Dont have eye insurance and need cheap price for decent contact lenses and checkup?

Question

I will not have eye insurance until next year nad my budget is tight. Does anyone know a place that has accurate but cheap check ups? How much is the contact lens checkup without insurance? Also, after the check up and using the trial cotacts, when I want to purchase my contacts, does anyone know of a cheap store/website? I have astigmatism on one of my eyes and so contacts are expensive...plus I have to buy them separately for each eye! I really need help...when my parents called my optician she said that after the check up, trials, another checkup (to see how i am doing) and the cost of astigmatism contacts without insurance will end up being over $150. I do not want to spend anything over $125 for the checkups, trial, and a half year supply of contacts.

Answer 1

You might want to check out a discount benefit plan.  You pay a low monthly fee and then get discounted rates on both the exam and the glasses/contacts.  You can save up to 60% off the normal prices.