Vet costs??

[Rebecca]

I'm curious, what does a standard vet visit run? Non emergency. And where are you from?

We bought a 'puppy package' that is supposed to entail all her shots/visits until she's ready to be spayed. $196. She has mucus poop- so I brought her in today. $39 visit, $19 for a stool sample, $35 for some crap probiotics that I stupidly bought. Emergency visits are $59 (same day). I'm in northwest ohio.

[Tammy and Violet]

For me, it was usually about a 200.00 bill !! ....get pet insurance now .. I wish I did with Violet... just got it now ..could have save a lot of $$$.....I hope your baby is ok?! I am in MN .I wish some doodle owners liver here too

[Barbara]

Love the coloring of your Violet so cute

[Tammy and Violet]

Thanks..I sure think she is cute too ...:)

you babe is adorable too !

[Michelle & Ruepunzel]

The Vet we go to is ridiculously outrageous I think. I'm in Southeast Wisconsin.

Rue had an eye infection a few weeks ago right after her spay (which cost $398) the visit to get her in to see the vet for him to look at her eye for 3.7 seconds was $75 and the antibiotics were $25, she needed a follow up visit to see if they worked and to re check the eye that was $25. I don't normally get out of there with a bill less than $200.

[Barbara]

Southern missouri vet visit 39 but took my GD in last month ear infection it was 84 dollars before I was done

[Tina McNerthney]

Hi, Rebecca.

Our vet offers an in-house health care plan that includes all vaccines for your pet and provides significant discounts on office visits, dentistry, surgery, and more. The annual cost is $209 for the first year of enrollment and $179 thereafter. As long as you pay the fee each year it will never change, even for older pets. Our cat is enrolled in this program and when we get our puppy in 3.5 weeks, we will enroll him, too. So you can compare your plan to our vet's plan, I have included a link to the page that shows the benefits covered. There is no pre-existing condition clause and all pets are eligible. We get a 50% discount on the s/n cost, which makes the package pay off when routine vaccination costs are factored in. I'm also signing our puppy up for a health care plan with Healthy Paws, to cover non-routine medical costs. The plan will cost about $30 per month with a $250 deductible and no out of pocket maximum and 90% reimbursement for costs.

I think your vet's plan sounds like it is reasonably priced, assuming it comes with discounts for the s/n and other treatment provided by your vet. If it only covers the vaccines prior to the s/n, I would say you might want to shop around for a vet that has a better in-house plan. The vast majority of the pet insurance plans to not include benefits for routine costs, although I think Pet Plan does provide an "add-on" option you can purchase to cover between $300 to $500 in routine care costs. I did the math though and our vet's plan makes more financial sense for us. I hope this is helpful for you.

http://www.petsam.com/pet-health-care-plan/

[John Wang]

Our puppy package for all shots/vaccines were $350. Includes a year of ear washing, toe cutting, etc, whenever we want. They're close so we bit the bullet.

My SO had us get the probiotics crap. I was going to buy it online for a fraction of the price, but it got snuck into our bill and well, there's that.

Your puppy package price was a good deal IMO.

[Tina McNerthney]

I forgot to mention, the costs you cited seam very reasonable. It does sound like you might be getting discounted visits and treatment with your vet's plan. The price is almost the same as our vet's annual plan. I would generally avoid getting food or medicine or supplements through the vet. It seems you can get them online for a good price, too. Feed your puppy some yogurt with his food on occasion, which offers many of the benefits of a probiotic.

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

We live in San Diego. Our puppy package that we opted for was $419.00. This covers unlimited Vet visits for anything and everything. It is normally $49.00 to walk in the door. Her spay, all of her Vaccines, including Bordtella, worming, heartworm tests, 2 fecal tests are included. I sat down and figured it all out and we were cheaper going this route. Not sure if we will re-up for the coming year. It will depend on what they quote us.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

DUH!  There is a puppy package that vets offer?   Need to know for my grand dog.   The fees for stand alone care is way more than our vet charges, but puppy package would be way less than stand alone costs.

[Kim and Jaxson]

I live at the Jersey Shore and my vet's well visit is $57 not counting anything else that's just to walk in the door

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Last week I took two dogs for their annual physical, blood work (SNAP and CBC) lepto and kennel cough. It was $250.00. We are in Chapel Hill, NC.