The price of laser eye surgery is one of the most common questions asked by those considering laser eye treatment. There is not one definite price for laser eye surgery in the UK as there are numerous providers and also the level of treatment can vary between different patients as they are suitable for different kinds of laser eye surgery.
Click on these quick links to find laser eye surgery cost for each provider, also if you have recently had laser eye treatment then feel free to comment and tell us where you had it and how much it cost you:
Ultralase Price List
Optimax Price List
Optical Express Price List
Focus Clinic Price List
Optegra Price List
Advanced Vision Care Price List
Visualase Price List
Centre for Sight Price List
Accuvision Price List
NHS
Ultralase Prices & Costs
As of March 2012, Ultralase have revised their prices and actually brought them down by a few hundred pounds for each treatment.
LASIK/LASEK = £695 – £995 per eye
Wavefront LASIK/LASEK = £1,495 – £1,795 per eye
3rd Generation Wavefron LASIK/LASEK = £1,895 – £2,195 per eye
Intra Ocular Lens Treatment = £2,500 – £3,400 per eye
Ultralase commonly refer to their treatment plans as Ultra Plus and Ultra Elite. Find what is Ultra Elite and Ultra Plus.
Read Ultralase reviews and exact prices previous customers paid.
Optimax Prices & Costs
LASIK/LASEK = +£495 per eye
Wavefront LASIK/LASEK = +£395 per eye
You may find reviews of Optimax useful which include the price of treatment of other users.
Optical Express Prices & Costs
LASIK/LASEK = +£395 per eye
Wavefron LASIK/LASEK = +£795 per eye
Visit our Optical Express reviews page for more insights…
FOCUS Clinics Prices & Costs
Short Sight Wavefront LASIK/LASEK = £1,400 – £2,300 per eye
Long Sight Wavefront LASIK/LASEK = £1,400 – £2,500 per eye
Blade Free LASIK/LASEK = £1,950 per eye
We have lots more information on FOCUS clinic including directions, reviews and reasons to choose them for your laser eye surgery.
Optegra Prices & Costs
Wavefront LASIK/LASEK = £1,995 per eye
Wavefront Corrected LASIK/LASEK = £2,345 per eye
Read Optegra reviews to find out from past customers…
Advanced Vision Care Prices & Costs
LASEK = £1,300 per eye
LASIK = £1,500 per eye
Wavefront LASEK = £1,600 per eye
Wavefront LASIK = £1,850 per eye
Intralase LASIK = £1,850 per eye
Advanced Intralase LASIK = £2,150 per eye
Read our AVC reviews to see if AVC are right for you.
Visualase Prices & Costs
Wavefront LASEK = £995 per eye
Wavefront LASIK = £2,390 per eye
Find out more information on Visualase now…
Centre of Sight Prices & Costs
LASIK = £1,775
Wavefron LASIK = £2,250
Thinking of getting laser eye surgery at Centre of Sight, read our reviews section…
Accuvision Prices & Costs
Accuvision do not list prices on their website, however you can check out Accuvision reviews.
NHS
At the moment laser eye surgery is not provided free of charge on the NHS (National Health Service) therefore it means that patients usually have to shop around to get the best deal. As the laser eye surgery market in the UK is very competitive there are currently some excellent deals on the treatment but it should be advised to make sure you are comparing like for like eye surgery treatments when making the decision.
If your wondering why laser eye treatment is expensive then read our guide or if high prescriptions pay more and if laser eye surgery can treat high prescriptions.
I recently paid £3,800 for wavefront lasik at the Chester branch of Ultralase. Money well spent.
I paid an expensive £4,500 for my laser eye surgery just over a year and a half ago. This was done at Optimax in London. I’ve seen much cheaper deals are available from Optimax but I had quite a high prescription, thus the cost. Definitely worth it though as my eyesight is now fab and I love it!
Was quoted £5,000 at the Ultralase Chester branch recently, far too expensive for me. I will now be going to a consultation at a few other clinics and will be hoping to get both eyes done at around the £3,000 mark.
I paid £4,000 at the Ultralase in St Albans, they were not the most expensive but were by far the best!
I paid just over £3,5k at Moorfields Eye Hosiptal. I think that was a very good result, especially with my poor eyesight and also seems similar to prices outside the capital. I’m happy with it anyway even if Optical express offer laser eye surgery for £395.
The price of laser eye surgery is too expensive for me at the moment. Maybe a solution is to get one eye done then save up again and get another eye done, or should both eyes be done at the same time?
I paid just under £2,500 at the Optimax branch in Hove, I did have monovision.
I had Lasik surgery at the Ultralase clinic in Liverpool and eventually £3,350. I’m short sighted and my prescription was quite high, but now I can see objects in the distance which is fantastic and always what I wanted.
I had my treatment at the Optimax branch in Central London, the treatment came to a total of £2,950 but I was very happy with the overall results. I’m short sighted and had a high prescription so I wasn’t expecting to get the lowest price possible. The price was much lower than some of the other clinics in Central London with one quote at £6,000!
I qualified for cheap laser eye surgery as my prescription was quite low. I visited the Optical Express store in Manchester for my treatment, however I did have to visit 2 others till I got the price, seems like you suggest Optical Express are charging different prices at different outlets for the same prescription. At £395 per year I was very happy though!
I paid for my laser eye surgery in instalments, I was quoted £2.7k and simply couldn’t afford to pay this in one lump sum so they have agreed for me to pay over the next 12 months. This was the cheapest laser eye surgery quote I got and am due to have my treatment next month, keep you posted.
I’ve just been quoted by two different Optical Express stores and one was £395 per eye whilst the other was £795 per eye. Should a big difference and they both quoted me the same prescription. Going to plan a consultation with Ultralase now and see if I trust them more.
I used the advice on this site and to haggle with my local clinic and eventually got £500 off the treatment. Only after the treatment did I receive a voucher for £500 off treatment at the Focus clinic in London.