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Small Animal Referrals Pricing
91做厙 Small Animal Hospital Consultation Prices
Last updated 17th March 2025
Animal Owner/Client Emergency Vet Appointment Price
First opinion out of hours emergency consultation | Cost |
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First opinion out of hours emergency consultation (service for those veterinary practices where we cover their out of hours provision from when the practice closes in the evening, and on weekends and bank holidays) |
£195 |
Vet Referral Consultation Prices
These pricing estimates are for our most commonly requested services (categorised below by selected departments)
If you are a referring vet and require an estimate for a service/procedure not shown here, please email qmhreception@rvc.ac.uk or call 01707 666399 (Non emergency option 2)
Service | Cost |
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Referral Consultation by Appointment |
£325 |
Emergency Referral Consultation - Weekdays 0800 - 1900 |
£375 |
Emergency Referral Consultation - Out of Hours (Out of Hours, between 1900-0800 Monday-Thursday and 1900 Friday-0800 Monday and on Bank Holidays |
£450 |
Consultation Revisit (appointment to recheck a previously diagnosed condition within the last 6 months) |
£125 (£180 for oncology) |
Specialist-led Veterinary Cardiology Referral Prices
Specialist-led Veterinary Cardiology price estimates
These pricing estimates are for our most commonly requested services
If you are a referring vet and require an estimate for a service/procedure not shown here, please email qmhreception@rvc.ac.uk or call 01707 666 399 (Non emergency option 2)
Procedure | What is included | Estimate* |
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Echocardiogram (dogs and cats) |
Consultation by appointment and echocardiogram. |
£1200
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Puppy clinic examination (dogs < 2 years old with a heart murmur) |
Consultation by appointment (specific days) and echocardiogram |
£250 |
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) correction with Amplatz Canine Ductal Occluder (ACDO) |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthesia(specialist led anaesthesia team), surgery or minimally invasive use of ACDO and routine post operative care and pain relief |
£5000-6000 (cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia and device size)
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Pulmonic stenosis and balloon valvuloplasty |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthesia (specialist led anaesthesia team), minimally invasive approach for balloon dilatation of stenosis and routine post operative care and pain relief |
£5500-6500 (cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia and device size)
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Transvenous pacemaker |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthesia, minimally invasive placement of trans venous pacemaker, including interrogation and routine post operative care and pain relief. |
£5500-6500 (cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia and device size)
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*Estimates are to provide guidance to our clients the range of costs for common procedures which our cardiology service performs. These fees do not include emergency fees or complications. An individual estimate is discussed and provided at time of consultation.
Specialist-led Veterinary Internal Medicine Referral Prices
Specialist-led Veterinary Internal Medicine price estimates
These pricing estimates are for our most commonly requested services
If you are a referring vet and require an estimate for a service/procedure not shown here, please email qmhreception@rvc.ac.uk or call 01707 666 399 (Non emergency option 2)
Procedure | What is included | Estimate* |
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Minimally invasive cystotomy (including work-up and procedure) |
Consultation by appointment, blood and urine tests, abdominal ultrasound (+/- retrograde urethrocystogram,) general anaesthesia (specialist led anaesthesia team) and surgery with cystoscopy and associated post operative hospitalisation |
£6000 |
Subcutaneous Ureteric Bypass (SUB) Procedure – unilateral |
Consultation by appointment, sedation ultrasound, general anaesthetic (specialist led anaesthesia team), surgery for SUB placement (one side) and associated hospitalisation and medications (pain relief etc) |
£8000-£9500 |
Subcutaneous Ureteric Bypass (SUB) Procedure – bilateral | Consultation by appointment, sedation ultrasound, general anaesthetic (specialist led anaesthesia team), surgery for SUB placement (both sides) and associated hospitalisation and medications (pain relief etc) | £12000 |
Subcutaneous Ureteric Bypass (SUB) re-examination and flush |
Re-visit consultation, sedation and flushing of sub-ureteric device blood and urine testing |
£500-600 |
Radioactive iodine treatment (standard) |
Consultation by appointment, blood test prior and following radioactive iodine treatment, and hospitalisation |
£3200 |
Radioactive iodine treatment (carcinoma) |
Consultation by appointment, blood test prior and following radioactive iodine treatment (higher dose), and hospitalisation |
£ 4000 |
Investigations into a chronic cough |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthesia(specialist led anaesthesia team), diagnostic imaging – CT, bronchoscopy, and associated blood tests and clinical pathology tests (BAL and culture) |
£3500-4500 |
Investigations into chronic vomiting and/or diarrhoea (without general anaesthesia nor endoscopy) |
Consultation by appointment, blood and faecal tests, and abdominal ultrasound. |
£2000 |
Investigations into chronic vomiting and/or diarrhoea (with general anaesthesia and endoscopy) |
Consultation by appointment, blood and faecal tests and abdominal ultrasound. General anaesthetic (specialist led anaesthesia team) and endoscopy with biopsies and histopathology (interpretation of the biopsies) |
£4000-6000 |
Hypophysectomy – including investigations and surgery |
Consultation by appointment and investigations, pre-surgical work up (MRI) and post-surgical care |
£9000-11000 |
Ectopic ureter diagnosis and laser ablation (bilateral) |
Consultation by appointment, blood and urine tests, general anaesthesia (specialist led anaesthesia team), abdominal ultrasound (occasionally a CT is required instead) cystoscopy and laser ablation |
£ 5000-6500 |
Investigations into unstable diabetes mellitus |
Consultation by appointment, blood and urine tests, abdominal imaging (ultrasound) Freestyle libre placement and interpretation |
£2500 (starting from) |
*Estimates are to provide guidance to our clients of the range of costs for common procedures which our veterinary internal medicine team performs.
These estimated fees do not include emergency fees or complications. An individual estimate is discussed and provided at time of consultation.
Specialist-led Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery Prices
Specialist-led Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery price estimates
Procedure | Description of what is included | Estimate* |
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Procedure |
Description of what is included |
Estimate* |
Thoracolumbar intervertebral disc surgery (dog) |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthetic, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), spinal surgery over one spinal segment. Analgesia, and hospitalisation for 4 days |
£6500 - £7000
(cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia) |
Cervical intervertebral disc surgery (dog) |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthetic, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), spinal surgery by standard ventral slot procedure. Analgesia, and hospitalisation for 4 days |
£6000 - £7000
(cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia, days of hospitalisation and physiotherapy requirements) |
Diagnostic work-up epilepsy and other brain disorders (dog and cat) |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthetic, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), spinal tap. Analgesia, and hospitalisation |
£3000 - £3500
(cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia) |
Diagnostic work-up spinal problem (dog and cat) |
Consultation by appointment, general anaesthetic, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), spinal tap. Analgesia, and hospitalisation |
£3000 - £3500
(cost variation depending on size of patient for general anaesthesia) |
*Estimates are to provide guidance to our clients the range of costs for common procedures which our Neurology and Neurosurgery team performs. General anaesthesia is facilitated by a Specialist-led Anaesthesia team. These fees do not include emergency fees, complications, re-examinations or long-term medications (written prescriptions). Costs can vary and be more expensive than stated if following advanced imaging (MRI) more than one spinal segment requires surgery, or a change of approach (eg dorsal hemilaminectomy, compared to standard ventral slot). An individual estimate is discussed and provided at time of consultation and any revisions to that based on more information will be discussed and provided prior to neurosurgery.
Specialist-led Veterinary Oncology Referral Prices
Specialist-led Veterinary Oncology price estimates
These pricing estimates are for our most commonly requested services
If you are a referring vet and require an estimate for a service/procedure not shown here, please email qmhreception@rvc.ac.uk or call 01707 666 399 (Non emergency option 2)
Procedure | What is included | Estimate* |
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Staging with CT scan and cytology
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Consultation and sedation for CT scan with sampling for FNA (fine needle aspirates) and interpretation |
£2400-2600 |
Staging with ultrasound and radiographs |
Consultation and sedation for ultrasound and radiographs with sampling for FNA and interpretation |
£1600-1800 |
Restaging with CT scan
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Re-visit consultation and sedation for CT scan |
£1500-1800 |
Restaging with ultrasound and radiographs
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Re-visit consultation and sedation for ultrasound and radiographs |
£1200-1800 |
Lymph node mapping (with contrast-enhanced ultrasound)
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Consultation and sedation for ultrasound with sampling (FNA) and interpretation |
£1500-1800 |
Lymph node mapping (with CT lymphangiography)
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Consultation and sedation for CT with sampling (FNA) and interpretation |
£2600-2800 |
Biopsy of lesion under sedation |
Sedation and tissue sampling for histopathology and interpretation |
£500-700 |
Treatment with chemotherapy
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Day hospitalisation, intravenous catheter placement and chemotherapy administration |
£350-900 (per visit) costs vary depending on the drug and the patient weight |
Monitoring and treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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Consultation, blood and urine tests |
£400-600 per visit |
Metronomic chemotherapy
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Consultation, blood and urine tests |
£300-400 per visit |
Electrochemotherapy
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Consultation, general anaesthetic (specialist-led anaesthesia team), blood and urine tests, electrochemotherapy |
£1200-1400 per session |
Immunotherapy (melanoma Oncept® vaccine)
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Consultation, x4 vaccines and administration |
£3100 |
Surgical excision of mass
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Consultation and general anaesthetic (specialist-led anaesthesia team) and surgery with associated hospitalisation and pain relief. |
£3500-5000 range (Costs may vary depending on location of the mass and hospitalisation time) |
*Estimates are to provide guidance to our clients the range of costs for common procedures which our oncology service performs. These fees do not include emergency fees or complications. An individual estimate is discussed and provided at time of consultation.
Specialist-led Veterinary Ophthalmology Referral Prices
Specialist-led Veterinary Ophthalmology price estimates
These pricing estimates are for our most commonly requested services
If you are a referring vet and require an estimate for a service/procedure not shown here, please email qmhreception@rvc.ac.uk or call 01707 666 399 (Non emergency option 2)
Procedure |
Description of what is included |
Estimate* |
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