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Average Costs: LASIK

Cost of LASIK Surgery & Payment Plans

Vision loss can dramatically impact your life, but there are ways to monitor and improve vision with the help of CareCredit. Use your CareCredit healthcare credit card, at locations in the CareCredit network, to help pay for routine eye exams, everyday eyeglasses or contacts, or even LASIK eye surgery financing.

Here are the average costs of some vision care products and procedures you finance with CareCredit.

Eye Exam1 $206
LASIK4 $2,246 per eye
Cataract Surgery5 $3,783 - $6,898 per eye

Average eyewear and contact lens costs

Eyeglasses (basic)2 $8 – $160
Eyeglasses (designer)2 $251 – $632
Eyeglasses (prescription sun)2 $20 – $700
Kids Prescription Glasses2 $200
Contact Lenses (disposable 90 day supply)6 $70 – $100
Contact Lenses (disposable extended wear annual supply)6 $150 – $375

Average vision correction procedures and surgery costs

Cornea Transplant (out patient procedure)7 $13,000
Cornea Transplant (in-hospital procedure)7 $28,000
Glaucoma Surgery (laser surgery)8 $1,000 – $2,000
Glaucoma Surgery (incisional surgery)8 $11,000

Average vision therapy and treatment costs

Lipiflow Dry Eye Treatment9 $700 – $1,000
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K)10 $1,000 – $4,000
Macular Degeneration Treatment11 $9,000 – $65,000
Blocked Tear Duct Treatment12 $3,000 – $6,000
 

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5Segre, Liz (July 2020). “How Much Does Cataract Surgery Cost?” All About Vision. https://www.allaboutvision.com/visionsurgery/cost.htm.
6“How much do contact lenses cost?” CostHelper Health. https://health.costhelper.com/contacts.html, January 15, 2021.
7Heiting OD, Gary (January 2018), “How Much Does Keratoconus Treatment Cost?” All About Vision. https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/keratoconus-faq/keratoconus-treatment-cost.htm.
8”Glaucoma Surgery: Types, Costs & Success Rates”. NVision®. https://www.nvisioncenters.com/glaucoma/surgery-and-costs/, accessed July 27, 2020.
9Adler MD, Richard. “Dry eye syndrome: 12 ways to get relief.” All About Vision. https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/dryeye.htm, accessed July 27, 2020.
10Heiting OD, Gary and Teig OD, Donald (July 2019). “Orthokeratology for Athletes.” All About Vision. https://www.allaboutvision.com/sportsvision/orthokeratology-athletes.htm.
11“How much does macular degeneration treatment cost?” CostHelper Health. https://health.costhelper.com/macular-degeneration.html, January 15, 2021.
12“How much does blocked tear duct treatment cost?” CostHelper Health. https://health.costhelper.com/blocked-tear-ducts.html, January 15, 2021.

 
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