The first thing here is contact lenses just like any other goods or services prices would depend on various factors and most importantly the brand. If you choose Acuvue then at a clinic it would cost you nothing less than $25 for six lenses per pack. If you go to Sam’s Club then they would give it to you for $18 and so would Walmart. You could get them changed once every month and each box would last you for around three months or so. Now this would mean on an annual basis, the average cost for Acuvue lenses would be $72 annually.
With other brands like Daily Focus, you would find the average cost of contact lenses much cheaper. You would find a pack of hundred for around $30 dollars and one would need to get the lenses changed every six to seven weeks. One would also have to pay extra for the saline formula to soak the lenses and even the multipurpose solution as well, which would cost you a few dollars for each of the bottles containing the solution.
For contact lenses one doesn’t need to pay fees to obtain a pair, but would surely need to have a prescription that is valid to find the right contacts. To get that you would need to undergo an eye examination which is costly and hence only go for it if you have insurance.
If you don’t have insurance your eye examination could cost you around sixty or eighty dollars for a sitting and then you would have to pay for your contacts which would be around $35 per box. This would be the ratio per eye and the prescription would be good for a year in validity as well. With this one would also need to invest in a pair of eye glasses as well. All in all it depends on how many lens boxes you need and it would cost your pocket assuming $140 at the max.
In this case per box would contain six pairs of contact lenses, the disposable ones would last for not more than twenty one days and thus with two full boxes of them you would have a rough usage spanning four months at a stretch. Calculate that keeping 12 months in mind and the average cost of lenses would for a year be around $290, which include the eye exam fees as well.
In conclusion we would like to say that the average cost of glasses would depend on the brand you pick and can range from a modest $25 to $299. So think about your needs and then make an informed decision for the same.