Insurance and Fee Guide

Expert Allergy Consultations Designed Around Your Child’s Needs

At Children’s Allergy Doctors, over 5,000 children have been supported with conditions such as eczema, food allergies, asthma, and hay fever. Your child’s unique needs are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring they receive personalized care from an expert team. The goal is to give you peace of mind while helping your child live a happy, healthy life.

If you’d like support for your child, our consultation fees are outlined below. These reflect the specialist expertise and comprehensive care available to your family. Please note that for self-pay patients, payment is required in advance of the consultation to confirm the booking.

Self-pay consultation fees Professor Helen Brough

• New appointment (face to face or virtual) £360
• Follow up appointment (face to face or virtual) £320

Self-pay consultation fees Dr Erika Harnik, Dr Jose Costa and Dr Rosalind Capelin-Jones

• New appointment (face to face or virtual) £350
• Follow up appointment (face to face or virtual) £280

Allergy test costs

• Skin prick test (tests for immediate food, inhalant and antibiotic allergies) £250

We do not offer skin prick tests without consultations and it is important that a clinician spends time discussing the implications of the test results with the family, in order to ensure accuracy of diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary dietary restrictions.

• Skin patch tests (tests for delayed food and delayed reactions to antibiotics) £150
• Spirometry breathing test (asthma test which check for obstruction in the lungs) £130
• Fractional exhaled nitric oxide breathing test (asthma test which check for allergic inflammation in the lungs) £130

Blood test fees

We may need to perform blood tests to investigate your child’s symptoms. For insured patients, these may be charged by the laboratory or hospital where they have been performed. If you have health insurance you should contact them prior to your appointment to obtain authorisation for the consultation and procedure fees, to obtain pre-authorisation. For self pay patients they will be charged by Children’s Allergy Doctors.

Imaging fees

We may also need hospital may need to perform other diagnostic tests such as Chest X-rays,  ultrasounds or MRI scans. The cost of tests is determined by and charged by the hospital where your child is to be seen. Prices vary slightly between hospitals and can be requested in advance from the hospital before proceeding with tests. If your visit is covered by health insurance, it is important that to contact your insurance provider prior to undertaking these tests.

Self-pay treatment fees

Sublingual inhalant allergen immunotherapy

We offer personalised SLIT treatment tailored to your child’s specific allergy profile.

Oral food immunotherapy

Oral food immunotherapy (desensitisation) is a structured, Consultant-led care plan designed to gradually increase a child’s tolerance to specific food allergens and reduce the risk of reactions from accidental exposure. At Children’s Allergy Doctors, OIT is typically started in children up to 4 years of age and may treat allergens such as peanut, tree nuts, sesame and other seeds, wheat, legumes (green pea, yellow split pea and red lentil) and pine nut, with egg and milk plans delivered separately using specialised protocols. Treatment usually takes 6–12 months to reach maintenance and includes specialist nursing and dietetic support throughout.

Care Management Fees:

• Single food allergen OIT: £6,000–£9,000 (depending on number of visits required)

• 2 food allergens: £9,500

• 3 food allergens: £12,000

• 4 food allergens: £14,500

• Up to 4 foods can be managed simultaneously

• Suitability & Education Appointment: £250 (required before starting treatment)

Sublingual food immunotherapy

Food Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) is a structured, Consultant-led care plan designed to gradually increase a child’s tolerance to food allergens using very small daily doses placed under the tongue. At Children’s Allergy Doctors, SLIT is available for children aged 1–11 years and is often recommended for children older than 4 years, or for families seeking a gentler immunotherapy approach with fewer in-clinic dose escalations. Treatment is delivered under specialist paediatric allergy consultant supervision with nursing and dietetic support, and several allergens may be managed at the same time.

More information coming soon.

Health insurance

If your visit is covered by health insurance, you must obtain pre-authorisation from your insurance company before visiting us – for your consultation and any necessary investigations/tests.  You may have an excess, or co-insurance on your policy. If so, you will be liable to pay for any limits exceeded on your insurance policy.

Children’s Allergy Doctors are recognised by the following insurers, and we are fee assured (except for WPA).  We can see all the insured patients listed below at our location in Wimpole street at ENT4Kids:

• Allianz
• Aviva
• AXA PPP
• AXA PPP Global Healthcare
• BUPA
• BUPA International
• Cigna
• Cigna International
• Exeter Friendly
• Freedom Health
• Healix
• Health-on-Line
• Vitality
• WPA

For patients insured with Allianz, Aviva, Bupa, Bupa International, Cigna, Cigna International, Vitality and WPA, we can see these patients at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children.

For patients insured with AXA PPP, Exeter Friendly, Freedom Health, Health-on-Line and Healix, we cannot see these patients at the Portland Hospital, only at ENT4Kids.

We can see self-paying patients at either venue.

Procedure fees for insured patients

For insured patients, further tests to investigate your child’s symptoms, such as skin tests or breathing tests may be charged for by Children’s Allergy Doctors or the clinic (ENT4kids) where they are done. If you have health insurance you should contact them prior to your appointment to obtain authorisation for the consultation and procedure fees, to obtain pre-authorisation.

Cancellation policy

Due to long waiting lists, we ask patients to give us at least 48 working hours’ notice if you need to cancel or postpone your appointment. Late cancellations will incur a charge of £100.00.

How to pay

Following the consultation, an invoice will be issued and either sent to your insurance company (membership number and a pre-authorisation number is required for each visit) or sent to you if you are self-funding. If you are self-funding, or if your insurer has advised us that you need to pay either in full, or part of your invoice (e.g. excess, coinsurance etc), you will receive an invoice from the practice.

You can either pay over the phone on 0203 146 7721 Monday – Friday between 9.00am and 5.30pm.  The office is closed at weekends and Bank Holidays. 

Or you can pay online 24/7. 

Self-paid invoices and excess payment invoices must be paid in advance of appointment bookings.

What parents say:

“Professor Brough is one of the finest of the profession. She is a great listener, incredibly thorough and very clear with instructions. It is reassuring to have guidance by someone who is clearly an expert in the field and so clearly passionate about providing clinical excellence to her patients.”

“I cannot put into words how amazing Childrens Allergy Doctors have been…!!!!
My son was three months old when I realised something was very wrong. Multiple trips into A&E following intense bouts of vomiting shortly after giving him formula. I was told by the doctors in A&E that he had gastroenteritis each time, twice requiring admission into hospital. Feeling in my heart it was a bit unlikely a three month old would contract gastroenteritis several times in a month, I stopped giving my son formula and brought him to Children’s Allergy Doctors who diagnosed him with the rare condition Fpies and gave me invaluable advice about how to manage the same, including a plan for weaning via their dietician Karen Wright. The clinic tested him for various allergens, and gave advice about probiotics etc. Childrens Allergy Doctors have also been absolutely amazing in helping manage my son’s eczema. It was so terrible at one point, oozing soars on his cheeks which was completely heartbreaking given we had just started weaning and so naturally, food would irritate his skin further. He now has a glowing complexion! Having been born on the 98th centile, and having dropped at one point to the 25th centile, he is now back on the 90th centile, loving food, loving life, hitting developmental milestones early, I am so blessed. My husband and I were also self-funded clients who were not working at the time as I was on mat-leave and my husband was studying, notwithstanding, we found treatment plan prices very manageable. Would highly, highly, recommend Childrens Allergy Doctors! Thank you so much Professor Brough and your whole team… thank you ❤️🙏”