I want other pet owners to know exactly what happened here, because I made a 6-hour round-trip…read moredecision based on what this hospital told me, and every key thing turned out to be wrong.
My dog Mousse suddenly lost the use of his back legs (IVDD), and time was critical. I spent last week calling dozens of vets for pricing. On Thursday afternoon, I called this hospital and was quoted $5,000-$9,000 for the MRI and surgery. I asked specifically whether that price included both the MRI and the surgery, because every hospital in LA had quoted me $14,000-$15,000, and I was told yes. I also asked, explicitly, if a neurologist could see him that night if I arrived before 8pm. I was told yes, they were on call until 8.
So I took a three-hour Uber with my paralyzed dog, trusting he'd be cared for on arrival. I got there at 7pm. They checked him in. Fifteen minutes later I was told the neurologist was NOT coming that night, he'd be seen "in the morning." Then I was told the actual cost would be $15,000, not the $5,000-$9,000 I was quoted hours earlier. No reasonable person drives three hours each way with a paralyzed dog to pay the same price quoted at home, the only reason I made that trip was the quote they gave me.
When I asked them to pull the recorded call to verify what I'd been told, I was informed no one could access the recording until Monday, and that someone would follow up. No one ever did. I had to call them myself a full week later (today) at which point I was told the call "wasn't recorded," despite their phone system announcing that calls may be recorded. When I escalated, the supervisor admitted that the front desk should never have quoted me prices at all and that she could not confirm what I was actually told on that call.
To make it worse: the only thing offered that night was an ER exam I didn't need, my dog had already been evaluated by two ER vets that week. I came for a neurologist. During that exam, when I expressed concern that Mousse was in obvious pain I had to ask for pain medication for my suffering dog.
I took another three-hour Uber home with nothing resolved. Between the inaccurate quote, the neurologist who was promised and never showed, the "unrecorded" call, and the complete lack of follow-up, this was one of the most emotionally draining experiences of an already devastating week.
I would never recommend this place to anyone who loves their animal.
Imani and Mousse