Vision Cost Calculator

Compare glasses or contacts to LASIK

Choose glasses or contacts, then match the monthly payment against CareCredit financing terms using the reduced APR table from your attached rate sheet.

Visual independence

13 years of worry-free vision

Save vs your contacts over the next 13 years — adjust your age to personalize.

Only $0/mo more than you're already paying.

* Monthly cost is compared against contacts or glasses.

Patient estimate

Choose the patient's current vision correction type and financing term. The monthly comparison updates automatically.

Adds an estimated $175 per year for solution and lens case costs on reusable lenses.

Uses an average annual contact lens exam cost.

Adds an average yearly eye exam cost to keep glasses prescriptions current.

Internet-sourced average glasses assumptions: basic about $100 per year, intermediate about $250 per year, premium about $500 per year.

$5,500
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Reduced APR values are reconstructed from your attached CareCredit rate table: 17.90% for 24 months on purchases of $1,000 or more, 18.90% for 36 months on $1,000 or more, 19.90% for 48 months on $1,000 or more, and 17.90% for 60 months on $2,500 or more. The attached sheet also shows deferred no-interest promotions for 6 and 24 months. [file:48]

Estimated yearly vision cost $0
Estimated total over time $0

Your worry-free vision window

Years of worry-free distance vision 13
Estimated savings vs current correction $0

Your personalized estimate will appear here.

Compared to the typical LASIK patient (average age 30).

24-month no-interest financing

$0/mo

Based on a total LASIK treatment cost of $5,500.

Current glasses or contacts: $0/mo over the selected timeframe. Difference vs LASIK payment: $0/mo.

What this means

Your current vision correction costs may exceed LASIK over time.

Break-even estimate will appear here.
Your glasses or contacts cost about $0 per month. For only $0 more per month for 2 years, you could have visual independence.
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Deferred interest promotions require paying the promotional balance in full before the end of the promo period to avoid interest. [file:48]

Estimate disclaimer: Contact lens costs are estimated from ODspecs internet retail pricing ranges for representative lens categories. Glasses tiers are estimated from currently reported U.S. market averages for basic, average, and premium prescription eyewear. Worry-free vision years assume stable distance correction until typical presbyopia around age 45, compared with a historical average LASIK patient age of 30. CareCredit reduced APR examples are reconstructed from the attached CareCredit table and interpolated for user-selected amounts. [page:1][page:2][web:29][web:30][file:48]