Urethral Obstruction aka Blocked Tomcat

$200 - $800

This cost includes the initial removal of the urethral obstruction, bladder flushing for 2-3 days, pain medications and antibiotics.  This may also include blood work, IV fluids, and medications to initially stabilize your cat.  Most cats spend 3-4 days in the clinic and go home with medications and a diet change.

Hepatic Lipidosis aka Fatty Liver Disease

$300 - $1200

This cost includes placement of a feeding tube, hospitalization until your cat is stable, tube feeding, multiple medications, and follow up visits until the issue is resolved.

Acute Kidney Failure

$800 - $1500

This cost includes IV fluids for 1-3 weeks, syringe feeding if needed, intensive monitoring, and medications.

Chronic Kidney Failure, End-Stage

$300 - $600

This cost includes IV fluids for 3-4 days to flush out toxic kidney enzymes and syringe feeding if needed.  This is a measure designed to try and buy your cat a few more months of quality life.

Acute Respiratory Distress

$200 - $1000

This cost includes chest x-rays, several days of oxygen cage therapy, medications, thoracocentesis if indicated, and intensive monitoring.

Hit By Car

$100 - $1500

This depends significantly as to how severe the injuries to your cat are.  This includes x-rays, oxygen therapy, IV fluids, medications, wound care, possible surgical repair, and intensive monitoring.

Aural Hematoma Repair

$150 - $300

This includes anesthesia, pre and post medications including pain medications, overnight hospitalization, pain medications to go home, and removal of ear device 3 weeks later.

Cystotomy

$500 - $1000

This is needed to remove bladder stones.  This includes standard anesthesia and medications, overnight hospitalization, IV fluids, pain and antibiotic medications to go home.  The cost range depends primarily on how difficult the stone is to remove, and how many stones or pieces of stones need to be removed.

Foreign Body Removal

$500 - $1000

This is needed to remove an ingested foreign body, either in the stomach or in the intestinal tract.  This includes standard anesthesia and medications, overnight hospitalization, IV fluids, pain and antibiotic medications to go home.  The cost range depends primarily on how difficult it is to remove the foreign body and how many incisions need to be made.  If significant damage has been done and part of the intestine needs to be removed, the cost could go much higher.

Skin Tumor Removal

     Small

$150 - $300

This includes standard anesthesia and medications, pain medications to go home if needed, and histopathology on the tumor removed.

Skin Tumor Removal

     Large

$700 - $1400

This would include things like invasive fibroscarcomas and mammary tumors where very wide margins need to be taken to get the best chance of a surgical cure.  This also includes standard anesthesia and medications, IV fluids, overnight hospitalization, pain medications to go home, and histopathology on the tumor removed.

Splint Application

$100 - $400

The cost depends on the type of splint chosen by the veterinarian, and the type of anesthesia used.  It also includes standard medications, overnight hospitalization, pain meds to go home, and removal of the splint 6-8 weeks later.

Thyroidectomy

     Unilateral

$500 - $900

The cost depends primarily on if there are any complications in removing the thyroid gland.  It includes gas anesthesia, standard medications, overnight hospitalization, and pain meds to go home.  It may also include IV fluids and additional monitoring.

Third Eyelid Flap

$200 - $400

This procedure is performed when your cat has such a severe corneal ulcer that without a third eyelid flap they are in danger of losing the eye.  The charge includes anesthesia, standard medications, pain meds to go home, and removal of the flap 2 weeks later.