Own Your Eyes
Stop renting your vision. Own it for life.
Glasses and contacts seem affordable until you see the lifetime cost. Over time, they can add up to tens of thousands of dollars and keep you stuck in a cycle of prescriptions, replacements, and routines.
The lifetime cost of renting
- Contact lenses
- About $29,000
- Glasses
- About $15,000
- Contact lens exams
- About $7,500
- Eye exams
- About $6,600
- Solutions & drops
- About $6,000
The True Cost
Glasses and contacts are lifelong bills.
They're not just temporary fixes. Here's what they can cost over a lifetime.
$29,000
Contact lenses over a lifetime
The average contact lens wearer spends about $500 a year on lenses, cases, and solution. Over a lifetime, that adds up to nearly $29,000, all for something you throw away.
$15,000
Glasses over a lifetime
Most people replace their glasses every 1–2 years, at an average of $250 per pair. Between upgrades, coatings, and prescription sunglasses, lifetime spending climbs to around $15,000.
How Much Am I Spending?
What are glasses and contacts really costing you?
The average person can spend $30,000 or more over a lifetime on glasses, contacts, solutions, and eye exams, and none of it improves your eyesight. Use our calculator to estimate what you're spending, then compare it to a one-time vision correction procedure like LASIK, PRK, or EVO ICL.
LASIK at Hoopes Vision is $2,500 per eye. Learn about LASIK.
Own Your Eyes
Why keep renting what you could own?
Glasses and contacts never stop charging you rent. Vision correction is different: it's a one-time investment that pays you back every day.
- Break the cycle. Renting your vision ties you to exams, prescriptions, and replacements. Vision correction can end that cycle for many patients.
- Invest once. A typical procedure for both eyes costs about $5,000, less than a decade of contacts and glasses. After that, the savings add up year after year.
- Own your eyes. It's not just about money. It's about waking up and seeing clearly and living with fewer limits.