The laser eye treatment with laser eye surgery costs different in different countries or even in neighbourhood hospitals within the same city. The reason for variation of the cost is the involvement of multiple factors.
Facts & Figures
According to an analytics company, leading vision care industry and its report, all about vision, the cost of the Lasik laser eye surgery in the US is $2,100 approximately and it is a bit higher compared to the previous years. The cost specified above is per one eye and the Lasik laser eye surgery is one of the commonly performed one, compared to the other laser eye surgeries, like PRK, Lasek, SMILE, etc. The cost specified here is an average cost and it varies widely, among several hospitals within the same city.
What Are Cost Factors?
The overall and final cost of the laser eye surgery varies on the basis of multiple factors.
- Reputation, expertise and experience of the surgeon stand as the major cost contributing factor.
- Technology is another important major factor. Most of the reputed and experienced surgeons charge the charges for the vision correction procedures that are based on the excimer laser based. Others also make use of the femtosecond laser for the laser procedure, which is bladeless
- Technology is another important factor.
- About one fifth of the surgeons charge varied price on the basis of the specific technology adapted for the surgery. For instance, the charges are more for all kinds of custom Lasik or laser Lasik, employing the new technology called wavefront technology, for accurate and precise possible vision correction.
- Refractive error is also an important factor. The cost of the overall surgery varies on the basis of the refractive error of the patient also, however, the percent of variation is less compared to the above factors.
- Additional charges or assurance charges may also be imposed in the overall cost of the surgery. Sometimes corrective procedures are also offered by the same medical center post laser eye surgery, such as enhancement eye surgery. Usually, these procedures are needed in case the patient feels unsatisfied with the betterment of the vision. It is important to address the corrective procedures, if become necessary and ideally, no additional charge must be imposed for this procedure, as it is the result from inaccurate laser eye surgical procedure. So, some medical centers impose these charges in the overall cost of the surgery and offer the enhancement procedures for free of cost, if needed in the future.
After the pre-surgery eye test and assessment, the overall cost of the preferred laser eye surgery is given to the patient. And the patient should ask for the breakup of the overall cost, to check whether the post operative procedures and follow-up visit charges are included or not.