Cost of LASIK Eye Surgery

The cost of LASIK eye surgery differs widely from one provider to another and depends on many factors. The only universal standard is that eye LASIK surgery and other refractive surgery prices are quoted per eye.

Remember that one eye LASIK surgery procedure equals only one eye even if both eyes are corrected on the same day. So the price quoted for a procedure doubles if you intend to have both eyes corrected.

Eye LASIK surgeons also might add extra charges for new technologies, including wavefront analysis for extra precise corrections (custom wavefront LASIK).

You also might be charged extra for all-laser or bladeless LASIK (IntraLase and other technologies), a LASIK procedure in which a laser is used instead of a bladed instrument to create the flap on the front of the eye. In LASIK surgery, this thin flap is lifted so that laser energy can be applied to shape the eye, and then replaced to serve as a natural bandage.