The cost of the Lasik surgery is decided basically on the basis of the Lasik technology and procedure that will be performed. The technology is primarily of three kinds called blade procedure, blade-less procedure and contoura vision. Among them, contoura vision is the most expensive one and may range around 1 Lakh INR in India. And blade-less procedure is eventually more expensive with 90,000 INR compared to the blade procedure that cost within the range of 30,000 INR to 60,000 INR. The costs are specified for both the eyes.
Lasik techniques vary as 100% blade-free technique, surface ablation or blade techniques. And each of the technique varies in terms of cost because of the variations in terms of complexity. Each of the medical center has its own list of the cost of each item and even then the difference of the cost of the surgery for the same technique varies just from 5000 INR to 1,00,000 INR for one eye. When two medical centers offer the same Lasik technology for the surgery, the two other important factors to consider before choosing the right place are the quality control and medical safety protocols and standards.
Anyhow, on an overall, the average cost of the Lasik surgery in India varies from 25,000 INR to 45,000 INR. You need to ensure that the medical center offers the services with the industry standards, without bad practices, like re-use of disposables, poorly maintained lasers and have no expertise to deal when the conditions become complex during or after the surgery.
Ideally, the overall cost for each of the patient may vary, as each patient has unique condition. The overall condition of the patient can be investigated and interpreted after conducting certain tests.
Evaluation Tests
- Dry eye test
- Size of pupil in dim light
- Pachymetry
- Wavefront analysis, performed using aberrometer to check the pupil size for the analysis of the issues related to the night vision
- Cycloplegic refraction
- Topography
All the above tests are done to explore and interpret two things, qualitative part and quantitative part of the procedure to be performed. Qualitative part is important and it helps to determine whether this procedure is good and safe enough, especially post procedure. Quantitative part helps to determine, in case you could achieve 6/6 or 20/20 vision or not. Some of the advanced Lasik lasers are VisuMax laser, Concerto 500 Hz, so on. Some of the Lasik procedures are topo link PRK, bladeless Lasik, custom Lasik, wavefront guided Lasik, surface ablations, epiLasik, ReLExSmILE, etc.
In a nutshell, the overall price no matter in India or out of India, it is determined on the basis of various factors that include patient’s unique condition of vision, the technology adapted for the procedure and the standards followed by the Lasik center.