3 shots of vaccine on day 1 + 1ml of human rabies immune globulin injected all around the exposed site. Then 1 follow up shot every 7 days for 3 weeks.
It’s the human rabies immune globulin that you hear the horror stories of people paying $20k for without insurance.
It’s strange that due to US medical billing and the uncertainty around it, I was trying weigh up the likely hood of actual infection from the animals saliva (protip for anyone visiting austin: there is actually a fair amount of rabies around).
If you develop symptoms, it’s usually too late and the survival rate is very low. That swung the needle in the direction of better to lose a car than be dead.
I’m not aware of any other country in the world - where getting those shots post exposure without insurance would have potentially cost that much.