Low Cost Lasik Surgery Pricing

For me, the cost of lasik eye surgery was slightly over two thousand dollars per eye for roughly three years ago. That price may seem like a ripoff if you have seen ads in your local paper or on websites promising lasik surgery for a good deal less than the amount I was charged. My best advice is to view these ads with a great deal of skepticism.

Ads promising low priced lasik may be leaving out the cost of necessary services. Pre-surgical exams and aftercare may not be included in the advertised price. The promoted price may just be a tactic to lure you to their office.

If you call or respond to an advertisement offering rock bottom prices, they may refuse to discuss price and push for you to come in. Once they get you in for a visit, you may well be subjected to high pressure sales tactics. The “consultant” you meet with may have little or no medical training and may in fact just be an aggressive salesperson.

At the end of it all, when the final price of your procedure and extras are added up, you could very well find that the price you are actually quoted is in line with or greater than other surgeons. The price that you end up paying may not even resemble the price in the ad that got your attention.

Ads touting low cost lasik surgery may also be neglecting to disclose the eligibility qualifications to actually receive the low price being promoted. Eligibility standards may be such that only a fraction of potential patients can actually get their surgery done for the advertised cost. For example, only prospects who require a very small degree of vision correction may be eligible for the lowest advertised price, but you probably will not see that fully disclosed in the advertisement.

Although the lasik surgery cost was a big concern for me as it probably is for most people, there was no way in hell I would have gone with a lasik surgeon entirely based on the fee. Focusing on price rather than the lasik surgery procedure itself can be a mistake with serious consequences. As always, do your investigating thoroughly and ask as many questions as you feel you need to ask. You should be perfectly clear on the amount you will be paying and exactly what that price includes well before you commit to the procedure. Be extremely wary of adverts or salespeople promising prices that seem too good to be true.