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Location: bulldogging capital, oklahoma | Wondering just what kind of costs anyone has incurred with colic surgery. No insurance, what can you expect out of your pocket? Thanks!
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Location: Sperry, OK | In Oklahoma, you can plan to start at $6,000. Could be more, depends on how bad, how long under anesthesia and how long stay after surgery at hosiptal is. |
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Location: Idahome | I all depends on what has to be done. Had a gelding go in just for explatory surgery because they weren't sure how bad it was. Got him on the table and opened up to find his stomach had ruptured from a twist. Put him down right on the table and if I remember that was all around $7-8,000. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | KylaKris - 2014-04-28 12:05 PM I all depends on what has to be done. Had a gelding go in just for explatory surgery because they weren't sure how bad it was. Got him on the table and opened up to find his stomach had ruptured from a twist. Put him down right on the table and if I remember that was all around $7-8,000.
I don't know where your located, but holy cow, that's high!! For no more than 10-20 mins of anthestia... that is crazy!
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Location: Idahome | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-04-28 11:09 AM
KylaKris - 2014-04-28 12:05 PM I all depends on what has to be done. Had a gelding go in just for explatory surgery because they weren't sure how bad it was. Got him on the table and opened up to find his stomach had ruptured from a twist. Put him down right on the table and if I remember that was all around $7-8,000.
I don't know where your located, but holy cow, that's high!! For no more than 10-20 mins of anthestia... that is crazy!
That was in South Dakota and it did include all the fluids he had to have before they would even anesthetize him. He was severely dehydrated. Sad part is all that money and couldn't even save him. |
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| When my daughter's pony impacted in December I was quoted $7,000 for an "average sized animal". |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | My horse had colic surgery for his colon being completely twisted. For the surgery and him staying there a week, it was only $3,500 at A&M. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | JLBerry - 2014-04-28 12:51 PM My horse had colic surgery for his colon being completely twisted. For the surgery and him staying there a week, it was only $3,500 at A&M.
Sometimes teaching hospitals are cheaper than private practices. They don't depend on client revenue to keep their doors open, they get government money, so they can charge less and still do business. I only say this to try to justify the difference in the costs, from PP to TH. |
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Location: Midwest | I was told 5-10K, including hospital stay and recovery. |
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Location: If I ever get back to Oklahoma..... | Mine had a displaced large colon and had surgery at Oklahoma State. This was in 2006, and it was probably under $2500, including the first stop at the local vet and then transport to OSU. She stayed there a week and required alot of IV fluids.
I paid for her surgery using Care Credit. It was a credit card that if it was paid off in a year, no interest would be charged. I applied online, and was approved.
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Location: Texas | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-04-28 12:55 PM
JLBerry - 2014-04-28 12:51 PM My horse had colic surgery for his colon being completely twisted. For the surgery and him staying there a week, it was only $3,500 at A&M.
Sometimes teaching hospitals are cheaper than private practices. They don't depend on client revenue to keep their doors open, they get government money, so they can charge less and still do business. I only say this to try to justify the difference in the costs, from PP to TH.
Our surgery At A&M was $7000… it included the original surgery, two days in ICU, second surgery, and euthanasia on the table. He had an epiploic foramen entrapment, 13 feet of small intestine removed, resected ends rejected each other and he leaked bile and all sorts of stuff into his abdomen.
We had another surgery done at Waller Equine and it was between $4000-5000. Displaced colon, no resections. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | casualdust07 - 2014-04-28 2:19 PM ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-04-28 12:55 PM JLBerry - 2014-04-28 12:51 PM My horse had colic surgery for his colon being completely twisted. For the surgery and him staying there a week, it was only $3,500 at A&M. Sometimes teaching hospitals are cheaper than private practices. They don't depend on client revenue to keep their doors open, they get government money, so they can charge less and still do business. I only say this to try to justify the difference in the costs, from PP to TH. Our surgery At A&M was $7000… it included the original surgery, two days in ICU, second surgery, and euthanasia on the table. He had an epiploic foramen entrapment, 13 feet of small intestine removed, resected ends rejected each other and he leaked bile and all sorts of stuff into his abdomen. We had another surgery done at Waller Equine and it was between $4000-5000. Displaced colon, no resections.
$7000 for a resection is a discount!!! That is a lot of hard tedious work. |
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Location: Texas | My mare had a torsion of her large colon 24 hours after giving birth to her foal..was quoted 5000 to 7500. Now she was there for 14 days in ICU lots of it and foal also had a Patent Urachus surgery and the cost was 10,000 plus! |
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Location: bulldogging capital, oklahoma | Appreciate all the replies! Have had a mare at the vets for 9 days, the surgery revealed an impact ion and a twist, went fine, developed enteritis in small intestine requiring fluids and antibiotics. Cost is now over $20,000 now.
Total shock and disbelief! Just want to know if this is normal or excessive. Fully expected $10,000 but not over double that! |
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Location: Northern CA | I really don't think I could or would foot the bill for a colic surgery. I worked for a vet hospital for a couple years and the success rate was pretty low. Those that did survive had a very long, questionable recovery, and out of those we didn't see many going back to the level of work/competetion they were prior to. My good horse is insured and I am still unsure that I would put him through it. Most surgeries I was invovled in cost between 5K and 7K, and it really dodn't make a whole lot of difference in the price if they came out of surgery or died on the table. |
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| I have heard $15K is the norm here in CO. I have found that our teaching hospital is much more expensive than private! |
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Location: Where its cold and hot | I was quoted $6-$8K for my 19 yr old gelding at the U of MN. Ended up being $4500. No complications, intestine was just twisted. They removed a piece of fatty tissue that can cause colic if it wraps around the intestine. He was only there a few days. |
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