I've been to this clinic on a few occassions. I was in such distress at the time that it did not matter what the cost was. I barely listened to their payment system as I was holding my injured baby. Who in their right mind is going to say "That MUCH MONEY??? FORGET IT! I WILL TAKE MY PET IN LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION HOME!".
Seriously, I've been there and they will NOT treat the animal if you do NOT agree to pay them before they do treatment. They did this to me. I agreed to the $65 walk in fee. Then I got hit up with $200 x-rays within 15 minutes. I accepted everything because my cat had 2 broken hips. They basically just took the xrays and explained to me her condition and some options with OTHER vets in town. NOT a their facility. They did NOT treat her except gave me 3 - 4 pain pills. I was told that the next day I should take her to my regular vet. They handed me the x-rays. That was it.
I had to pay about $300 on the spot. I did not realize that if I did NOT pay them I would have been forced to sign over my cat to them. This what happened to this lady. She went in with her son's puppy. It was hit by a car. She was soo distraught she told them to treat him. What else could she do? The dog was bleeding and had broken limbs. Her regular vet wasn't open since it was late at night. Vets seem to take ONLY regular clients animals in for emergencies or charge ALOT to take on new.
Human hospitals don't run this way. What if it had been her son that got hit by a car? Would you expect the hospital to keep her son until she coughed up the dough? Would they put him in foster care and lose him? I just think this vet clinic isn't operating on the up and up. It is considered immoral to charge people money in stressful situations. Kind of like getting shot in the leg and the doctor telling you to pay first before he removes the bullet.