Local price guide

Vet prices in Edinburgh

Start with the published standard consultation median, then compare the practices behind the numbers. Edinburgh currently has 28 practices with source-backed price rows. It is 1.7% above the UK median.

Practices listed: 32
With source-backed prices: 28
Routine-care stat buckets: 17

Price evidence

Local price statistics

Medians use comparable current prices only. From-prices are counted separately and excluded from median calculations unless independently resolved into comparable values. Figures are a comparison guide and should be confirmed with the practice before booking.

Computed 5 May 2026

Service	Pet	Median	Middle 50%	Comparable prices	Cheapest listed
Standard consultation	Any pet	£60	£52-£63	21	Central Equine Vets
Microchip implantation	Any pet	£35.18	£26.13-£45.25	22	Vets for Pets
Annual booster vaccination	Dog	£79	£68.24-£92.63	18	Thistle Vets Ltd
Annual booster vaccination	Cat	£78	£60.99-£103.5	20	Thistle Vets Ltd
Primary vaccination course	Dog	£144	£117.72-£159.5	16	Dundas Veterinary Group Ltd
Primary vaccination course	Cat	£134	£85.17-£156	13	Dundas Veterinary Group Ltd
Dog castration	Dog	£335	£310-£362.25	19	Galedin Ltd T/A Animac Vets
Dog spay	Dog	£420	£380-£439.5	19	Thistle Vets Ltd
Cat castration	Cat	£133	£123.75-£150	23	Happy Pets
Cat spay	Cat	£184.5	£165.25-£214.13	22	Batchelor Davidson & Watson Ltd
Emergency / OOH consultationLocal sample folded into parent guide until 5 comparable prices are available.	Any pet	£295	£181.5-£337.5	3	Happy Pets
Dental scale & polishLocal sample folded into parent guide until 5 comparable prices are available.	Any pet	£420	£360-£420	3	Leith Vets

Affordability snapshot

Cheapest listed consultation prices

A quick view of the lowest source-backed standard vet consultation rows in Edinburgh. Nurse, follow-up, online, registration, promotional and health-plan prices are separated below.

Practices are ranked by published standard consultation price. No practice pays to appear higher in this list.

Full affordability view

Listed consultation

Central Equine Vets

Swanston Farm, Swanston Farm, Edinburgh, EH10 7DS

£50

From published practice price list / current, checked 2 May 2026

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Listed consultation

Dundas Veterinary Group Ltd

10b Lochend Road South, 10b Lochend Road South, Edinburgh, EH7 6BP

£50.2

From published practice price list / current, checked 28 Apr 2026

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Listed consultation

Dundas Veterinary Group Ltd

114 Oxgangs Road, 114 Oxgangs Road, Edinburgh, EH10 7AZ

£50.2

From published practice price list / current, checked 28 Apr 2026

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Other consultation-related fees found

These rows mention consultation pricing but are not ranked as standard in-hours vet consultations.

Hill City Vets

£22.5

Unusually low consultation fee needs manual review before ranking as standard.

Vets Now (Edinburgh)

£28

Online, video or remote consultation fee.

Craigleith Vets4Pets Ltd

£59

Nurse or non-vet consultation fee.

How to compare

What to compare in Edinburgh

Start with consultation fees, vaccination boosters, microchipping, and routine neutering because those services are usually more comparable between practices than complex treatment quotes. Check the pet type and any notes before comparing a price directly.

Use medians first

Medians reduce the effect of unusually low or high observations and are more useful than a simple average for local comparison.

Check the sample size

Edinburgh currently has 28 practices with source-backed prices in the local dataset.

Look for exclusions

Some prices vary by weight, sex, medication, emergency status, or what the appointment includes.

Confirm before booking

Published prices can change, and clinical recommendations may alter the final cost for an individual pet.

Market context

Ownership and transparency

Ownership labels are confidence-weighted dataset fields. Transparency scores measure public price, ownership and service information, not clinical quality.

Ownership mix

unknown: 12
independent: 11
vetpartners: 6
vets4pets: 3

Transparency score bands

80 100: 19
50 79: 8
1 49: 5

Practice listings

Vet practices in Edinburgh

Practices are ranked by current publishable price coverage and practice name. No practice pays to appear higher in this list.

Happy Pets

5 Polwarth Gardens, 5 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh, EH11 1JS

13 price rowsOwnership unknownTransparency 15/100

Consultation

£52.5

current, checked 1 May 2026

Standard consultation£52.5From published practice price list / current, checked 1 May 2026

Emergency / OOH consultation£68From published practice price list / current, checked 1 May 2026

Primary vaccination course£120From published practice price list / current, checked 1 May 2026

Primary vaccination course£95-£125From published practice price list / current, checked 1 May 2026

Vet prices in Edinburgh

Local price statistics

Cheapest listed consultation prices

Other consultation-related fees found

What to compare in Edinburgh

Use medians first

Check the sample size

Look for exclusions

Confirm before booking

Ownership and transparency

Ownership mix

Transparency score bands

Vet practices in Edinburgh

Vet price questions in Edinburgh

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