Know what the vet visit should cost
before you're standing at the counter.

Fair-price ranges for the most common vet procedures, computed transparently: a typical general-practice price for your pet, adjusted for clinic type and your region. Free, no sign-up, no vet referrals — the estimate is the product.

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Transparent math: a typical general-practice price for your pet, adjusted for clinic type and your region. See exactly how this is computed →

Fair range $120 – $350 per procedure

A quote inside this range is ordinary. Above it isn't automatically overcharging — but every dollar above should map to a line you can question (diagnostics, meds, hospitalization). Well below the range: ask what's included, since the cheapest way to a low number is leaving things out.

Vet procedures, priced

Every guide shows the fair range for your pet, the lines clinics add to bills (and when they're legitimate), and the questions that keep an estimate honest.

Spay (female)$120 – $800 per procedure

What spaying a dog or cat really costs in 2026

Neuter (male)$90 – $650 per procedure

Neutering costs for dogs and cats in 2026, by size and clinic

Dental cleaning$300 – $1,200 per cleaning

Dog and cat dental cleaning costs in 2026

Tooth extraction$50 – $400 per tooth

Per-tooth extraction costs for pets in 2026

Torn ACL/CCL repair (TPLO)$1,200 – $6,500 per knee

The $3,000–$6,000 knee: 2026 costs for cranial cruciate (ACL) repair in dogs, TPLO vs simpler techniques, and the second-knee reality.

Mass / tumor removal$300 – $2,200 per procedure

Lump removal costs for pets in 2026

Foreign-body / obstruction surgery$1,500 – $7,000 per procedure

Your pet ate something it shouldn't have. 2026 costs for foreign-body surgery, and why the ER timing drives the bill.

Wellness exam / vet visit$50 – $120 per visit

What a routine vet visit costs in 2026

X-rays (radiographs)$100 – $450 per study

Pet x-ray costs in 2026

Abdominal ultrasound$300 – $800 per study

Pet ultrasound costs in 2026

Bloodwork panel$80 – $280 per panel

Vet bloodwork costs in 2026

Emergency vet visit$100 – $300 per visit

What an ER vet visit costs in 2026

1 · Transparent

Math you can check

Every estimate shows its work: a typical price, the clinic-type multiplier, your region. No black box. Read the methodology.

2 · Independent

Nothing to sell you

We don't take referral fees from clinics or gate estimates behind lead forms — incentives shape numbers, so we removed the incentives.

3 · Grounded

Built to be refined

Estimates come from published sources; we're also gathering anonymous reader-submitted bills to sharpen each range against what clinics actually charge.

Anatomy of a vet bill

A surgery estimate breaks into the same parts every time. Padding hides in the total; it can't hide once you separate the lines.

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Reading a vet estimate: the 60-second version

Ask for an itemized estimate. Exam, diagnostics, procedure, anesthesia, meds, and hospitalization on separate lines. A single number can't be evaluated.
Separate "must do now" from "could do." Ask which line items are essential today and which can wait or be spaced out — especially diagnostics on a stable pet.
Question add-ons against their trigger. Bloodwork, dental x-rays, IV fluids, biopsy — each has a legitimate reason, listed on every guide here.
Understand the clinic tier. An ER charges 1.5–2× a general practice for the same care. For non-emergencies, a GP vet or nonprofit clinic is far cheaper.
A second opinion costs an exam fee. On anything over a few hundred dollars, it's the highest-paid hour of your month.

Know what the vet visit should costbefore you're standing at the counter.