Thread: How much??

Originally Posted by Peter Galbavy

My only concern is that vets prices - especially for those procedures that are expected to be covered by insurance - are clearly increased because the vets know the insurance company has a set of charges they will pay without question and so there is no price pressure on them. Those intentionally uninsured people like myself do not get a fair, open and competitive field to choose treatment for out pets. Try getting a printed price list from your vet. Go on. All of them will happily "estimate" costs on the phone but none will commit to them. Ever.

I have to say that my vets are great, from using them now for the cats and in the past with a dog, but they are not one of the 'groups'. I used to use a practice who sold out to one of the groups and after they refused to see my dog who had known prostrate problems to them at 12 noon on a saturday as they were closed and said I had to go to the out of hours clinic where they would charge £97. just to see him before any treatment costs when he was booked in on the monday for a castration to solve the aformentioned problem. I called another practice in my area who were closing but own four practices and the vet who is duty on a saturday moves from practice to practice holding an open surgery and they offered me the choice of two to go to, guess who got my custom and recomendation in the future!!

They are very open about their prices and charge fair prices for their drugs better than the groups who wield a lot more power when it comes to buying theirs.