New York LASIK
New York is one of the most competitive areas in the USA for LASIK eye surgery. There are dozens of New York LASIK providers all claiming to provide the best possible LASIK eye surgery procedures. It would be difficult to select the best LASIK surgeon from the marketing alone. While it is important for a New York LASIK surgeon to advertise his or her services, many New York LASIK surgeons can be unscrupulous in advertising and make offers that can be deceptive to the patient.Beware of low price providers in New York. LASIK surgery is still a high-end product. The technology and staff required to operate a successful New York LASIK practice are very costly. In order to offer lower prices, there have to be trade-offs made. Perhaps the New York LASIK surgeon is hoping that high volume will compensate for low prices. Perhaps the New York LASIK surgeon is inexperienced and realizes that he or she needs to reduce the price to compete with more experienced and recognized surgeons. Perhaps the technology is outdated so that the price can be reduced since newer and more expensive technology has not been purchased.
Most often the answer is none of the above. The New York LASIK center realizes that by offering lower costs, more patients will investigate hoping for savings. A bait-and-switch technique will then be employed. Rather than offer LASIK surgery for the advertised low cost per eye, the patient will be told that the advertised price is for a Nidek or other older excimer laser that is no longer in use popularly. To upgrade to the more advanced LASIK treatment will require a much high investment, possibly three times as much.
New York LASIK surgeons are showing increased caution during patient selection. A recent lawsuit brought against a New York LASIK surgeon was settled for over $6 million. The resulting shockwaves frightened a lot of LASIK surgeons throughout the USA and the rest of the world since most LASIK surgeons felt that their peer had followed the standard of care as it was set up at the time of the LASIK surgery. While the lawsuit has led to increased caution among LASIK surgeons, it has also reinforced the high LASIK costs that are typical within metropolitan cities such as New York. Lawsuits resulting in multi-million dollar fines (exceeding the typical malpractice insurance that a LASIK surgeon carries) end up creating more paperwork and increased expenditures to prevent further risk.