Cost of mri...

[KatB]

Does anyone know?

 

[madhector]

Does anyone know?

About £1500 a foot

 

[KatB]

Lovely.... :$ thanks!

 

[fiveleafclover]

About £1500 a foot

Was only just over £1000 in total for both feet when I had my horse done in 2009.

 

[KatB]

Fiveleafclover that sounds more reasonable...thanks! Case of best to speak to the practise...

 

[PolarSkye]

Woman on my yard had both her gelding's fronts done at the Royal Vet College a month or so ago and it came to £1,000 . . . so £500/foot.

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[Leg_end]

I had both fronts done last year at a cost of £950 or thereabouts. Is Luky still not right?

 

[madhector]

Fiveleafclover that sounds more reasonable...thanks! Case of best to speak to the practise...

Jerry and Jazz both had front feet MRI'd and was 3k in total. That was at the AHT

 

[PoppyAnderson]

Just had mine done last month. It cost £1030 for the lower part of 1 leg.

 

[Tanta]

Worth asking if they give a discount for payment on the day - our horse had MRI scan at OGormans, and they gave 10% discount if we paid on the day...

It was all hideously expensive - but in our case diagnosed something any number of xrays would never have picked up, so well worth it.

 

[KatB]

Yeah no chance of that Tanta if we go that route... Insurance would be paying....its all very much ifs and buts currently... L_E, yes and no....still some ifs so just trying to look at every possibility....

 

[padderpaws]

tanta, may I ask what the MRI Scan showed that X Rays did not. I am curious only because of a horse at out yard that is not right on both front feet, has had X Rays and blood test but nothing is showing up. People say he needs a scan but don't think the owner can afford it.

 

[Vickijay]

One of mine had both front feet done at liphook about 4 years ago and it cost around the £1500 mark

 

[meardsall_millie]

£1,150 for both fronts at Oakham - recent price

 

[KatB]

M_m, thanks! That answers another question I was going to ask you...thanks

 

[Tanta]

tanta, may I ask what the MRI Scan showed that X Rays did not. I am curious only because of a horse at out yard that is not right on both front feet, has had X Rays and blood test but nothing is showing up. People say he needs a scan but don't think the owner can afford it.

Padderpaws - it shows bone sclerosis on one leg, - apparently usually only seen in young TB who have been in training - not in a warmblood like ours who had been SJ before we got him. The xrays showed nothing at all, so the MRI scan at least gave a diagnosis of an intermittent lameness (with no associated heat in leg or swelling). Actually, he had treatment after, and he seems to have responded well and no sign of lameness since, but we probably wont jump him again.

 

[Goldenstar]

£800 for my horses jaw , but they did a deal and did it for £400 luckey me , think I was being so stoic they where sorry for me !

 

[Britestar]

Is this not one of the reasons insurance premuims are shooting up?

 

[meardsall_millie]

Is this not one of the reasons insurance premuims are shooting up?

Or arguably is one of the reasons insurance premiums aren't shooting up as fast as they might - always better to have the correct diagnosis and treat the right thing

 

[KatB]

Interesting point of view Britestar, but actually correct diagnoses can save insurance companies a lot if money , so MRI as a diagnostic tool is actually not a bad thing for insurance companies, hence more of them paying the full wack....

 

[Britestar]

Wasn't being argumentative Just a thought, as the more people want diagnosed using more modern and dearer techniques, even if they do in the long term mean 'less' treatment, this is bound to contribute to the rise in premiums.

If a diagnostic technique helps your animal (be it equine, feline or canine) then thats great, but on the other hand you can't complain too much about rises in premiums.

'Tis only and observation

 

[padderpaws]

Thank you tantra I have just read your reply and will pass on your information to person at the yard.