Vet prices in Chelmsford Garden: 5 vets compared, from £51

Where to start in Chelmsford Garden

Three ways to pick. The full list is below.

Cheapest consultation Vista Vets £51 · rated 4.9 · Independent Best rated by owners Vista Vets 4.9 from 156 reviews · consultation £51 Most open about prices Vista Vets 16 of 36 prices · consultation £51

Cheapest is the lowest published first consultation. Best rated needs at least 20 Google reviews, so one glowing review from a friend cannot win it. Most open publishes the most of the 36 standard prices; the typical vet publishes 11. None of these is a judgement on the care.

All 5 vets in Chelmsford Garden and nearby, cheapest first

Click a column heading to sort. A dash means the vet has not published that price, and always sorts last.

Practice	Owner	Consultation	Dog booster	Cat spay	Dog castration	Rating	Prices published
Vista Vets SunMontrose Road, CM2 6TE1.5 miles outside Chelmsford Garden	Independent	£51	£51	£115	£245	4.9 (156)	16 of 36
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN1.5 miles outside Chelmsford Garden	Medivet	£65	£77	£109	£215	4.7 (194)	7 of 36
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£73	£81	£182	£418	4.8 (144)	13 of 36
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU1.8 miles outside Chelmsford Garden	IVC Evidensia	£73	£81	£182	£418	4.7 (163)	13 of 36
Vet Support70 Fell Christy, CM1 1RZ1.8 miles outside Chelmsford GardenPublishes prices	Independent	–	–	–	–	–	–

Prices are as each vet publishes them, VAT included where the vet says so. A "from" price is the starting figure and usually rises with the size of the pet. Ratings are Google's, with the number of reviews in brackets. 24h means open round the clock by its published hours and Sun open on Sunday; every emergency vet is listed by county. Open a practice for its full list, the weight bands and what each price includes.4 of these practices sit just outside Chelmsford Garden, marked with the distance: town boundaries put some vets in the next parish along, and a vet a mile away is still your vet.

What everything costs in Chelmsford Garden

Pick a treatment to jump to every vet that publishes it. 12 of the 36 have enough local prices to show.

Treatment	Pet	Typical in Chelmsford Garden	Typical UK	Difference	Vets	Cheapest here
Consultation and preventative care
Consultation	All pets	£69	£62	£7 above UK	4	£51
Follow-up visit	All pets	£73	£56	£17 above UK	3	£24
Nurse visit	All pets	£32	£35	£3 below UK	3	£29
Microchip	All pets	£42	£30	£12 above UK	3	£25
Health certificate	All pets	£302	£294	£8 above UK	3	£175
First vaccinations	Dogs	£111	£99	£12 above UK	4	£79
Booster jab	Dogs	£79	£72	£7 above UK	4	£51
Kennel cough jab	Dogs	£68	£64	£4 above UK	4	£51
Prescription, dispensing and administration
Prescription fee	All pets	£32	£27	£5 above UK	3	£16
Surgeries and treatments
Dental clean	Cats	£550	£435	£115 above UK	3	£215
Castration	Cats	£106	£107	same as UK	4	£85
Spay	Cats	£148	£154	£6 below UK	4	£109

Typical is the middle price among the vets in Chelmsford Garden that publish one. Cheapest here is the lowest published locally. A treatment needs three local prices to appear, because fewer than that tells you nothing.

Consultation in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, cheapest first. Typically £69 here against £62 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£51	£18 below typical	–
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£6515 min	£4 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£73	£4 above typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£73	£4 above typical	–

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Follow-up visit in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £73 here against £56 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£24–£36	£49 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£73	same as typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£73	same as typical	–

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Nurse visit in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £32 here against £35 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£29	£3 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£32	same as typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£32	same as typical	–

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Microchip in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £42 here against £30 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£25	£17 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£42	same as typical	microchip registration
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£42	same as typical	–

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Health certificate in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £302 here against £294 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£175	£127 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£302	same as typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£302	same as typical	–

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First vaccinations in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £111 here against £99 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£79	£32 below typical	consultationvaccines
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£99	£12 below typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£123	£12 above typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£123	£12 above typical	–

Other sizes of pet in Chelmsford Garden: Cats typically £114 (4 vets)

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Booster jab in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £79 here against £72 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£51–£92	£28 below typical	consultationvaccines
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£77	£2 below typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£81	£2 above typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£81	£2 above typical	–

Other sizes of pet in Chelmsford Garden: Cats typically £81 (4 vets)

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Kennel cough jab in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £68 here against £64 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£51	£17 below typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£68	same as typical	consultationvaccines
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£68	same as typical	–
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£115	£47 above typical	consultationvaccines

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Prescription fee in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £32 here against £27 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£16	£16 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£32	same as typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£32	same as typical	–

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Dental clean in Chelmsford Garden

3 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £550 here against £435 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£215	£335 below typical	GA
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£550	same as typical	GA
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£550	same as typical	GA

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Castration in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £106 here against £107 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£85	£22 below typical	–
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£86	£20 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£127	£20 above typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£127	£20 above typical	–

Other sizes of pet in Chelmsford Garden: Small typically £353 (3 vets) · Medium typically £418 (3 vets) · Rabbits typically £173 (3 vets)

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Spay in Chelmsford Garden

4 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £148 here against £154 across the UK.

Practice	Owner	Price	Against typical	What is included
Medivet Chelmsford343 Springfield Road, CM2 6AN	Medivet	£109	£40 below typical	–
Vista VetsMontrose Road, CM2 6TE	Independent	£115	£34 below typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Beaulieu Square3 Centenary Way, CM1 6AU	IVC Evidensia	£182	£34 above typical	–
Spring Lodge Vets, Broomfield Road295 Broomfield Road, CM1 4DU	IVC Evidensia	£182	£34 above typical	–

Other sizes of pet in Chelmsford Garden: Small typically £473 (3 vets) · Medium typically £555 (3 vets) · Rabbits typically £215 (3 vets)

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How to choose a vet in Chelmsford Garden

Start with the treatment you need, not the consultation price. A practice with a cheap consultation can be dear for surgery, and the other way round. The table above shows four prices side by side; each practice page shows all 36.

Then check what the price includes. Two practices can both say "cat spay £150" and one of them means with pain relief, a pre-op blood test and a follow-up check while the other means without. The practice page lists the inclusions where the vet states them. A spay that costs £30 more and includes the post-op check is not more expensive.

Look at the rating with the number of reviews beside it. A 4.9 from 12 reviews tells you less than a 4.6 from 400. And look at who owns the practice. 3 of the 5 vets here belong to a big chain, the rest are independent or small groups. The chains charge more on average across the UK, though not everywhere and not for everything.

Finally, the practical things: opening hours, whether it takes new registrations, and how far you would drive with a sick animal at 9pm. Every practice page has the hours and the out-of-hours arrangement where the vet publishes one.

On the map

Nearby towns

Sometimes the cheaper vet is one town over.

Chelmsford3.2 miles · £63
Danbury4.6 miles · £65
Great Notley6.6 miles · £73
Witham7.1 miles · £64
Black Notley7.1 miles · £70
Purleigh7.6 miles · £50
Ingatestone and Fryerning7.7 miles · £73
Heybridge8.2 miles · £77
Maldon8.3 miles · £66
Braintree8.5 miles · £65
Ingatestone9.0 miles · £61
South Woodham Ferrers9.3 miles

Common questions

How much is a vet consultation in Chelmsford Garden?

Between £51 and £73, and typically £69, across the 4 practices in Chelmsford Garden that publish a price. The lowest is £51 at Vista Vets. A repeat visit is usually cheaper than a first one, and a nurse appointment cheaper again.

How much does neutering cost in Chelmsford Garden?

A cat spay typically costs £148.50 in Chelmsford Garden. Dog castration typically costs £215. Vets price surgery by the pet's weight, and the price may or may not include the anaesthetic, pain relief, a blood test beforehand and a check afterwards. Compare what is included on each practice page, not only the headline figure.

Which vets in Chelmsford Garden are part of a chain?

3 of the 5 practices in Chelmsford Garden belong to a big group: Medivet, IVC Evidensia. The big groups are IVC Evidensia, CVS, Medivet, Vets4Pets, VetPartners and Linnaeus, and most of their practices still trade under the local name. The ownership shown here comes from the groups' own practice lists and from each practice's website; the rules now require every practice to say who owns it.

Why do some vets in Chelmsford Garden show no prices?

1 practice here had no price list on the website when we last looked, or one we could not read. Every vet has to publish one: the big chains by 23 December 2026 and everyone else by 23 March 2027. We check every practice at least monthly. If you work at one of them and the list is up, tell us where it is and we will read it within two working days.

How this is ordered. By price, lowest first, unless you sort it yourself by clicking a heading. Nobody pays to appear here, to appear higher, or to be left out, and no practice has any say in the order. How we collect prices.

About these prices: each figure is as published on the practice's own website on the date shown, VAT included where the practice says so, for the size of pet and the inclusions stated. Practices now have to publish a standard price list and keep it current (the rules), but the price you pay depends on your pet, so confirm with the practice before you book. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will re-check the source within two working days.