The Average Cost of Kremer Laser Surgery

The Kremer eye center offers a variety of laser eyes surgeries. The average cost for laser eye surgery depends on the type of procedure, and the degree of damage you are having repaired. Each type of laser surgery from LASIK to glaucoma varies in price because of length and amount of work and care required for the procedure. The cost also varies depending on whether or not anaesthesia is required, and whether you are having surgery on both eyes or just one.

Kremer LASIK Eye Surgery

• Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery is a vision correction surgery that reshapes the cornea. LASIK eye surgery can be used to treat farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism. The eye surgeon cuts a corneal flap, then uses a laser to reshape the cornea. Kremer eye centers also use laser eye surgery technologies like Wavefront Custom Lasik, and IntraLase Bladeless Razor. Depending on the type of treatment, this type of vision correction surgery can cost roughly $1,700 for standard LASIK, to $2,200 for bladeless, all-laser surgery.

Cataracts

• A cataract is a clouded or opaque portion of the eye that blocks out light and impairs vision. While a fairly normal part of aging, cataracts should be removed when they affect normal vision. Cataract surgery does require anaesthesia along with a local anesthetic. The surgeon then makes an incision and drains the cloudy cataract. A synthetic lens is then implanted where the cataract was.

  The cost of cataract surgery depends on the type of procedure, and what type of lens you are having put in. On average, it will cost $3,000 to $4,000 per eye.

Glaucoma

• Glaucoma is an eye disorder stemming from increased pressure in the eye. This can eventually damage the optic nerve, and can impair vision by damaging the ability of the eye to send visual information to the brain. Because there are no outward signs of glaucoma, many do not know they suffer from it until they begin to experience loss of vision.

  Different types of glaucoma require different types of surgery. Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) is for open-angle glaucoma and uses a laser to improve drainage and decrease optical pressure. Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) is used to treat closed-angle glaucoma, narrow-angled glaucoma and pigmentary glaucoma, and requires making a hole in the iris to decrease optical pressure. Depending on the procedure, surgery to treat glaucoma can cost upwards of $3,000.

Corneal Transplant

• The cornea is the central lens of the eye that focuses and refracts light. If the cornea is damaged, it can be replaced via surgery, but only by using a replacement cornea from a donor. Luckily, corneal transplant is one of the most widely conducted and successful types of transplants done each year. Because of the nature of the procedure and the need for real corneal tissue for the transplant, the average cost is closer to $7,500 to $10,000.

Other Factors

• It may seem that costs of laser eye surgeries have gone up in recent years, but this can be attributed to a decline in doctors quoting per-eye prices that do not include any customization or additional costs in the initial quote. The cost can also be brought down if surgery is accompanied by the use of a corneal flap incision instead of exclusively laser treatments that do not require an incision.