Cost of mri...

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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I had both fronts done last year at a cost of £950 or thereabouts. Is Luky still not right?
 
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.
 
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....
 
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.
 
One of mine had both front feet done at liphook about 4 years ago and it cost around the £1500 mark
 
padderpaws said:
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.
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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.
 
£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 !
 
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....
 
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 ;)
 
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