A leading refractive surgery industry analysts, the average price for LASIK in the United States in 2009, conducted approx. U.S. $ 2,100 per eye. This figure is essentially unchanged from the previous year.

The price depends on you actually pay for your LASIK surgery, a number of factors, including:

• The type of laser technology you choose
• The type of surgical instrument used to create the corneal flap
• Whether testing pre-op and follow-up visits are covered in the fee
• Whether the post-op medications are covered in the fee
• Regardless of whether rechallenge (if necessary) are covered in the fee
• The ability, reputation and experience of your surgeon
• The municipality and the region of the country where you live

LASIK Options

The cheapest option (not wavefront guided created) LASIK with the corneal flap with a mechanical microkeratome. It is also the oldest LASIK technology.
Although the results are generally very good with standard LASIK, it has a higher risk for certain complications, including flap problems. Nighttime glare and other visual disturbances may also more frequently after standard LASIK compared to newer technology and more advanced wavefront LASIK.

The most expensive option is usually made of wavefront guided LASIK with the latest generation of excimer laser and the corneal flap created with the latest generation of femtosecond (IntraLase) laser. The wavefront-guided technology uses a precise computer-generated image of view of the excimer laser guide because it distorts the cornea, which is often better visual results than standard LASIK. And with a laser to create the corneal flap eliminates the risk of complications for most areas safe, comfortable psychologically LASIK.

Expect to pay about $ 350 to $ 500 per eye for wavefront creates guided LASIK with a laser created corneal flap, compared to standard LASIK with a flap with a microkeratome blade.
Costs on the same 2008 report cited above, wavefront-guided LASIK flap with the IntraLase, an average of $ 2357) per eye ($ 4.714 for each eye, while the average cost for LASIK with a standard microkeratome flap $ 1694 per eye ($ 3,388) for both eyes.