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Small Animal Referral Services - Internal medicine fees

An initial consultation with the Small Animal Medicine Service is $215.00.  Further charges will be discussed with the client during the initial consultation. 

Please be aware that full payment is required on discharge and clients must maintain a deposit of 50% of the upper estimation throughout the pet’s time in hospital.

Credit is not available and owners will not be given an account.

To further counsel your clients here are some estimates of total costs for full work-up in routinely referred cases:

Anaemia (non-regenerative) work-up (includes initial consultation, haematology, iron studies, general anaesthesia and bone marrow aspirate + biopsy, day hospitalisation; not including intensive care and blood transfusion requirements) $1,900
Cardiology Clinic work up (includes initial consultation, ECG, blood pressure assessment, thoracic radiographs under sedation, echocardiography, day hospitalisation) $1,200
Cough/Dyspnoea work-up (includes initial consultation, thoracic radiographs under sedation, general anaesthesia and tracheobronchoscopy plus bronchoalveolar lavage, laboratory fees, 1 night hospitalisation; not including intensive care and oxygen support) $2,400
Endocrine (hyperadrenocorticism) work-up (includes initial consultation, haematology, biochemistry, cystocentesis to collect urine for urinalysis and culture, ACTH stimulation test, abdominal ultrasound under sedation, day hospitalisation) $1,600
Nasal Aspergillus treatment (includes initial consultation, general anaesthesia, clotrimazole soak and all consumables; not including sinus trephination if required) $1,800
Nasal work-up (includes initial consultation, general anaesthesia, computed tomography examination of the nasal cavity, rhinoscopy and biopsy plus associated laboratory fees, 1 night hospitalisation) $3,000
Full Gastrointestinal work-up (includes initial consultation, abdominal ultrasound under sedation,preparation of the bowel, endoscopy under anaesthetic including biopsy, 1 night hospitalisation; not including screening haematology/biochemistry/urinalysis/faecal analysis) $2,900
Seizures work-up (includes initial consultation, neurological examination, infectious disease serology, general anaesthesia, computed tomography examination of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid collection and analysis, day hospitalisation; not including screening haematology/biochemistry/urinalysis) $2,300
Vomiting/Diarrhoea work-up (includes initial consultation, abdominal ultrasound under sedation, faecal parasite examination, colon preparation (nasoesophageal administration of Go-Lytely plus enemas), general anaesthesia, oesophagoscopy, gastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy with mucosal biopsies of all regions, 1 night hospitalisation; not including screening haematology/biochemistry/urinalysis) $2,400
Please note:

Prices are correctly estimated at date of publication (25/9/2013) and are subject to change without notice.

Patients treated on public holidays or after hours will incur additional fees.