Dr. William B. Hutcheson & Associates

NEW!  To better serve our internet-loving patients, you can now reorder your soft contact lenses through ReorderContacts.com.  After being fit with contacts from Dr. Hutcheson, you will be given the option to sign up with ReorderContacts.com.  By giving us your e-mail address, you will allow us to register you and transfer all your prescription information to ReorderContacts.com for easy reordering when you run out.  If you've already signed up, go here to order your lenses.  If you'd like to sign up for this program, just e-mail us at hutchod@drhutcheson.com  with your e-mail address, and we will register you for ReorderContacts.com.    

Contact Lens Fees 
Fitting contact lenses is an ongoing process.  It starts with gathering all the necessary information about each of your eyes and making a professional judgment. Numerous contact lens designs can be tested to ensure a healthy physical response from your eyes. 
The human eye is a living organ whose shape, structure and chemistry invariably change over time.  Since all contact lenses will be acted upon by the eye, the environment, and the solutions with which they come in contact, periodic contact lens evaluations are necessary for as long as lenses are being worn. 

Fitting Fees: 
 Our fitting fees are based on the estimated time, effort and expertise that will be required in order to successfully fit each case.  Some modes of wear, such as Extended and Flexible Wear, in which lenses are left in the eye during sleep, have greater potential for complications.  These wearing schedules require a longer initial follow-up period.  Some types of lenses, such as toric, monovision and bifocal lenses, require a greater level of skill and time to achieve a successful result.  Our fees are divided into "Divisions" which take these factors into account.  When a current wearer wants to upgrade to a more expensive mode of wear, such as changing from Daily to Extended Wear, they are typically charged at a fee one division lower than the norm. 

Material Fees 
 Our fees for the lenses themselves are also divided into divisions, based on what the lens manufacturer charges us. A number of good quality Daily and Extended wear lenses fall in the Divison I category. Lenses with special properties, such as better wetting on a dry eye, greater oxygen permeability, or custom manufacturing may fall in Divison II or III, depending on the manufacturer's cost. We will always use the lowest material division likely to work for your eyes  and offer the option to upgrade if there is a possible benefit to be gained.  If in the course of a fitting, both doctor and patient elect to change to a higher division lens, only the difference in fees between those divisions will be additionally charged. 

Since it is important during the adaptation and fine tuning of an initial fitting to be able to easily change from one lens to another, we prefer to have our office provide the lenses.  To encourage this, we keep our material mark-up to a bare minimum. 

Refund Policy 
 All material fees are 100% refundable during the fitting period.  All lenses must be returned intact to qualify for refund.  Lost or damaged lenses will be replaced at a 50% fee. 
 Fitting fees for services received are non-refundable.  If the fitting process is discontinued before completion by either the doctor or patient, a pro-rated refund will be provided.  Once the fitting process has begun, a minimum $30.00 fee is incurred. 

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