What does a torn CCL usually cost?
X-rays, anesthesia and a pain-management injection are priced. TPLO and lateral suture are not separate price lines yet.
This page describes typical costs. It is not a diagnosis and it does not say what your pet needs. Only a veterinarian who has examined your pet can do that.
Typical prices
National figures from de-identified bills. Open a line for cities.
- X-rays, multiple views
X-rays of the knee, which clinics often take while evaluating a limp.
Not enough data yet
- Anesthesia
Anesthesia, listed on its own when a clinic does not fold it into a procedure line.
No typical price yet
- Pain-management injection
An injected pain-management line.
No typical price yet
Not a separate price yet
- A lateral suture repair is not its own FairVet price line yet.
- A TPLO is not its own FairVet price line yet.
- Rest and medication without surgery are not a priced line.
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What this usually means
The cranial cruciate ligament helps stabilize a dog's knee. When it tears, dogs often limp on a back leg. A veterinarian confirms the injury with an exam and sometimes with X-rays.
Owners often read about a lateral suture or a TPLO. FairVet does not publish a typical price for either surgery, because neither is its own line in the price list. The figures on this page are only the lines we do price. They are not a quote for surgery and they do not say which option a dog needs.
Why the bill varies
- A surgery bill, when a clinic recommends surgery, usually includes the procedure, anesthesia, pain control and sometimes an overnight stay. Those pieces are priced separately here, so adding them together would not equal a surgery quote.
- Dog size changes anesthesia cost. It does not, by itself, tell you which repair a clinic will discuss.
Sources
Background reading only. Prices, when a line has enough bills, are FairVet's.