Physio, Osteopath, Chiropractor and Podiatrist Prices in the UK
What clinics charge for a first appointment, a follow-up, routine foot care, nail surgery and sports massage, read from the price lists of 1,478 UK clinic websites in November 2026, with a check for the quote you were given.
Updated
Three prices clinics print most often
£70
Typical first physiotherapy appointment. Half of the 440 clinics we counted charge between £55.80 to £80.
£55
Typical physiotherapy follow-up. Half of 501 clinics sit between £45 to £65.
£42.50
Typical routine foot care appointment with a podiatrist, from 270 clinics, mostly £35 to £50.
Every figure comes from a price list on a clinic own website, read on 12 November 2026. London pushes the national picture up, so read the city table below before you judge a quote.
Does the price you were given look ordinary?
Prices are for one adult at the cheapest standard length a clinic lists. Packages, children and online appointments are left out.
Pick an appointment and type a price. The answer shows where it falls among clinics that publish theirs.
What clinics publish, appointment by appointment
The range is the middle half of clinics, with the cheapest quarter and the dearest quarter set aside. The count is clinics, after we counted one website and one price once.
| Appointment | Middle half of clinics | Median | Clinics |
|---|---|---|---|
| First appointment with a physiotherapist | £55.80 to £80 | £70 | 440 |
| Follow-up with a physiotherapist | £45 to £65 | £55 | 501 |
| First appointment with an osteopath | £60 to £75 | £70 | 162 |
| Follow-up with an osteopath | £50 to £62.50 | £55 | 151 |
| First appointment with a chiropractor | £56.20 to £75 | £69 | 206 |
| Follow-up with a chiropractor | £40 to £50 | £45 | 175 |
| Routine foot care with a podiatrist | £35 to £50 | £42.50 | 270 |
| First podiatry assessment | £50 to £68 | £55 | 201 |
| Verruca treatment, one session | £40 to £118.80 | £56.50 | 90 |
| Orthotics or gait analysis | £60 to £142 | £80 | 115 |
| Ingrown toenail surgery | £313.80 to £400 | £363.50 | 82 |
| Sports massage, 30 minutes | £30 to £40 | £35 | 84 |
| Sports massage, 45 minutes | £40.50 to £55 | £46 | 46 |
| Sports massage, 60 minutes | £50 to £65 | £60 | 116 |
Source: price pages and booking pages on clinic websites, read between 12 November and the publication date of this page. Details in the last section.
The same physiotherapy session in eight cities
Only cities where at least twelve clinics publish the figure are shown. The median in London is £125 for a first appointment, against £70 across the whole sample.
| City | First appointment, median | Follow-up, median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £125 (£95 to £150, 21 clinics) | £90 (£77 to £100, 29 clinics) |
| Edinburgh | £75 (£70 to £82, 15 clinics) | £58 (£47.50 to £64.50, 15 clinics) |
| Bristol | £75 (£70 to £81.20, 16 clinics) | £59 (£50 to £60, 19 clinics) |
| Birmingham | £80 (£70 to £90, 13 clinics) | £57.50 (£50 to £63.80, 14 clinics) |
| Manchester | £69 (£55.50 to £77.50, 15 clinics) | £60 (£50 to £70, 21 clinics) |
| Sheffield | £65 (£58.50 to £85.60, 18 clinics) | £55 (£48.80 to £65, 20 clinics) |
| Cardiff | £70 (£64 to £75, 12 clinics) | £52.50 (£45 to £60, 12 clinics) |
| Glasgow | £65 (£55 to £75, 21 clinics) | £50 (£45 to £55, 17 clinics) |
Why two clinics on one street can differ by £30
Length and level
Sports massage shows it plainly: the median is £35 for 30 minutes, £46 for 45 and £60 for an hour. A physiotherapy first appointment of 30 minutes and one of 60 are not the same product, so read the length before you compare.
What the visit includes
A first appointment often bundles an assessment with treatment, and some clinics split them. For foot work the gap is wider: routine care is a median of £42.50, nail surgery £363.50.
Where the clinic sits
Prices follow the postcode too. Median first physiotherapy appointments run from £65 in Glasgow to £125 in London in our table.
Who sees you
Some clinics print two prices for the same slot, a standard clinician and a senior or specialist one. Ask which one the quote refers to.
Questions to settle before you accept
- How long is the first appointment, and does the price include treatment on the day?
- Is the follow-up price the same for every clinician, or does it depend on who you see?
- Is a block of sessions cheaper per visit, and what happens to unused ones if you stop?
- Are there charges for cancelling late, for reports or for equipment such as supports and insoles?
- Who exactly will treat you, and under which registered title? The register guide shows how to check.
How we built the table, and what it does not cover
We started from 2,007 clinics on this site whose own websites show at least one price. We kept 1,478 that appear in a list for a profession we could read the price for. For each clinic and appointment we took the lowest standard adult price shown and counted a website and an amount once, so a chain with ten branches and one price list counts once.
Left out: child, couples, online and telephone appointments, group classes, memberships, packages, vouchers and scans. A clinic that prints a range contributes the bottom of it. After the extraction we opened 26 clinic pages at random and found the quoted amount in the text of 25 of them. The twenty-sixth page did not show it in plain text, which can mean a booking widget rather than a different price.
These are asking prices on the web. Some clinics offer insurer rates or discounts that are not printed. If you are looking for free care, the NHS and private guide explains the routes.
Prices read from clinic websites in November 2026. We do not link each clinic here: the lists name them, trade by trade, for physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, podiatrists and sports massage.
Written by the Good Physio editorial team.