Contact Lenses

Thank you for choosing Maine Eye Center for all your contact lens needs. Our optometrists work hard to ensure you are fit with the proper lens prescription to meet your lifestyle needs.

Below you will find our policies for contact lenses and fittings. If the information provided does not answer all your questions please contact our office.

If this is your first visit to Maine Eye Center, or if it has been over a year since your last eye exam, your doctor will require you to have a complete eye examination in addition to your contact lens fitting. Insurance may cover your eye exam and any additional testing, but will not cover the contact lens fitting.

At your contact lens fitting your doctor will determine what size and type of contact lenses are right for you. Since insurance companies deem contact lenses as a cosmetic form of vision correction, the fitting and the contact lenses are not covered. Payment for your contact lens fitting is due at the time of your first contact lens fitting visit, and if you choose to purchase your contact lenses at Maine Eye Center they must be paid for in full before they will be ordered. Please note that the cost of contact lenses is not included in the contact lens fitting fee.

The fitting fees listed to the right include up to three (3) contact lens follow-up visits within sixty (60) days of your original fitting date.

Current contact lens wearers, who for various reasons, need to be refit into a new lens after the initial 60-day period, will be charged half the original fitting fee.

In order to maintain healthy vision, Maine Eye Center requires all contact lens wearers to have a complete eye examination as well as a contact lens evaluation once a year after your initial fitting. The contact lens evaluation fee is $35.00 and is not covered by insurance. Payment of this fee and any office visit copay is due at the time of service. The contact lens evaluation consists of:

* Evaluation of the fit, centration and movement of the lenses.

* Additional measurements and testing if necessary.

* Additional examination to look for contact lens related complications.

In the event that you or your doctor decide against the use of contact lenses, Maine Eye Center will refund half the amount paid for the contact lens fitting fee.

Depending on the type of lens your doctor will be fitting you with the following fees will apply:

* Soft Daily Wear Contact Lens Fitting $140.00

* RGP and Soft Toric Contact Lens Fitting $150.00

* RGP Toric, RGP Bifocal and Soft Bifocal Contact Lens Fitting $210.00

* Aphakic and Therapeutic Contact Lens Fittings $250.00

* Yearly Contact Lens Evaluation for all contact lens wearers $35.00/year

Contact Lens Warrantee:

Maine Eye Center extends the following warranties on contact lenses:

If the product is found unsatisfactory within 30 days of receipt from Maine Eye Center, unopened boxes and sealed contact lens vials can be returned for a full refund excluding any shipping and handling charges. Please note: To receive a full credit on returned products, the boxes or vials must be unopened, undamaged and not defaced in any way.

If you feel that you have received a lens or lenses that are in some way defective, please do not dispose of them; they may have to be returned to the manufacturer for analysis. We are unable to refund for defective lenses, however, we will replace any boxes or vials that are deemed defective by the manufacturer upon return.

Your contact lenses must be picked up within thirty (30) days of notification or a 50% restocking fee will be imposed.