Whats the cost of a bone scan?

[Tangaroo]

I just wondered if anyones horse has had a full body bone scan and i so, could i ask how much it was? My vet is talking about the possiblity of my boy having one and i am already way up on my insurance claim and wondered how much a bone scan would add to it.

 

[EquiEquestrian556]

Following with interest as we suspect that one of ours *may* need one on a certain part of it's body to diagnose something.

 

[ellie_e]

I paid £600/800 can't remember which one, but gives you an idea. Horse coliced when we went to collect so that pushed price up too.

 

[YasandCrystal]

My WBs Bill for a lameness work up with Sue Dyson 4 years ago that included a bone scan and a follow up cortisone injection in his SI joint was just short of £4,000.

 

[EquiEquestrian556]

My WBs Bill for a lameness work up with Sue Dyson 4 years ago that included a bone scan and a follow up cortisone injection in his SI joint was just short of £4,000.

Just curious, what were his symptoms re the SI? Was the lameness also believed to have been caused by the SI?

 

[stencilface]

About 1.5k I think?

 

[YasandCrystal]

Just curious, what were his symptoms re the SI? Was the lameness also believed to have been caused by the SI?

His symptoms apart from the dangerously aggressive behaviour via biting, striking, rearing and kicking just handling him on the ground were, not tracking up and he wouldn't engage from behind. He was well behaved ridden until eventually he bucked over his ears with my daughter 4 times when she asked for some inside bend in walk.
His SI issue was actually pinpointed via iridology, an animal communication and a shiatsu session before he was referred to Newmarket and diagnosed with chronic SI dysfunction. It took a long time for him to show lame at Newmarket. They had to dope him to ride him. I got LOU for him. The bones an showed nothing. Sue nerve blocked him and this showed the problem to be SI.
In hindsight if I had had a physio out earlier to measure his various muscles it could have been confirmed that he was moving incorrectly. His r/h hind hoof capsule was also slightly smaller than the left as his SI problem was chronic and likely happened when he was 2 years old.
The good news is that he had osteo treatment and now (4 years) later is sound and just started ridden work. It took this long because he had been ridden abused so he needed to sort his head out after his SI was mobilised etc. he is now a loving horse and the hoof capsule has widened where he is now using himself differently.

 

[EquiEquestrian556]

His symptoms apart from the dangerously aggressive behaviour via biting, striking, rearing and kicking just handling him on the ground were, not tracking up and he wouldn't engage from behind. He was well behaved ridden until eventually he bucked over his ears with my daughter 4 times when she asked for some inside bend in walk.
His SI issue was actually pinpointed via iridology, an animal communication and a shiatsu session before he was referred to Newmarket and diagnosed with chronic SI dysfunction. It took a long time for him to show lame at Newmarket. They had to dope him to ride him. I got LOU for him. The bones an showed nothing. Sue nerve blocked him and this showed the problem to be SI.
In hindsight if I had had a physio out earlier to measure his various muscles it could have been confirmed that he was moving incorrectly. His r/h hind hoof capsule was also slightly smaller than the left as his SI problem was chronic and likely happened when he was 2 years old.
The good news is that he had osteo treatment and now (4 years) later is sound and just started ridden work. It took this long because he had been ridden abused so he needed to sort his head out after his SI was mobilised etc. he is now a loving horse and the hoof capsule has widened where he is now using himself differently.

Interesting, thank you. And glad to hear that he's improving and recovering.
Sorry to hijack your thread OP.

 

[ihatework]

It's worth ringing round and bartering.

I had one done a couple of years ago and paid 1k all in

 

[frannieuk]

Hi S, Kitty had a trip to Liphook for a hind end bone scan. She was there for about 4 days and they did a bunch of nerve blocks and assessment, some joint medication (even though they couldn't find anything specifically wrong but agreed she was 'off' behind!) and the bill was about 3k. Insurance paid me, but I settled up front with Liphook. Think the bone scan was iro 1.5k.
Sorry to hear you're having to consider this route

 

[criso]

Can't remember exactly but about £1200 seems to ring a bell. There were a few days livery included and follow up xrays and ultrasound to further investigate what the scan showed. This was front, they tend to do either front or back depending on where the symptoms are suggesting.