Lasik Price

Let's Talk Lasik Eye Surgery Price

Would you like an exact Lasik price? 

Sorry, but the cost of laser eye surgery can vary for a few reasons.  The search for Lasik patients has become very competitive in some areas and this has caused prices to fall. 

Another is the degree of your eyes refractive error.  The more time and skill needed to correct your problem will effect how much you must pay your Lasik eye surgeon.  

Let's throw out some numbers just to give you something to go on.  The Lasik price can range anywhere from $250 per eye to $2,500 per eye. In large cities with many eye doctors prices may start at a lower number.

Do we need to tell you that you must not base your choice of Lasik eye surgeon on price alone?  Of course not!  A rock bottom price may get you a less skilled ophthalmologist who may not have the same experience, training, or precise equipment as a more expensive doctor. 

On the other hand, the leading Lasik surgeon in your are may offer prices that are among the lowest.  

Lasik Facts

Now let's cover some Lasik facts, so you will have a better understanding of why the procedure can be costly.

Step one will be to schedule a screening consultation that will determine your suitability for the Lasik procedure. Your Lasik counselor will ask you for information about your general health and any specific health problems. 

Your doctor's office will want to know about any prescription medication you are taking and your current corrective lens prescription. 

At this meeting your doctor or counselor will discuss your vision and vision problems with you, based on what they've learned up to this point, and tell you if and how Lasik surgery can improve your vision.  Custom Lasik eye surgery may be presented as one of your choices. 

Time is money in any business and the time your doctor and his staff spend serving you adds to their overhead expense.  Those costs must be recovered through the fees charged for Lasik surgery.  But there's more...

Standard Fees

If the Lasik surgeon determines you are qualified as a patient the standard fees for the different procedures will be presented to you and payment options will be discussed. The fee quoted is usually one that will cover all aspects of the procedure, up to and including follow-up care and enhancements.  Another alternative is a fee schedule that  may be based on a series of "if this, then" conditions. 

The quoted fee often does not include any optional, "but highly recommended" procedures such as the optional punctal plug occlusion.  These plugs are inserted to treat 'dry eye' that may hinder the outflow of tears through the nasal passage. 

Bad news! Your health insurance will probably not pay for your Lasik surgery.  The majority of insurance policies look at Lasik as an elective procedure not to be covered.

Be sure to ask.  If your insurance does offer coverage for Lasik procedures most clinics will give you an itemized cost breakdown to submit to your insurance company.  

Healthy Eyes

The pre-surgical evaluation is another expense for your surgeon.  During this one to two hour evaluation you will undergo a complete dilated eye exam with refraction. This exam will allow the surgeon to confirm that your eyes are healthy. 

In addition the exam will determine the exact degree of your nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, or presbyopia. Your cornea will also be tested. 

The Lasik surgery usually takes less than thirty-minutes.  It will consist of the application of eye drops to numb the eye, cutting a hinged flap in the cornea with a surgical knife, using an excimer laser to reshape the inner portion of the cornea and then closing the flap.  Shortly afterward you will be ready to go home.  You will have to arrange transportation, because the condition of your vision will not allow you to drive.

A follow-up appointment is usually scheduled for approximately 24-hours after your procedure. Depending upon your Lasik surgeon’s requirements you may have as many as 3 to 5 more appointments scheduled during the next few weeks. 

Now you have an idea of how much time is devoted to your case.  In order to treat you with the professional care you deserve the doctor has money invested in office space, equipment, staff, supplies, marketing, continuing education, insurance and staff. He must recover those costs and his personal compensation from the fees charged for the performance of the Lasik surgery.

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