Methodology
Here is what happens to a veterinary invoice after you submit it, what we keep, what we publish and what we never will.
Send a photo or PDF of a New York City veterinary invoice or estimate. Vetted works with common charges such as:
An itemized bill is the most useful. The more clearly each charge and the clinic's name can be read, the more reliably it can be compared.
You send in a bill or estimate.
Charges are matched to common service categories.
Personal and identifying details are removed.
Prices appear by clinic and service, with sample sizes.
Vetted does not sell personal information.
Clinics describe the same service in different ways, and some fees are bundled. Vetted groups line items into consistent categories, including exams, vaccines, bloodwork, dental cleaning, and euthanasia and aftercare, so that like can be compared with like.
Every figure is shown with its sample size, so you can see how much data sits behind it.
Vetted is not a veterinary clinic. We don't diagnose, we don't recommend treatment, and we don't judge a clinic on price alone. A higher price can reflect what a visit includes, and a lower one may not cover everything you need.
Questions you can ask any clinic before you book:
Vetted tracks whether a clinic is independent, part of a group, nonprofit or shelter-affiliated, so you can see who is behind the prices you're comparing.
One bill is a single data point. Hundreds of them show patterns that are hard to see from inside one exam room: where prices cluster, where they vary and what is typical for a given service.
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