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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2004cost of neutering
The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. They quoted a cost of between $110 and $170 for the neutering. I never remember a neutering having a price range before. It used to be a flat fee. What could possibly change the cost? They said something about anesthesia costs could vary but the dh never repeats a conversation well so I'm not sure what that means. W >The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood >work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >W Wendy, I know vet prices vary wildly. But that sounds really pricey. I also have never had pre-op bloodwork on a young, healthy male prior to neuter *required*. I'm not a cheapskate when it comes to vet care. At all. But it sounds like your vet is milking it a bit, and I can't imagine whaat the $50 leeway he's allowed is for. So the total cost, including bloodwork, is as much as $230 for a castration? If it cost that much here, we would never get most people to do it. Good luck to Boots! Sherry Sherry >>The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood >>work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >vet is milking it a bit, and I can't imagine whaat the $50 leeway he's allowed >is for. ----------- My guess would be--when the bill is cheaper, it feels like a bargain. If the cat has a problem they can do something immediately, without preauthorization, and have some reasonable expectation of getting paid for it. ------------ So the total cost, including bloodwork, is as much as $230 for a >castration? If it cost that much here, we would never get most people to do it. >Good luck to Boots! > >Sherry >Sherry liv liv@garbage.ziplink.net take out the garbage to reply... If you can't beat your computer at chess try kickboxing. > >>The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > >>work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > for it. > ------------ I asked them about the costs the other day when I took Boots for his blood work. The blood work is required to assure the cat can tolerate the anesthesia - $59. For that I did get a phone call from my vet telling me that the blood work came back and Boots is fine. The price range is now policy since they went with VCA. However they lowered the range when I asked about it. IV Catheter - $26.05 Castration - $82.95 Biohazard Waste Mgmt. - $3.79 Total - $112.79 The range now is $113.00 - $141.00 depending on whether they have to send him home with pain meds etc. W > The price range is now policy since they went with VCA. However they > lowered the range when I asked about it Wendy, VCA is the vet chain I used to take my cats to. I really liked the vets but their prices were way high. They also tended to run tests that my new vet doesn't do unless she feels it necessary. As an example, when Shadow first got sick I took him in often and every single time I brought him in, the first thing they did was a full blood count, even if it was only a month earlier they had run one. My new vet (not part of a chain) will run specific tests if necessary rather than the whole nine*. I am not impressed by VCA at all. They never did help any of my sick cats; denied Shamrock of Depo shots when it is all that will help, kept changing Shadow to different dry varieties of Hill's prescription foods when he kept getting worse. Besides; they started running video of procedures they do on a TV monitor in the waiting room, and declaw surgery was one they advertised. It's one thing to do it. It's another to advertise it.  SignatureCheryl I am a very happy person. It's just that I have no patients for stupidity. - IBen Getiner > > The price range is now policy since they went with VCA. However they > > lowered the range when I asked about it [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > surgery was one they advertised. It's one thing to do it. It's another to > advertise it. I've never seen any information at my vet about declawing. I don't even know if they do it up there. I'm not saying that they don't but I have never heard them mention it nor do they display any information about it anywhere in the waiting room or examining rooms. About the only difference I saw when VCA took over (until now) was they spruced up the office a bit and wall papered the examining rooms. Dang I like my vet and don't really want to change. We've been dealing with the same doctor up there for over 10 years (long before VCA). Oh well, I guess they charge more so they can afford to cut the rescue groups some slack. Save the Cats (the group that helped us out with the kittens and we adopted Isabelle from) deals with VCA. Our vet did cut us a break when we took the kittens in when Oreo had blood in his stool. They checked out all four and gave us meds but only charged us for one. W > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > W I work with a vet who provides low cost spay/neuter to the community through the Humane Society. SHe charges $30 for a cat, no bloodwork required. I'm sure your local Humane Society could point you to someone who could be a bit more economical. Even our local full service vet only charges about $70. If you are in one of the more expensive areas of the country, I can see that maybe being up to $110, but $170 is steep. And getting bloodwork for a young healthy male with no history of any problems is padding the bill. Many drug companies are pushing the latest and greatest anesthesia solutions that are quite pricy. It's NOT necessary to use the latest and greatest. My vet uses a combination of a bit of injected ketamine with ISO gas, with no problems and she's done over 12,000 surgeries with minimal casualties. She has almost zero overhead though and isn't in a high traffic location and isn't paying for a new laser or dental table, which the vet who charges $70 is. Not griping about the difference, just explaining it. If you want access to the latest technology at your vet, it's got to be paid for somewhere somehow. (...) > more economical. Even our local full service vet only charges about $70. > If you are in one of the more expensive areas of the country, I can see that > maybe being up to $110, but $170 is steep. My vet charges ~$150 with some leeway for that figure to creep upward. In fact, I'm musing on neutering a gerbil (just for fun, you understand) and it's the same cost. I.e., approximately 30 times the purchase cost of the animal! It would be cheaper to let him have prolific mad gerbil sex and spend the cash on food 'n' cages instead of bollock removal. In fact, the cost of (cat) neutering made me realise what good value the animal shelter provides - all cats come pre neutered with an adoption fee of c. $85. Also, the one cat I obtained from a breeder came pre-neutered, again quasi-saving me a wedge of cash. I actually have a breakdown of the neutering charges from my vet, but cannot recall off the top of my head what the details were. I do recall quite a lot of the cost went on drugs / anaesthesia. Ketamine, Iso and Morphine IIRC. Steve. > (...) > > more economical. Even our local full service vet only charges about $70. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Steve. Ah! then we got a real steal with Isabelle. Her adoption fee was only $50. She was already spayed when they found her so it didn't cost them either. When we adopted Ralf it was $75 and that included his shots, testing (FeL and FIV) and neutering. Our SPCA charges $50 + a $25 neuter deposit that your supposed to get back once you get the animal neutered. Takes about a year for them to get around to refunding the neuter deposit. W I paid approx. $75 to have a male cat neutered 4 years ago. (Females cost more - major surgery.) Whenever people ask for the cost of neutering or other procedures, the numbers tend to be all over the board; depends on one's location along we/ the individual vet practice. I don't know why they gave you a range instead of a flat fee. Btw - if the bw is for a full panel, I pay $65. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > W > I paid approx. $75 to have a male cat neutered 4 years ago. (Females cost > more - major surgery.) Whenever people ask for the cost of neutering or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Cathy I wonder if I should call and ask why they require the blood work. W 5 mos. ago I had my female spayed for $55 through a low cost spay/neuter org. whose name I can't recall right now. $55 included EVERYTHING. Check with vets in your area, many around here participated in the low cost program(s). You may also get some info through local humane societies/shelters or HSUS and ASPCA websites. Good luck! Cathy > > I paid approx. $75 to have a male cat neutered 4 years ago. (Females cost > > more - major surgery.) Whenever people ask for the cost of neutering or [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > W I just had my kitten neutered and paid $84. I know prices can vary from vet to vet and from area of the country. Sue > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > W > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > W They're charging more 'cause they know you'll pay it. You've most likely established a pattern of gullibility with them. If it were anything but sexual mutilation, I'd tell you to just try another vet. One who doesn't know your glassy-eyed face. But since it is, all I can tell you is I hope they charge you thru the roof. You people are subhuman barbarians. IBen G. > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > W That sounds very steep for the cost of a neutering, and the *mandatory* as opposed to optional blood test seems a bit cheeky. I know that you'd probably have a blood test anyway, but to not give you an option? Helen M -- Wendy: Last October I paid $55 for a female spaying which included all preop tests and follow up care and everything in between. It was through Friends of Animals at 800-321-7387. I know they have a website, but the url's not shown on their paperwork. Cathy > > The dh called the vet to schedule Boots' snipping. He has to go for blood > > work (not an option) tomorrow for $60. Then he gets neutered next Monday. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > W
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