Shocking: private costs

Clients need to be made aware of the costs of private medical treatment, industry figures have said. While two in three people would pay for medical treatment rather than wait for the NHS, most are wrong in their estimates of cost, according to Standard Life Healthcare. Its eighth Standard Life Attitudes to Healthcare survey shows 15% of adults would pay as much as £10,000; 40% would pay £1,000, 26% £2,500 and 20% £5,000 from their own funds. However, only one in three people knew a coronary artery bypass would cost about £14,500. One in three thought it would be £10,000, one in four sa...