I'm going to see an optometrist not an MD. $215-275 for contacts, glasses, and eye exam without insurance, that's still RIDICULOUS! Some real doctors don't even make that much per hour. If I could give this establishment negative stars I would!! I wouldn't be surprised if the owner makes her friends write positive reviews for her. This place is a rip off and SUPER RUDE! They clearly just want your cash here and the guy at the front desk is whipped and mumbles, so that you can barely understand him. You can tell the person in charge is EXTREMELY CONTROLLING here.
We went here initially and asked how much for a glasses and contact exam. The person at the front desk quoted us $120, which is about what most optometrists charge so we though it was fair. Wait times are long here and he could only schedule us in a week and a half, so we scheduled. They are super uptight about their practices here, but in a CONTROLLING AND INVASIVE way. They make you fill out paperwork online, which includes giving you their social security number. The form isn't well edited. I'm concerned about how secure and safe your information is. Most practices make you fill out paperwork in the office, but this one does it "online" to save time. Then they expect you to confirm your appointment 3-5 times online, over the phone, and via text message. It's EXCESSIVE. Maybe they have too many people canceling because they are SUPER shady and rude.
When I first walked in the guy at the front desk said to stand in front of the camera to TAKE MY PICTURE. That's SHADY...I've never had that done before at the optometrist. He didn't even tell me what it was for. When my mom asked he gave some shady answer.."it's for security." Who knows what they do with those photos. The guy at the front desk confirmed what I was getting. To my surprise he now said $120 was only for an eye exam and no contacts!! Dr. Fortenberry was standing by the desk and followed up by YELLING across the room about what the prices were for contacts and YELLING in a CONDESCENDING way trying to explain that fitting contacts warrants an extra 100 bucks bring my total to $215-275 depending on how the contact fitting goes. I'm far from stupid..I know what an eye exam and contacts entails and the appropriate price for one.
My mom and I have never seen such rude behavior from a medical professional, yet along YELLING. Who does that? Grow up! I know what I should expect in terms of professionalism because I'm training to be a medical professional. She calmed down a bit and brought us over to show why we would be paying over $200. She explained it quickly and it still didn't make sense because I've never had an optometrist try to explain to me what my money was going towards because HONESTLY IT's NOT THAT COMPLICATED. At most offices and eye exam with contacts doesn't need explaining. Most places charge $100-150.
Thankfully, we called up a nearby optometrist and they were able to get us in for the same day and they said the upper end price for eye exam and contacts would be $160 max, but most people aren't that complicated and I'll probably be paying a less than $130.
Anyways unless you want to wait forever for an eye appointment, want to be yelled at, pay ridiculous prices, be taken advantage of, and have your PRIVACY VIOLATED DON'T COME HERE!! read more