Eye exam costs in 2022: Just as expensive as everything else?
Author: Cherish05,09,2022Views: 1204
If you closed your eyes and pointed to a random spot in the United States, you could expect an eye exam to cost $106 in 2022, according to our recent survey of 100 U.S. eye doctors.
That’s $11 more than it was in January 2020, when we talked to the same eye doctors. Shortly after that, COVID-19 locked everyone in their homes and out of their optometrists’ offices.
Here in 2022, eye exams are looking like their pre-pandemic selves. But now we’re up against a new foe: sky-high inflation.
Are eye exams getting just as expensive as everything else? Our research says yes — at the exact rate of inflation.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), $95 in January 2020 is worth $105.88 in March 2022. As depressing as that may be, it comes remarkably close to predicting our $106 eye exam.
But the U.S. is an enormous country, filled with one-street towns, mega metropolises and everything in between. In these cities, you could have as many as hundreds of different options for your next eye exam.
How does it all factor in?
