VPI identified the top ten most expensive veterinary treatments:
For Dogs:
- Intervertebral Disc Disease—$2,844
- Lung Cancer—$2,032
- Gastric Torsion (Bloat)—$1,955
- Foreign Body Ingestion (small intestine)—$1,629
- Cruciate Rupture—$1,517
- Foreign Body Ingestion (stomach)—$1,398
- Cataract—$1,244
- Bone Cancer—$1,059
- Pin in Broken Limb—$1,000
- Brain Cancer $916
For Cats:
- Foreign Body Ingestion—$1,629
- Urinary Tract—$1,399
- Foreign Body Ingestion (stomach)—$1,391
- Rectal Cancer—$1,011
- Bladder Stones—$989
- Intestinal Cancer—$942
- Hyperthyroidism (Radiation)—$920
- Fibrosarcoma (Skin cancer)—$780
- Acute Renal Failure—$565
- Mast Cell Tumors—$497
If your dog or cat needed one of these expensive treatments what would you decide? Dip into savings, rack up debt, or euthanize your pet? If you have a pet insurance policy—paying between $200 and $400 annually—you wouldn’t need to make that choice.
wow! dogs have cancer? how did that even happen?
maybe the owner feeding them human food or didn’t treat them well. Or they are getting old.