How fees work

A routine eye exam is billed to a vision plan. A visit for an eye problem or a follow-up, which includes myopia visits, is billed to medical insurance. Many visits mix both, and Ben explains which part goes where. Coverage for myopia-control lenses and drops varies by plan, so we check before you decide. 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 visits, myopia-control lenses and drops, lens coatings and replacement lenses are billed separately. We tell you what each part costs before you decide, and we do not quote a price over the phone as a promise.

Ask for an itemized receipt at the front desk and send it to your plan. Your plan decides what it reimburses, and we can print one for each visit in a family.

If you pay without insurance, we give you a Good Faith Estimate in writing before the visit. If the final bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can dispute it.

Before a first visit, the office checks your benefits where it can and tells you what we found. Please confirm with your plan too, since only the plan can promise coverage.

A first myopia evaluation takes about an hour. It includes the exam, measurements of both eyes and a talk with the doctor about the options. It is billed once the visit is done, and we explain the charges before you leave.