confused by my vets bill

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How do you all feel about this... lad had colic a month ago. Vet bill obviously itemised. Call out as per usual 30 pounds. 50 pounds for 'veterinary attention' . What I was annoyed about was to be charged 30 pounds for vet to put his hand up horse backside to determine that he had colic. Surely that's included in the 50 pounds vet attention. I appreciate I then pay for thr tubbing and drugs but feel it's unfair to pay for a rectal. Otherwise, whats the 50 pounds for?
 
Usually the call out is just that, the fee for turning up.
Any consultation/examination is on top of that. So the rectal/tubing/etc is covered by the £50?

I was just charged £62 (not itemised, I have demanded itemisation and am not paying it anyway) for a ridiculously bad service so vets are not in my good books right now!
 
So you were charged £110?
How long did the vet examin your horse for?
Maybe the £50 was the normal charge for a standard examination and £30 for the next bit as it was a longer examination.

Best option is to call the vets and ask.
 
Call out is separate to any "exam" dex tried to die recently, call out (not out of hours) plus exam plus drugs £150 ! Horse fine though (virus rather than colic but vet still needed to do rectal)
 
When I lost my mare in August, this was my bill from my vet:

14/08/14 13:00 VISIT 1.00 @ £31.67 VAT £6.33 Total £38.00
SEDIVET INJ 1st Batch No: F20303-20 Expires: 31/05/18 @ £37.80 VAT £7.56 Total £45.36
INJECTION FEE - I/V 1.00 @ £6.25 VAT £1.25 Total £7.50
SOMULOSE INJ 1st Batch No: 46842 Expires: 31/01/16 1.00 @ £54.14 VAT £10.83 Total £64.97
EUTHANASIA 1.00 @ £41.67 VAT £8.33 Total £50.00
Totals £171.53 £34.30 £205.83
Payment Due (£) 205.83

I was not happy with the extra £7.50 for administering the injection and then a further £50 ???
 
My November bill for my fell pony:

Visit A: £26.00
Euthanasia By Injection: £48.00
Somulose LA Kit 50ml £95.82
Rectal Exam - Colic £21.00

Total £159.02
Tax £31.80
Total Payable £190.82

This was done by a friend who has bumped some charges by the looks of it. Strange though how much of a difference in price the Somulose is between practices!

Where as Kyle in September had 2 rounds of IV injections at £10.50 a pop (dope to get him to the clinic and then the lethal one) and a Standard Examination at £38.00! They didn't charge me for the needles and syringes that time though ;)

Looking between the 2 my friend did Jasper with the colic but the practice owner did Kyle when he stood on himself - hence the major variations in what was charged lol!
 
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Usually you are charged a call out fee, fee for professional services and drugs/equipment (eg. Vet wrap or whatever was used from the stock the vet carries) and VAT on the lot. The professional fee is usually broken down into examination and consultation and then any additional activities eg. Administer injection
 
The total bill was £190! I'm not quibbling the drugs etc but surely the rectal exam would part of the £50 veterinary exam. He needed a rectal to confirm he had colic. I rung vet to query but as yet no reply from practice manager. It took 5 minutes to put his hand up his bum. I know it's not a large sum but my complaint to vets is why was that extra. I still feel that should be included in the 50 pounds. Colic would be confirmed and any further veterinary care would be extra, which I fully understand.
 
My vets also charge extra for a rectal exam, standard exam charge then the rectal on top, I queried it on two different bills and was given the answer that 'it is a seperate examination and not always carried out for colic therefore the extra charge'
 
rectal is the bit where they might get kicked and break a leg/break an arm so why shouldn't they charge extra on top of a stanadrd exam for doing it?
 
The best one i had was taking a lame horse to the vet, who got off the trailer, i trotted her up, she decided she wasn't lame and vet gave me some antibiotics for some scabs on her leg and charged me £89 for the privilege!
 
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