Every price links to its source · Prices checked 7 October 2026 · No program pays to be listed
Spay Scout
Check a price

Cost guide · Houston and Phoenix

How much does it cost to spay a cat?

In Houston, a female cat spay at a low-cost program costs $75 to $135 out the door, and the middle of the 8 posted prices is $99.50. In Phoenix it costs $15 to $145, with a middle of $113.50 across 16 programs.

These are the prices low-cost programs post on their own pages in two metros, Houston and Phoenix, checked 7 October 2026. They are not a national average, and a full-service vet usually charges more.

In Phoenix the lowest, $15 at Friends for Life Low Income Spay & Neuter Program, comes with rules about who qualifies; the lowest with no owner rules posted is $80 at Little Rascals Mobile Surgical Clinic.

Out the door

Female cat spay prices

Out the door is the base price plus extras the program always adds, minus a current special. The middle is the median: half the programs charge less, half more. Programs that post a price but have no date to book right now are counted separately.

Houston · Harris County
SurgeryProgramsRangeMiddle
Female cat spay 8+3 with no dates right now $75 to $135 $99.50
Phoenix · Maricopa County
SurgeryProgramsRangeMiddle
Female cat spay 16 $15 to $145 $113.50

Each weight links to the full comparison, with every program's price, its parts and who qualifies.

In the price

What most prices include

How many of the 28 programs that post a female cat spay price say the price includes each item. A program whose page does not say is not counted.

  • Exam8 of 28
  • Anesthesia7 of 28
  • Pain medication10 of 28
  • E-collar4 of 28
  • Microchip4 of 28
  • Rabies vaccine1 of 28

On top of the price

Extras that raise a bill

Charges the programs post for a female cat spay, by how many of the 28 post each one. Some apply only to some pets, such as an older pet. 5 programs add a required extra to every female cat spay; the totals above already include it.

  • Pre-surgical bloodwork10 of 28
  • E-collar (cone)10 of 28
  • Pain medication to take home9 of 28
  • Rabies vaccine8 of 28

Each clinic may require bloodwork or vaccines on the day; check its own page.

If she is in heat, pregnant or has had litters

What a female cat spay costs when she is in heat or pregnant

A female cat spay can cost more when the female cat is in heat, pregnant, or nursing or has had litters. These are the charges programs post for it, on top of the totals above. Most clinics decide on the day, at the exam.

Posted charges for a female cat spay, from 28 programs with a posted price in Houston and Phoenix
WhenPrograms that post a chargePosted charges
In heat 11 of 28 (2 without an amount) $20 to $120
Pregnant 17 of 28 (2 without an amount) $10 to $120
After litters, nursing or a C-section 4 of 28 $15 to $120
In heat: each program's charge (11)
Pregnant: each program's charge (17)
After litters, nursing or a C-section: each program's charge (4)

In Houston, the middle female cat spay price is $99.50, against $89.50 for a male cat neuter. In Phoenix, the middle female cat spay price is $113.50, against $85 for a male cat neuter.

$50 or less

Free and nearly free

Programs that post a female cat spay price of $50 or less, at a clinic, by voucher or on dated days. Most have rules about who qualifies.

How these prices are counted

The standard cases are a female cat of typical adult weight. Each program's total is worked out from its own posted price list with the same rules on every page of this site, and each program page shows the parts. Costs that depend on the pet, and optional extras, are listed beside the totals, never inside them. How we check

How much does it cost to spay a dog?How much does it cost to neuter a dog?How much does it cost to neuter a cat?

Follow the facts

Sources

The prices above come from these 30 programs' own pages, each with the date we checked it. Not an on-site check.