Cataract Surgery Cost

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On fixed income,and can not get Medicaid,wife has diabetic,heart trouble,and need laser surgery to remove cataracts and place lens in,were can we get any help?

My right eye has changed by one diopter in 2 years. My left eye is about the same. I have cataracts in both eyes but not so advanced that Medicare will pay to have them removed. What can cause change in one eye?

I had an eye exam 6 month ago and my doctor said I had the very beginning signs of a cataract on my right eye. I also have astigmatism in both eyes. Because of this, my glasses do not correct my vision as much as I would like and I cannot wear contacts. Since, I have bi-focals they tried putting a different lense in each eye but I could not see at all with the contacts.

Approximately how long does is take from the beginning stages of cataracts until Medicare will pay for the surgery? Also, is this same surgery the same as lazik that is suppose to correct our farsightedness or nearsightedness? Also, will Lazik surgery correct astigmatism? If so, would it be adviseable to go ahead and pay for my own surgery and have it alll corrected at once?

Cataract is a type of an eye disorder which develops in the adult’s eye, the individual suffers a cloudy vision that developed from the outer membrane of the eye. This eye disorder is somewhat severe because of the possibility of the patient to become blind. Today, suffering from this condition is not as wearisome as before because of the present technology and treatment procedures to have the condition corrected.

The irony of this is many adults are ignoring the early symptoms of cataract, and then the eye condition will develop and the slight disorder can become worse. At this early stage, the very best thing to do first for the avoidance of blindness is to visit and consult an eye specialist about some problems that you have noticed from your eyesight.

The ophthalmologist will perform a series of testing then give you the advice of whatever treatment that is best for your eye problem. With the cataract, the only way to correct this is when you undergo a surgery. But, not everybody is fortunate enough to afford the price of cataract surgery as the cost is being computed for every eye.

The cataract surgery cost will depend to the intraocular lens that is to be implanted and it can also vary from the location. It also varies from the area they come whether they have a high standard ways of living, middle or not. The surgery for eye cataract is often covered partially by the health insurances such as Medicare and that would be a great help for the patients who will need it.

The developing technology is also a setback for individuals who are required to undergo the eye surgery for the treatment of their cataracts. These modern innovative machines used for surgeries today were art stated so they are able to make the price of cataract surgery higher.

From the recent information, it has been recorded that the cost of the cataract surgery procedure is about 3,363 USD for every eye if you are paying for your own self. Then if you choose to have a more high technology lens, the cost of procedure can go up to 4,010 USD for every eye procedure.

On the other hand, regardless of the higher cost of the procedure, it should not be taken as an obstacle in curing cataract because there are several ways to help you pay the whole cost of the cataract surgery.

There are two ways to help you the surgery expenses:
1. Use Health Care insurance.
2. Look for a bank who offers a loan for health purposes.

Here’s my situation, i’m 16 right now and i have a medical card that covers everything with no copays or anything that will run out when i turn 19. I have a disease in my eye that I have been dealing with for about the past 8 years, a little over a year ago i had a cornea transplant, and am about to have a cataract removed. i take right at $1000 dollars of perscription medicine a month, (600 of it from my eye problems) i go to a family eye doctor once a month, a specialist once a month and a the doctor that done my surgery once a month. they are very strategic, one is out of state, the other is an hour and a half away. my point is these are very expensive places. with the cornea transplant the odds are against me that the graph can be rejected and i’ll have to have another transplant. with this comes a new line of specialists for different problems that i am just now starting to get away from. i am on an eyedrop four times daily that i will be on tthe rest of my life costing a little over 100 dollars a bottle. the point is that i am in a low income family and my career plan is that i really want to be a beautician – which kinda sucks for me due to the fact that there are no benefits especially what i would need. i dont want to live in debt to doctors my whole life and i really dont want to chose a career that i would be in school forever especially when its not really even what i want to do. which is be a beautician. well sorry its long and complicated…and weird but any advice other than i’m screwed.???

HI there, so I have a 20 year old appaloosa and he has a cataract in his right eye causing partial blindness. A few months ago the vet came to give him a physical and told us that we could take him to a science research center about 2 hours away to see if they could treat it. This would cost us 4000 dollars, and there would be no garantee if of his vision would come back in the eye. For the time being he is perfectly fine, but my dream is to get him to have full vision like he once had.

I am wondering, do you think they will ever find a special surgery or cure for a cataract?

I know they can do it with dogs and people, and some other animals, why not horses?

Have you heard about any horses regaining vision?

thank you everyone!

Also should i take my horse to the reseach center to do the surgery? do you think he can get his vision back?
the thing is, i dont want his other eye to get a catartact or his already blind eye to get worse, the vet said that he could become fully blind in his right eye and then it can move to the other eye.

I got a new puppy recently, the problem is my kitten hates him. She actually swatted at him, getting him in the eye, causing him to have secondary laucoma (punctured the eyeball, causing all the fluid to go behind his eye) he should be fine, is on tons of meds, and will probably have cataracts later in life (thankfully no surgery needed, but man the cost of emergancy pet care is outragous)
Now my question is, how can I introduce them, and without having to have them seperated all the time? I love them both, I do not want to get rid of either of them, and I dont feel declawing a cat is humane. Help?
The puppy is a lhasa apso, he isnt much bigger than the kitten, I dont think the cat feels physically threatened, more jelous that the dog is takin her mom away.

I am 27 years old and it was discovered that I have Juvenile (then Rheumatoid) now Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) when I was 10 years old. It was realized due to the fact there was significant inflammation in my right eye. They did all sorts of tests on me and decided there was no cause for my disorder (funny the disorder came to be re-named idiopathic, which means “cause unknown”). I had some joint problems and a limited range of movement in my knees and hips, and the biggie was my eye. I had cataract surgery when I was 12 years old. I had had injections in my eye prior to that as well as oral steroids to try to combat the inflammations in my eye and other body parts. I struggled with my eye for a long time afterwards, and my bad joints have now just become a fact of life for me. But I have recently started having headaches behind and above my right eye, the same one that I had problems with. My left eye is unaffected, by the way. I decided to go to the ophthalmologist who had tracked my progress previously (it had been 5 years since I had seen an eye doctor due to the fact that I had no insurance). I figured that my headaches and further blurred vision was due to the proteins that stuck to my lens (called senechae..sp?) that was due to the inflammation. Unfortunately, the doc looked at my eye and said there is very little coverage of my lens with the senechae and that I had a “cupped optical nerve”. GLAUCOMA! It was caused by the “pressure” in my eye being continuously too high. Now I am really worried that I won’t ever be able to see again! I have seen a retinal specialist who has referred me to a glaucoma specialist, and also a rheumatologist to be placed on medication for my jointal arthritis. I am so terrified that they will find something wrong with me that no medicine can really help. Each visit with a specialist is going to cost me from $200 to $800, along with travel expenses because one one of the specialists is in my state. I have medicaid, but it does not cover my out of state expenses since the specialists don’t accept out of state medicaid. This is getting ridiculously expensive and scary. I just wish I had some support in all of this. So, has anyone else out there been through this? None of my friends understand it and my mom is the only one who comprehends what is going on because she has been there with me every step of the way. My husband is supportive in it, but he barely understands the common cold, much less a complex rare arthritic disorder… He is there with me, but I have no idea how to explain it all to him. One must understand the workings and parts of the eye before they can comprehend this disorder and what it is doing to me, and he did not excel in his health courses in school. I just want a friend who understands for support, who I can discuss this with. I need the hope and strength of a companion with a similar disorder or even the same one. Please contact me at therin_acean@yahoo.com if you would like to talk. This was written on 10-21-09 but I would respond years from now if I got a letter. Thank you for reading this. God Bless You!

My cat scratched my dog in the eye this evening and we rushed her to the emergency vet, who referred us to an ophthalmologist. The cataract surgery to save her vision will cost us $5000, which we do not have. The only other option he has given us is removing the eye. But don’t dogs in the wild get scratched all the time? Nobody is there removing their eyes in the wild. Would she not just form a cataract and go blind in the eye? While in an ideal world I’d save her vision, I don’t want her to go without an eye, either. Is there a reason she must have the eye out?

I recently had an eye surgery done to remedy the traumatic cataract that developed due to a squash ball injury. Before the surgery the clinic asked me to choose from a range of lenses from uni focal/multifocal/brands etc., which varied in cost by 300%. I chose a uni focal Alcon lens on the advise of some friends. The surgery was carried out 2 weeks back and I am generally satisfied with the results. But is there a way in which I can re-confirm which lens was used? This will put my mind at ease about the clinic as I suspect the wide range of prices quoted for various lenses may be a gimmick.
Doc, many thanks!! Your answer is completely professional & provides lots more helpful information. I am grateful for it. And, I have just purchased the eye guard which I used last night at squash!! Thanks