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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
That might explain why glasses cost $575.
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No, glasses don't cost $575 because sometimes an optometrist decides to be generous to her employees and treat them to a nice restaurant once a year. In this instance, just this once because we don't know if she'll do that again next year being our office just only celebrated its 1 year anniversary. Glasses can cost up that much whether the doctor decides to share the money with his/her employees are not. I'm just lucky I have a very nice employer who treats her employees well. Actually, she's a very nice lady. When I asked her to help Buster who's a vet, she agreed right away without asking any questions. When a patient seems not have much money, she gives him/her discounts. More and more patients are using vision insurance. Contrary to what many of us may think, the insurance companies don't pay the doctors the difference of the what patients don't pay. Patients pay insurances a premium each month, so they only have to pay a small amount of copay when they go to the optometrist. When the office files a claim for this, we are only reimbursed a fraction of what we charge for services. I am not saying optometrists (doctors) are poor. I'm merely saying they aren't highway robbers. Why are Walmart and etc. places charge less for their glasses? Cheaper frames and lesser quality lens.