How fees work

A routine eye exam is billed to a vision plan. A visit for an eye problem, an eye disease check or a follow-up, including myopia visits, is billed to medical insurance. Many visits mix both, and the office explains which part goes where. Medicare does not cover routine eye exams or glasses, with a few exceptions.

Self-pay covers the exam and the services you ask for. Fitting fees, myopia control lenses and drops, premium lens options and replacement lenses are billed separately. We tell you what each part costs before you decide, and we do not promise a price over the phone.

Ask for an itemized receipt and send it to your plan. The plan decides what it reimburses.

If you pay without insurance, we give you a written Good Faith Estimate before your visit. Ask when you book. If a bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can dispute it.

Before your visit we check your benefits where we can and tell you what we find. Please confirm with your plan too, because the plan has the final say.

A myopia evaluation takes about 75 minutes and covers the measurements, an eye health check and the options. The exam is billed as above, and anything you pay yourself is agreed in writing first.