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frojoe27 t1_ja9nhck wrote

$710 just over one year ago in Belmont if you want a point of comparison. For a 1 year old 50 lbs dog including blood work and post op medication. About 20% more after this past year is probably about right.

I think high volume clinics do it for a fraction of that price like 100-200 but it seems the local owns you have to qualify as low income.

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Output-square9920 OP t1_ja9pmed wrote

Thanks for the information and the comparison. The $850 didn't include the cost of bloodwork and a preop appointment (another $300). I definitely want to pay the fair market value as veterinary medicine is a tough job, but this seems to go beyond that.

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frojoe27 t1_ja9rex3 wrote

Yea seems pretty high then. Unless something has changed in the past year though there is way more demand for vets than supply, with many not taking new pets. So they may feel they can kind of charge whatever they want.

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