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Misleading Price Schedules
As you can see above, these are the median prices for LASIK broken out by region. Let's take a look then at the $299 per eye and see how those prices are broken down.
LASIK Starting from $299 per eye!
Here is a sample of advertised price schedules:
| $299 - $499 | for the prescription range | up to -1.0 |
| $499 - $849 | for the prescription range | -1.25 to -2.0 |
| $699 - $1049 | for the prescription range | -2.25 to -3.0 |
| $899 and up | for the prescription range | over -3.25 |
| $899 and up | for the prescription range | + Farsighted |
If you call a LASIK center that subscribes to this questionable marketing and ask about the pricing their answer will start at $299 per eye. After a 90 minute examination, you will find the low advertised price will exclude the majority of patients and that the actual price for common prescriptions are not initially published or discussed. For example:
- Astigmatism raises the cost on average by hundreds of dollars per eye and approximately 80% of people have this
- Farsightedness or + prescriptions typically start at $899 per eye
- Assurance programs or a “Retreatment Warranty” will increases the cost by hundreds of dollars per eye
- Lifetime assurance programs are promoted the most when in fact the vast majority of patients will never need a retreatment and when it is required it is typically in the first year after the procedure
- Post operative exams can be limited to 2 visits
- Punctal plugs and post operative medications are not included
- IntraLase is not included Custom Wavefront procedures start at $1399 to $1649 and accounts for approx. 50% of LASIK procedures performed
- The laser used at the advertised lowest price is not the latest FDA approved technology
- Often you will first meet the Surgeon on the day of the procedure
- The overall national average LASIK price is $1967*
In reality ~ “Only 3% of LASIK procedures are performed for less than $1,000 per eye.” - AllAboutVision.com