Why this site exists
Most pet cost articles give a range with no source, no sample size and no date, which is not much use when you are trying to work out whether a quote is reasonable.
This site takes the opposite approach. We collect prices that providers have published themselves, record where each one came from, and publish the median with the sample size, the number of providers checked and the month the prices were read. You can follow every figure back to the page it came from.
It matters because cost is now the main reason US owners skip care. In a Gallup survey for PetSmart Charities, 52% of owners said they had skipped or declined needed veterinary care in the past year, and 71% of those said cost was the reason. Knowing what normal looks like before you walk in is worth something.
What we publish and what we do not
We publish prices. We do not publish medical advice of any kind.
You will not find guidance here on whether your animal needs a procedure, what dose anything should be given at, or how to treat a condition at home. Those questions belong to your vet. Our editorial policy sets out the rules in full, and the methodology page explains exactly how the prices are gathered.
How Pet Price Index is funded
The site is funded by display advertising and by affiliate commission on a small number of products, disclosed on every page where it applies.
No advertiser or affiliate partner sees a page before it is published, and no figure on this site is influenced by them. Some sections carry no commercial placement at all. Read the affiliate disclosure.
Contact
Write to editor@petpriceindex.com, or to corrections@petpriceindex.com if a figure on this site looks wrong.
Journalists and researchers are welcome to the underlying data. Every survey publishes its full price list as a CSV, and we will happily talk through how a figure was collected.
