What will the vet bill actually be?

Real prices for surgeries, scans and emergencies, collected from clinics across the US. And an honest look at whether insurance would have helped.

Prices come from estimates we request from clinics ourselves, not from insurer marketing. How we price

Vet cost guides

All procedures

More guides are on the way. The first ones cover ACL surgery, tooth extraction, X-rays, MRI and emergency visits.

Pet insurance

Is pet insurance worth it? Run your dog's numbers.

We take the real procedure costs from this site, weight them by your dog's age and breed risk, and compare the expected bills against what a policy would cost you over the same years. Built on the same clinic data as the cost guides.

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