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tell other patients, because they now have dramatically improved lifestyles. They're seeing
without glasses. That happiness spreads and
manifests itself in the other parts of our practice, whether it's glaucoma or retina or primary eye care."
Good, better, best
Cataract patients at the Center for Sight have
3 choices: The top of the line is the
"Advanced Vision" package, which costs
$3,295 per eye and is designed to eliminate
the need for corrective lenses. It includes the
femtosecond laser, a multifocal IOL, an LRI or
astigmatic treatment, and, if necessary, LASIK
enhancement.
The intermediate package is called "Custom
Vision," which runs $1,695 per eye and is
designed to dramatically improve distance
vision for patients who don't mind using
glasses to read. "We treat the patient's astigmatism with an LRI or a toric lens, or maybe
we treat the astigmatism with the femto
laser," he says. "We also use the femto laser to
do cataract surgery and LASIK enhancement,
if necessary."
And for patients who feel they can't — or
don't want to — pay out of pocket, there's
basic cataract surgery. "We don't use the femtosecond laser for that, we don't treat their
