About Laser Eye Surgery Costs

The biggest consideration a person has when deciding whether or not to have their vision corrected by laser eye surgery is the cost of it. Laser eye surgery costs can range from a few hundred dollars to over a few thousand dollars per eye. But why are there so many fluctuations in laser eye surgery costs? The answer can be found in the practice of cutthroat competition and sometimes unethical tactics to get you to buy something that is expensive and can probably live without. Let's face it, the laser eye surgery costs are usually not justified as needed for a necessity of life.

Consider just the advertising for laser eye surgery. Most advertisements focus on relaying the message to you that you can live a life free of glasses or contact lens. And they advertise all of this for a special price. But what they usually don't tell you when quoting those laser eye surgery costs is these low prices only apply to a select group who need very minor laser surgery correction that most patients will not qualify for. And, they fail to tell you that most still have a small dependency on glasses for reading or night driving.

So what some laser surgery centers try to do is get you to leave a non-refundable consultation fee and then when they get you in they do a few tests and reveal that you do not qualify for the package at the low price advertised. Then because you might feel like you want to recover your loss for the consultation fee, you are sold on the higher-priced package. This will result in higher laser eye surgery costs and is by all appearances a bait and switch scheme to fish you in.

As a rule of thumb, never pay a fee up front to come in for a laser eye surgery consultation. This will also keep your laser eye surgery costs down while you shop around. You would not pay to find a job or pay a fee to shop for cars so don't do it while shopping for a laser eye surgery package.

Beware of hidden laser eye surgery costs that they do not tell you about. It could be that the low price they are quoting you does not include all the follow up visits after the surgery. You need these follow up visits and you should have them ready for when you have to use them. What do we mean by this? Well, the provider may save on laser eye surgery costs and quote you a low price by telling you to call the surgery center if you need to after the surgery (without scheduling a follow-up). In other words, you will pay for "as needed" follow up visits. So what will you do if something goes wrong and you don't want to in right away because of the additional cost? Doing this to save on laser eye surgery costs could have detrimental effects on your vision because you might wait too long to go in (to save on laser eye surgery costs).

It is recommended that you at least have 12 months of follow up visits as part of your complete laser correction program because there may be an enhancement or two needed. It is better to have the option if you need it. It is important to not cut out this critical component just to save on laser eye surgery costs.