Does your vet charge a prescription fee?

[dmalbone]

I'm all for paying a vet what they are owed, etc. etc. No arguments that they work hard for little pay many times, but I was just curious what your vet charges to actually write a script if you want it filled elsewhere. For instance.. my vet charges $180 for the 100mL bottle of ventipulmin... valley vet charges $180 for the 330mL bottle. But they charge $15 to just write the prescription for you. I know my vet is pricey, but I was curious what the norm was.

[Peggy]

No. Also no fee for insurance paperwork either, tho I know of people who have been charged for that too.

[Bogie]

My vet charges $20 for a script fee, good for a year.

I pulled together some comments on this earlier:

Should vets dispense drugs or write prescriptions? (http://equineink.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/should-vets-dispense-drugs-or-write-prescriptions/)

Got some interesting comments, including from a vet.

[Derby Lyn Farms]

I have 2 different vets that I use for certain things. The one vet has fairly priced meds and will write me a script for free. The other vet will NOT write a script at all and is very high priced.