This often happens in New Age lifestyles, becoming so common one would think the new age has already left a mark on the mainstream! At one time before the New Age lifestyle silently, without any fanfare, changed western society, the outcome of interaction was: someone wins and the other loses.
According to vision insurance provider Vision Service Plan Direct, the national average price as of June 2015 of a comprehensive eye exam without insurance is $154. The latter does not include frames, prescription lenses or optical lens enhancements.
Even with great insurance, I still have to pay $40 out-of-pocket for my lens fitting fee (that was at Target) ...add the $40 to a typical $50 charge for an exam and voila! you have almost $100! You can't simply get a regular eye exam and then ask the doctor to write you a contact prescription. They need to measure your cornea for curvature...yadda yadda....technical stuff i'm not sure. Believe me, I have insurance but wanted to buy contacts and glasses this year (my ins. only covers one) so I've been talking to some eye dr. offices and that's the rundown. If you have NO insurance, I doubt you'll find anywhere who will give you an eye exam plus the contact lens fitting fee for much under $100 total!