I'm a graduate student and my insurance is pretty bottom-shelf. All I wanted to do was get a prescription for contact lenses. I went in for one visit. I didn't ask for anything extra. I thought it was all very routine. It ended up with a total bill of $350 for the one visit, where my insurance covered $100. I went back for a couple subsequent visits -- thinking that I had paid for everything up front -- and my bank account is seriously hurting. I did a Google search and the first answer for ""how much an uninsured eye appointment cost"" was about $80, about a quarter of what I paid after my insurance.
If you have good insurance, the staff is professional, the office is clean and the equipment looks very new. Dr. Berry seems well qualified and personable. They have free donuts as well.
The other con is wait time. I only had a problem 1 out of the 3 or 4 times I went. But I put in contact lenses ~1 minute, got checked, ~3-5 minutes, and was there for over an hour. But, like I said, 1 in 3 visits is not bad at all.
Pros: good staff, professional
Cons: expensive, occasional wait time
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