New York’s Best LASEK Value
Dr. Chynn and Park Avenue LASEK were recently featured on CBS News TV as the Most Ethical LASEK Center in NYC, because we never engage in “bait and switch” pricing (like the other 2 laser centers they caught on “hidden camera” doing this! ) Some centers and doctors advertise on the subways, even, offering “$399 LASEK.” What does this really mean? Well, the TINY print says, “pricing varies by prescription.” Then, when you get to that office, they check your eyes, see that you are a -3.75, and say, “The price for you is $2000 per eye” and you say, “WHAT?” and they say, “The $399 is only for people with LESS than -1.00″ and you think, “but those are people who wouldn’t want laser anyway!” At parkavenuelasek.com, we charge the same amount FOR ANY DEGREE of myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and/or astigmatism! This means that NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PRESCRIPTION, you will pay the same amount up to super extreme prescriptions of -10.00 and +6.00, which is LESS THAN 1% of patients. The other 99%, like you, ALL PAY THE SAME amount!! Now that’s fair pricing! Park Avenue LASEK will do everything possible to offer you New York’s BEST LASEK VALUE!.
Payment Options
We take ALL MAJOR MEDICAL HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS as partial payment for your SafeSight, including BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS), Aetna, Oxford, GHI, Cigna, Medicare, and ALL MAJOR INSURANCE PLANS except for Medicaid. We also accept ALL VISION INSURANCE PLANS including VSP and EyeMed.
Bring in your insurance card when you come in, so we can check to see how much of your SafeSight cost it will cover!
We also are the ONLY laser center in NYC which accepts TriCare, or the insurance that the US Military provides, as partial payment. Dr. Chynn was the 1st MD to arrive at WTC on 9/11, so strongly supports the members of our military by doing this!
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Insurance Plans Accepted!
We take ALL MAJOR MEDICAL HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, including those that may cover or partially cover LASEK, such as BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, Oxford, GHI, Medicare, etc. Bring in your insurance card when you come in, and we can check to see if it will help pay for your procedure!
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CareCredit Flexile Payment Plans
CareCredit gives you convenient payment options if your insurance doesn’t cover all the costs for the LASEK procedure you want and need. Find out instantly if you are approved and start using your account immediately — even before your card arrives! Apply for the CareCredit card today. -
FLEX Flexible Medical Spending Accounts accepted!
Ask your HR Dept. at work, sign up there for FLEX spending, and, at no cost to you, you can put aside as much money as you want, and it comes out automatically from your payroll (like a Christmas Club Account), and is PRE-TAX (tax free)! Save as much as 37% when you pay for your LASEK using your FLEX account! You can also use combined FLEX spending over 2 calendar years. Ask us how!
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Credit cards.
We accept ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS, including Mastercard, Visa, Amex, and Discovery, as well as all Debit Cards–and we NEVER CHARGE AN EXTRA FEE! Compare that to many other laser centers in NYC, and you will see their “hidden charges” add up!
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Corporate Discount Program.
Get $500 off when your company adds us to their email blasts/intranet for employees. Your colleagues will also get $500 off for their surgery if they hear about us through their job. Click here to download the HR Corporate Discount flyer (MIicrosoft Word format).
Park Avenue LASEK is the only center in NYC that offers a Corporate Discount to all of the Largest Employers in NYC. So if you see your company listed here, you can get $500 off your SafeSight procedure! Call 212-741-8628 or email info@ParkAvenueLASEK.com for details.
We also have a Corporate Discount set up with select smaller companies who have had an employee get LASEK with us already (we gave them $500 back for setting this up!). So if you see your company listed here, and it’s not a huge company, congratulations—you know the Corporate Discount is already set up, and when you come in, you can ask to be “buddied up” with your colleague who already had LASEK by us (to ask them ?s).
Here’s a sample list of the companies:
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Group Discount Program.
Receive a discount for every friend you bring in who gets LASEK along with you!
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Refer-A-Friend Program.
Receive a thank-you gift for every person you refer who gets LASEK after you tell them how happy you are seeing 20/20 or better after yours!
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Payment Plan.
For those who do not qualify for financing, pay 50% of your total cost by the time of your surgery. Then pay the remaining 50% on your next 3 postoperative visits (1 week, 1 month, 3 months).
We at parkavenuelasek.com are committed to helping you afford your LASEK or LASEK with us! If you can afford Starbucks, you can afford LASEK, as we have financing for as little as $3 per day! (And if you can skip your Starbucks, you can pay for your LASEK!)
Over time, your procedure will MORE THAN PAY FOR ITSELF. Pay the same amount you are now spending on glasses and contacts towards your surgery, and you will pay it off after a few years–and then SAVE MONEY EVERY YEAR AFTERWARDS!
Why “rent” good vision by using temporary, inconvenient, uncomfortable, ugly fixes like glasses or contacts? Why not instead “own” your great vision permanently after LASEK or LASEK with parkavenuelasek.com. The choice is yours–we hope you make the right one!
How can we offer lasek at such an affordable price?
- We own our own laser, so we do not have to pay “Access Fees” — at TLC, Dr. Chynn was charged an access fee of $2999 (for two eyes) per patient!
- We use a state-of-the-art LaserSight scanning laser.
- Dr. Chynn performs over 40 LASEKs every week — this adds efficiency and decreases costs per patient.
parkavenuelasek.com — New York City’s best LASEK value!
Pricing Policy
We are committed to providing the highest quality LASEK vision correction for our patients at a price that offers the best value in LASEK in New York City. We are able to do this because we own our own, state-of-the-art VISX laser, the brand that has performed 80% of the millions of LASIKs in the U.S.
The cost of your Non-Cutting, Non-Invasive LASEK will be determined AFTER you come to our office, because we will FIRST have to EXAMINE YOUR EYES to determine the BEST PROCEDURE FOR YOUR VISUAL NEEDS (e.g., Hi-Def, ReadingVizion, etc), then discuss your INDIVIDUAL VISUAL NEEDS with one of our MDs, to come up with a PACKAGE that is BEST FOR YOU. Then we will apply our many Standard Credits (like for Medical Insurance), to determine your Final Price. We can finance that for the SAME price you’re now wasting on contacts, so we KNOW you can afford LASEK!
One Honest Price
Other laser centers may advertise a fake “$599 special,” only to tell you when you get there that the “special” only applies to the 1% of patients with a prescription less than .5D of myopia without any astigmatism. We do not do “bait-and-switch” marketing. Our reasonable value pricing applies to all degrees of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
Other centers may hire a “ghost surgeon” whom you will never meet before or after your LASEK. Dr. Chynn will examine you and perform your LASEK himself.
Why we can offer value pricing
We perform about 1,000 LASEK procedures a year, making Park Avenue LASEK Vision one of the Top Laser Centers in NYC, and the #1 No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser LASEK Center by volume and experience! Unlike some other centers, this does not mean we run our practice like a “factory” — you will meet with and be examined personally by Dr. Chynn before and after your procedure, and Dr. Chynn will personally answer all of your questions thoroughly.
By owning our own laser, we save on the “facility fees” of $1000/patient charged by most hospitals. In addition, unlike TLC (where Dr. Chynn used to work) or other corporate laser “chains,” we do not have to pay CEO salaries or shareholders. (TLC was charging $5,500 per patient, but charged Dr. Chynn $2,900 per patient just to shoot the laser!).
How can Dr. Chynn charge so much less now than when he was working for TLC?
Dr. Chynn was one of five “TLC Surgeons” when he was working at TLC Manhattan several years ago. At the time, he charged $5,500 for basic LASEK in both eyes — the same amount TLC still charges! Since Dr. Chynn opened parkavenuelasek.com, he is able to offer better value.
TLC is a publically traded corporation (TLCV on NASDAQ). As such, it has to pay its CEO, COO, Board of Directors, other executives, managers, employees and shareholders of its stock. In addition, TLC co-manages most of its patients with optometrists (OS’s), who take a 20 percent fee.
All of these “fee splits” add up! TLC has to take $2,900 of the $5,500 total (53%) — leaving only $2,600 for the surgeon. By purchasing his own half-million-dollar laser, Dr. Chynn can charge more efficiently for LASEK, retaining the same amount for the practice — but giving better value to you!
At parkavenuelasek.com, an educated patient is our best customer. Feel free to “shop around” and visit TLC if you wish. We are fully confident that you will choose us for our experience and personal attention, for the best and latest technology — and for New York’s best LASEK value!
What is included in your LASEK package
Your value LASEK price includes all preoperative testing, the LASEK procedure itself on our state-of-the-art equipment by Dr. Chynn himself, and the most thorough follow-up schedule anywhere (including post-operative visits after one day, one week, one month, three months, six months, nine months, and one year).
You will also receive a complete post-operative kit.
We strongly encourage you to continue to see us annually for the rest of your life to make sure your eyes remain healthy, to check your flaps and to screen for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and other diseases. We will bill your insurance company for these annual visits and accept what they pay as long as you get a referral if required. For patients without insurance, annual exams will cost $200 ($100 less than our regular fee).
Dry eyes
The great majority of LASEK patients have some dry eye symptoms after their surgery, which can be treated with artificial tears and usually resolves after six months. New treatments for dry eyes, including collagen or silicone punctal plugs and punctal cautery, greatly reduce symptoms, promote healing and improve vision by enhancing the quantity and quality of your eye’s natural tear film. These important new treatments are offered to every patient and we will accept whatever amount your insurance company pays (we will not “balance-bill” you). Patients without insurance will be offered treatment for $300/eye.
Nearly every patient does better and maintains their excellent vision after LASEK better if treated for dry eyes, so this is strongly recommended. Remember, Dr. Chynn himself has had punctal plugs after LASEK.
Special Discounts (may not be combined)
Dr. Chynn provides an Alumni discount off the regular LASEK price for alumni of the academic institutions he has attended (lucky for you, his training took YEARS and multiple schools!). This also applies to family members. (NOTE: SPECIAL OFFERS MAY NOT BE COMBINED!):
- Professional Courtesy (MD or RN)
- 9/11 Thank-You (police, firefighter, EMT)
- Refer-a-Friend Program
- Alumni (Dartmouth, Columbia, Harvard, Emory, NYU)
- Tenafly High School
- Teachers
- Health Care Workers
Dr. Chynn also offers a discount to members of these organizations he belongs to:
- Boy Scouts of America
- American Medical Association
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- New York County Medical Society
- American Council on Science and Health
- American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China
- Chinese American Medical Society
- MENSA
Dr. Chynn was the first LVC Surgeon in NYC to get LASIK, so he is committed to making the SAFER LASEK affordable for everyone!
Call now and take advantage of YOUR discount.
Exchange of Goods or Services
If you own your own company, you can receive a discount off your LASEK by bartering necessary goods and certain services (e.g. advertising, printing, marketing, etc.).
