What It Costs
Cost for a Year’s Supply:
- Daily disposables: $400 a year
- Two-week disposables: $200
- Monthly disposables: $150
- Toric two-week disposables: $400
- Toric monthly disposables: $200
- Conventional soft lenses: $150
- Rigid gas permeable lenses: $200
- Hybrid soft lenses: $400
So you can expect to pay in the $150 to $400 range for a year’s supply of contact lenses. Your eye exam and cleaning solution may be extra expenses.
Finally, some insurance plans cover some of the costs of contact lenses, so it is worth finding out the specific benefits offered by your health plan.
Seeing The World through Colored Lenses
Colored contact lenses are also a popular option today, offering wearers the chance to see how they look with brighter, darker or more dramatic-colored eyes. Some lenses simply add a deeper or more vivid tint to bring out the best of your own natural eye color, while others are opaque so that they actually block out your existing color in order to change it completely. In addition, two other variations include lenses tinted simply to allow you to see them in order to put them on properly (these don’t change the look of your color) and specially tinted lenses that help filter certain colors to sharpen an athlete’s ability to see a ball or other specific object more clearly.
A year’s supply of the various colored lenses on the market today is apt to run you in the range of between $250 and $400 or more, depending on where you shop and what you select.
Ordering Online
To help offset the cost of contact lenses, some consumers turn to online discount outlets such as 1-800-Contacts and Vision Direct to fill their contact lens prescriptions and spend a little less than they would from their eye doctor’s office or vision store like Pearl Vision Center and LensCrafters. Just make sure that any place you order from is licensed and regulated to sell these products. Also keep in mind that it many experts recommend paying more to get your contacts directly from your eye doctor or optical store, rather than ordering remotely, so you can have them personally fitted and checked for the best and safest fit.
A Final Note
Whatever types of contacts you select, remember that getting the right prescription and the proper fit is crucial for your eye health. You also must follow the manufacturer’s handling, cleaning and care instructions for your contacts for the best and safest results. When it comes to your eyes, in the end of course your safety is always more important than what you will spend.
