LASIK or PRK Eye Surgery Cost

It is important to do your research when investigating the cost of LASIK eye surgery. Some providers charge for the cost of the initial examination, surgeon fees, prescription drops, post-operative care, and even dry eye treatment such as punctal plugs. At LasikPlus, our prices are all-inclusive, so there aren’t any hidden or surprise fees. The initial LASIK examination is free of charge whether you are a candidate or choose to have LASIK eye surgery with us or not, a value of about $120. This is our opportunity to learn about you and your goals of having LASIK and your opportunity to learn about us. There aren’t any additional surgeon or laser fees. We will provide you with the post-operative prescription drops and all post-operative visits required by your doctors are included as well. And, if you are one of the few people who experience temporary, post-operative dry eye, we will provide you with punctal plugs free of charge because it is the right thing to do for your comfort.

Insurance discounts, which are available with most health and vision plans, are a helpful way to reduce the cost of PRK and LASIK eye surgery. In addition, some health plans and vision plans provide an allowance that can be applied to the cost of your treatment. LasikPlus is the featured provider for many health and vision plans, such as EyeMed, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, BCBS, and many others. These plans offer members significant savings when an in-network surgeon is utilized.

Large union groups may cover a rather large portion of the cost of PRK or LASIK eye surgery. Check with your HR or Union representative for details. During your FREE LASIK examination, our financial coordinator will also check your insurance to determine what discount you are entitled to receive. If an allowance applies, we will file the claim on our behalf.

While some health and vision insurance plans offer participants allowances toward LASIK, a majority of insurance carriers do not consider PRK or LASIK eye surgery to be a coverage expense. However; many health and vision plans have identified LasikPlus as a Features Provider meaning members/participants of these plans are entitled to discounted savings on their PRK or LASIK surgery. To see if your health or vision plan provides discounts on PRK or LASIK, click here.

In addition to discounts available through participating insurance plans, your company or union group may provide an allowance toward LASIK which covers a portion or all of the cost with LasikPlus. Check with your Human Resources department or Union representative for details.

Bladeless LASIK means that the corneal flap, created to expose the cornea to be reshaped by the excimer laser, is created using a laser rather than a bladed microkeratome, which was used when LASIK was first introduced.  This advanced technology allows more patients to be candidates, including those who were previously not candidates due to thin corneas.

Standard or conventional LASIK uses the patient’s prescription alone as the guide to treating a patient’s refractive error – nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism. Custom LASIK refers to computer-optimized LASIK and uses the “wavefront” technology to measure the eye from front to back and creates a three-dimensional (3-D) image or mapping of the eye. This corneal mapping, which is like the fingerprint of each patient’s eye, allows your LASIK surgeon to not only treat the refractive error, but the higher order aberrations – the peaks and valleys of the cornea. These aberrations include poor night vision, glares and haloes, starbursts, and low-contrast vision problems. “With computer optimized technology, we can actually soften that transition to recreate the round shape of the cornea. It can decrease the chance of getting glares and halos. It’s better for patients and better for maintaining the stability of the procedure afterwards,” states Dr. Sonny Goel of LasikPlus. To learn more about Custom LASIK, please read the article, What is Custom LASIK by LasikPlus Dallas LASIK surgeon, Dr. Robert Smith.

At LasikPlus, we carefully evaluate and consider technology to ensure it represents an advance in the care of and clinical outcomes achieved for our patients. This deliberately conservative philosophy means that rather than adopting technology broad-scale and potentially exposing patients to any potential clinical issues that could arise as more procedures are performed and more experience is gained, we often pause on new technology until more is learned about the results provided. This includes the newly introduced  ReLEx SMILE® technology.

ReLEx SMILE®, which involves the surgeon creating a small keyhole incision in the cornea through which a tiny amount of tissue is removed, while intriguing, its novelty remains a concern for LasikPlus, so we do not yet current offer SMILE.