Pet costs · Editorial review 10 September 2026 · Compare Vet Pricing editorial team
Sources checked 10 September 2026. Individual source dates appear below; an editorial review does not refresh a price or establish clinical approval.
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At a glance
Davies publishes a £1,500 package including consultation, sedation, intradermal testing and serology. London Vet Specialists lists intradermal testing at £1,000 or £1,400 with serology, with its £480 initial routine consultation shown separately. A laboratory list shows a £224.17 canine testing component before VAT, which is not a complete client bill.
Two complete referral-provider packages and one laboratory component tariff checked 10 September 2026. This limited evidence cannot support a UK average, a diagnosis or a recommendation to test.
Published testing prices with scope preserved
| Publisher | Published price | What is and is not represented |
|---|---|---|
| PublisherDavies Veterinary Specialists | Published price£1,500 | What is and is not representedConsultation, sedation, intradermal test, environmental PAX serology, blood sampling and listed gelSources: Davies Veterinary Specialists |
| PublisherLondon Vet Specialists | Published price£1,000 intradermal; £1,400 with serology | What is and is not representedAnaesthesia and about 12 hours hospitalisation; combined package adds external-lab serology. Initial consultation is separately listed at £480Sources: London Vet Specialists |
| PublisherDragon Lab | Published price£224.17 + VAT canine allergy testing | What is and is not representedLaboratory-services tariff only; list states prices exclude VAT; not a consumer quote and does not represent practice consultation, sampling, interpretation or other careSources: Dragon Lab |
The laboratory row is contextual evidence for one component, not a third comparable package.
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Separate consultation, procedure and external laboratory fees
London Vet Specialists lists its initial consultation separately from intradermal testing. Davies lists consultation within its £1,500 package. Comparing only the testing line would therefore misstate the total difference.
Sources: Davies Veterinary Specialists · London Vet SpecialistsWorked comparison: include a separately listed initial consultation
London Vet Specialists lists £480 for an initial routine consultation and £1,000 for intradermal testing. If both lines apply, the arithmetic total is £1,480; its £1,400 intradermal-plus-serology line would total £1,880 with that consultation. Confirm whether the consultation is charged in addition for the actual referral. Davies’ £1,500 package expressly includes consultation, so it would be false to describe London’s £1,000 procedure line as the cheaper complete visit without resolving that boundary.
Sources: London Vet Specialists · Davies Veterinary SpecialistsWhy there is no national benchmark here
Only two current, sufficiently detailed specialist consumer packages were found. The laboratory tariff is a component cost. More independently published, like-for-like provider prices are needed before calculating any market statistic.
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Worked arithmetic example
Arithmetic illustration only: a £1,000 package plus a separately charged £150 consultation totals £1,150. These are not observed prices or recommended services.
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Sources and checks
Dates below record our source checks, not a guarantee that a quoted price or rule is unchanged. Confirm the current quote and terms before buying or booking. Report a correction.
- Dermatology pricing packagesDavies Veterinary Specialists · Checked 10 September 2026
- Dermatology pricing packagesLondon Vet Specialists · Checked 10 September 2026
- Laboratory services price list — issued 1 February 2025Dragon Lab · Checked 10 September 2026