What Does an Eye Exam Cost?

Exam fees vary from office to office. Eye Doctors often have trouble establishing a set price for exams, tests and procedures. A smart way to establish fees in based on the patients in the area. Do patients in the area have insurance? What is the most common type of insurance in the area? The price of an exam is legally supposed to be the same whether or not insurance is used. Depending on patients in the area the Eye Doctor might establish exam fees to appeal more to out of pocket (non-insurance) patients or may set exam fees based on the most common type(s) of insurance in the area. Insurance based fees could relect a single company or the average of multiple plans in the area. Different types of exams or procedures can vary in price. For contact lens fitting a simple nearsighted prescription can vary in price when compared to a patient with astigmatism and/or near focusing problems. For medical problems the severity of the problem often affects pricing. A benign finding is different than a finding which may indicate a threar to the patients vision or life. Costs for different types of exams, tests and procedures vary depending on the Eye Doctor. Some Eye Doctors prices reflect their patients others it may be difficult to know the reasoning in their prices.

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  1. UnknownAugust 17, 2015 at 1:46 PM

    That depends on what kind of exam are you having. Generally it doesn't cost more tha 200$-250$. Here's a good place I'd suggest you to go. http://www.boisemountaineyecare.com/

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