PAYMENT POLICY & DEPOSITS ON HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

Payment for services:
Our practice requests full payment at the time services are rendered.

We do not send out billing invoices to individual clients, permit running tabs or 'put it on account' for later payment. In addition, we do not offer payment plans, hold checks or accept post dated checks.

For your convenience, we accept the following payment forms:

 

Cash: 
United States Treasury currency is always accepted.


Credit Card:
We accept Visa and Mastercard. You may be asked to show a Driver's License during payment. We do not accept Discover, American Express or other credit cards.


Checks: 
We utilize an electronic check verification service to guarantee monetary processing. We accept personal checks (bank endorsed) - We cannot accept Account Starter Checks, Third Party Checks, or Checks brought in by another person. We require a valid Driver's License during payment.


Care Credit & Restrictions: 
Basically Care Credit is a credit card for your pets health care needs with one important difference - there are no-interest payment plans available. The interest you would normally accrue is actually paid for out the sum total paid to the veterinary practice. You may apply for Care Credit online or via the telephone before you even come in the hospital. CARE CREDIT

Due to the high cost to us, we restrict the use of no interest payment plans to a 3 or 6 month period. In addition, our hospital will only accept the first time use of Care Credit cards in emergency illness or injury cases where the total cost of services is anticipated to exceed $ 300.

Deposits on hospitalized patients:
Patients hospitalized for scheduled procedures or for emergency illness or injury cases may be required to make an initial payment towards the anticipated cost of care.

A simple example of this scenario would be the Hospitalization of a Puppy with significant Parvovirus Illness. Due to the serious nature of the disease, treatment and level of care required and an average hospital stay of between 4 and 7 days, the anticipated cost of care at the onset of hospitalization ranges between $ 1,000 - 2,000. A deposit of the lower end estimate ($ 1,000) would be required prior to hospitalization and initiation of care.