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Because we provide both medical and routine eye care, we accept a number of insurance plans to help cover the cost depending on your individual needs.
Our Eye Care Staff Is Here To Help You With Your Insurance
Please give us a call, our staff is also always available to answer any questions regarding your benefits.
The cost of comprehensive eye exams and prescription eyewear can be of real concern, especially for large families. In many cases, vision insurance can lower these annual expenses.
Vision Insurance vs. Medical Insurance: What’s the Difference?
- Vision insurance is used for routine eye exams when your eyes are healthy, and the purpose of the visit is to check your vision and update your glasses or contact lens prescription. Vision plans often include benefits toward exams, glasses, and contact lenses.
- Medical insurance is used when there is a medical condition, symptom, or diagnosis involving the eyes. This can include concerns such as eye infections, dry eye, allergies, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetes-related eye changes, eye injuries, or any other medical finding—even if it is discovered or managed during your annual exam.
Sometimes, during a routine exam, the doctor may find a medical condition that requires additional testing, monitoring, or treatment. When this happens, the visit (or part of the visit) must be billed to your medical insurance, not your vision plan, because insurance rules require us to bill based on the medical findings and care provided.
What this means for you:
- Your medical insurance copay, deductible, or coinsurance may apply.
- Coverage and out-of-pocket costs are determined by your insurance plan.
- Our office follows insurance guidelines and cannot choose which insurance is billed based on preference.