One lasik clinic quoted me $2,000 an eye. Another advertises only $299. Is the expensive clinic trying to rip me off? They told me to watch out from something called the 'Nidek' brand machines.
Answer: Low LASIK price Whether it is $299, $599, or some other very low price, it is unlikely that you can have the procedure you want or need for this amount. As the price gets lower, the restrictions are greater, and more remote. I was once told that at one center that advertised $299 LASIK only 1% of patients qualified for that price, that is not very many. And everyone else paid a price that was close to market. It is difficult to get LASIK for less than $1000 per eye, and for custom blade free procedures it usually has a street price ranging from $1500-$2500 per eye. That is what LASIK really costs.
Helpful 3 people found this helpful
Answer: Low LASIK price Whether it is $299, $599, or some other very low price, it is unlikely that you can have the procedure you want or need for this amount. As the price gets lower, the restrictions are greater, and more remote. I was once told that at one center that advertised $299 LASIK only 1% of patients qualified for that price, that is not very many. And everyone else paid a price that was close to market. It is difficult to get LASIK for less than $1000 per eye, and for custom blade free procedures it usually has a street price ranging from $1500-$2500 per eye. That is what LASIK really costs.
Helpful 3 people found this helpful
Answer: I would run far, far away from that offer. The typical deception I see with that $299 add is that it is for a prescription so small you wouldn't be looking for correction anyway.The "sale" with lots of ad ons ($) driving the price up are made before your surgeon visit. Go somewhere else. You have lots of options. Eye surgery is best done once correctly.
Helpful
Answer: I would run far, far away from that offer. The typical deception I see with that $299 add is that it is for a prescription so small you wouldn't be looking for correction anyway.The "sale" with lots of ad ons ($) driving the price up are made before your surgeon visit. Go somewhere else. You have lots of options. Eye surgery is best done once correctly.
Helpful
February 7, 2017
Answer: Costs of Lasik I would say that the $299 clinic is ripping you off, because they are not doing what they say. First of all, they almost never perform the treatment for $299, like the car dealer that has only one car at the low, low price. Average prices for these clinics are more like $1500 per eye. Secondly, the cost does not include all the things that most doctors include in the price, like followup visits, medications, enhancements when needed. These add up! Third, these clinics are using techniques and equipment that are cheap, but not necessarily what you would want for your eyes, if you really knew the inside story.
Helpful
February 7, 2017
Answer: Costs of Lasik I would say that the $299 clinic is ripping you off, because they are not doing what they say. First of all, they almost never perform the treatment for $299, like the car dealer that has only one car at the low, low price. Average prices for these clinics are more like $1500 per eye. Secondly, the cost does not include all the things that most doctors include in the price, like followup visits, medications, enhancements when needed. These add up! Third, these clinics are using techniques and equipment that are cheap, but not necessarily what you would want for your eyes, if you really knew the inside story.
Helpful
August 17, 2012
Answer: The Truth About Discount LASIK
Helpful
August 17, 2012
Answer: The Truth About Discount LASIK
Helpful
July 12, 2012
Answer: Bait-and-switch pricing
Helpful
July 12, 2012
Answer: Bait-and-switch pricing
Helpful
May 17, 2012
Answer: Cheap LASIK can be too good to be true
Helpful
May 17, 2012
Answer: Cheap LASIK can be too good to be true
Helpful
