Scans and tests your GP or consultant may recommend for Hiatus hernia

This is information about which scans and tests may be used to assess Hiatus hernia, and what each one is: not a recommendation. Your clinician decides which scan or test, if any, you need. Prices below are typical UK private ranges; enter your postcode to see the NHS wait near you.

A hiatus hernia is where part of the stomach pushes up into the chest through the hiatus, the opening in the diaphragm that the gullet passes through. About hiatus hernia and NHS waits →

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Assessed on symptoms first

A hiatus hernia is managed on symptoms first. A camera test (endoscopy) is arranged only when it is needed, rather than as a routine scan.

Sources: NHS.

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Wait or Pay is independent and is not the NHS. NHS waits are from DM01 diagnostics data. Nothing here is medical advice; your clinician decides which scan, if any, you need.

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