate hospital, laboratory or radiologist invoices arriving afterwards. What sits outside the fee is anything that only becomes relevant once the assessment has found something:
- A targeted transperineal biopsy, if your scan shows something that needs sampling
- A PSMA PET-CT, where staging calls for one
- Any treatment that follows a diagnosis
Those are quoted individually, because the figure depends on the anaesthetic, the facility and the laboratory work involved. You get the complete cost in writing before anything is scheduled.
The blood work in the assessment is PSA, total and free, plus the kidney function needed before MRI contrast. The newer specialist blood tests that some men ask about, such as the Stockholm 3, the Prostate Health Index and the EpiSwitch PSE test, are not part of the fee. If one of them is worth doing in your case, your consultant will say so and it is arranged and priced separately.
Why one visit is worth more than the sum of the tests
The tests are the same ones the NHS uses. What you are buying is the coordination.
A PSA blood test is sensitive, but it is not specific to cancer. An enlarged prostate, a minor infection, cycling or simple inflammation can all raise it. An MRI is an exceptional visual tool, but on its own it can show shadows and age-related changes that look uncertain without the biological context of your blood chemistry. Neither test alone tells the whole story.
Run on the same morning, they answer each other. Your PSA is divided by your MRI-measured gland volume to give your PSA density, which is what turns a bare number into something meaningful. A PSA of 6.5 with a large, clear 70cc prostate is explained by the gland itself. A PSA of 5.0 with a small 25cc prostate and a focal shadow is not, and that is worth acting on. Sequenced weeks apart, that comparison never gets made cleanly, and men end up having biopsies to answer a question the scan had already settled.
The full clinical argument is on our prostate MRI page.
Self-pay or insured
Self-pay
No referral needed. Book the package directly and everything is arranged for the same day. £2,500 covers the lot: consultation, examination, bloods, urine analysis, the MRI with contrast, specialist reporting and your results consultation. No hidden hospital or radiologist charges.
Insured
Most major insurers (Bupa, AXA, Aviva and others) cover the individual components if you have outpatient benefit and a referral. You will need authorisation from your insurer before your visit, which usually means seeing your GP and having a PSA first. Tell your insurer and our team early and we will try to arrange everything for a single visit, though same-day scheduling cannot always be guaranteed for insured patients.
Not sure which applies to you? The team will walk you through it.
What the NHS route costs
Nothing. The tests are the same ones we use, so here is the honest comparison.
Nothing. The NHS provides PSA testing and multiparametric MRI free at the point of use, and the tests are the same ones we use. What you are paying for privately is coordination and speed.
On the NHS you need to meet referral criteria, see your GP, wait for hospital triage, and attend bloods and imaging as separate appointments over 2 to 4 weeks or more, with an outcome in up to 28 days under the Faster Diagnosis Standard. Here everything happens in one 2.5 hour visit with one named consultant, and you have complete answers within a week.
Written and medically reviewed
Mr Ashwin Sridhar, Consultant Urological Surgeon
Last reviewed 1 September 2026.
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Questions men ask
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Get the whole answer in one visit
The Complete Assessment brings the consultation, bloods, examination and MRI into one Harley Street morning, with a consultant's answer within a week. £2,500, everything included.