2026 Ortho-K price guide
How Much Do
Ortho-K Lenses Cost?
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) uses custom overnight contact lenses for nonsurgical vision correction. Compare sleepSEE program fees and five-year expenses.
Last reviewed: July 24, 2026 · Medically reviewed by James H. Singletary, OD, FIAOMC
01 · Programs & comparison
Three programs. Clear pricing.
Choose your goal to compare five years of vision costs.
Your program includes
- First-year visits and follow-ups
- Lens remakes during the initial 30-day fitting period
Your program includes
- First-year Myopia Control program
- Twice-yearly axial length monitoring
- Corneal topography
Your program includes
- Adult Ortho-K evaluation and fitting
- LASIK flap monitoring
- Ongoing care
$93
Comprehensive evaluation
Credited toward enrollment.
$245/ lens
Replacement lens
About 2 years with proper care.
Your comparison starts with your goal.
Select one of the three programs above to see its five-year cost breakdown.
Showing Non-surgical vision correction inclusions and five-year comparison.
Five-year program & purchase subtotals
Both eyes · USDExams and ongoing care are additional. Glasses and contact prices are adjustable examples.
| Vision option | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | 5-year subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sleepSEE®Non-surgical vision correction | $2,400 | $0 | $490 | $0 | $490 | $3,380 |
| Prescription glassesFrames or replacement prescription lenses3 purchases × $300 · every 2 years | $300 | $0 | $300 | $0 | $300 | $900 |
| Daily disposable contactsBoth eyes · daily wear | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $3,600 |
| Reusable daytime contactsBoth eyes · prescribed replacement schedule | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $1,500 |
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$0 means no scheduled program or eyewear purchase that year; ongoing care and supplies still apply. Replacement sleepSEE lenses are $245 each, with one pair ($490) in years 3 and 5.
Use your own glasses & contact costs
Enter prices before insurance or rebates. These example budgets are not national averages. Use the lens-only price if keeping your frames. Your changes update the chart above.
Your five-year purchase budgets: glasses $900, daily contacts $3,600, reusable contacts $1,500.
What else goes into your budget?
Compare this program with glasses and daytime contacts over five years. The glasses example starts with a new pair every two years; adjust it to match your spending.
- sleepSEE®
- Follow-up visits in years 2–5, lens-care supplies and any extra replacements.
- Prescription glasses
- Eye exams, additional pairs, upgrades and repairs outside your entered pair price.
- Daily disposable contacts
- Eye exams, contact-lens fittings and backup glasses.
- Reusable daytime contacts
- Eye exams, fittings, cleaning solution, cases and backup glasses.
The $93 evaluation is credited toward enrollment and is not added twice. sleepSEE fees shown are for the founding Fayetteville location. Subtotals are before insurance, rebates, financing charges and inflation. They are not complete five-year care totals.
Showing Myopia Control / Management inclusions and five-year comparison.
Five-year program & purchase subtotals
Both eyes · USDExams and ongoing care are additional. Glasses and contact prices are adjustable examples.
| Vision option | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | 5-year subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sleepSEE®Myopia Control / Management | $2,750 | $0 | $490 | $0 | $490 | $3,730 |
| Prescription glassesFrames or replacement prescription lensesMyopia Progression Diagnosis | $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 | $3,000 |
| Daily disposable contactsBoth eyes · daily wear | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $3,600 |
| Reusable daytime contactsBoth eyes · prescribed replacement schedule | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $1,500 |
Scroll across the chart to see every year →
$0 means no scheduled program or eyewear purchase that year; ongoing care and supplies still apply. Replacement sleepSEE lenses are $245 each, with one pair ($490) in years 3 and 5.
Use your own glasses & contact costs
Enter prices before insurance or rebates. These example budgets are not national averages. Use the lens-only price if keeping your frames. Your changes update the chart above.
Your five-year purchase budgets: glasses $3,000, daily contacts $3,600, reusable contacts $1,500.
What else goes into your budget?
This example uses glasses prescription updates every six months for myopia progression. Glasses and ordinary daytime contacts are vision-correction expenses; the sleepSEE program includes myopia-management monitoring.
- sleepSEE®
- Follow-up visits in years 2–5, lens-care supplies and any extra replacements.
- Prescription glasses
- Eye exams, additional pairs, upgrades and repairs outside your entered pair price.
- Daily disposable contacts
- Eye exams, contact-lens fittings and backup glasses.
- Reusable daytime contacts
- Eye exams, fittings, cleaning solution, cases and backup glasses.
The $93 evaluation is credited toward enrollment and is not added twice. sleepSEE fees shown are for the founding Fayetteville location. Subtotals are before insurance, rebates, financing charges and inflation. They are not complete five-year care totals.
Showing Post-surgical (LASIK / PRK) inclusions and five-year comparison.
Five-year program & purchase subtotals
Both eyes · USDExams and ongoing care are additional. Glasses and contact prices are adjustable examples.
| Vision option | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | 5-year subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sleepSEE®Post-surgical (LASIK / PRK) | $2,850 | $0 | $490 | $0 | $490 | $3,830 |
| Prescription glassesFrames or replacement prescription lenses3 purchases × $300 · every 2 years | $300 | $0 | $300 | $0 | $300 | $900 |
| Daily disposable contactsBoth eyes · daily wear | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 | $3,600 |
| Reusable daytime contactsBoth eyes · prescribed replacement schedule | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $300 | $1,500 |
Scroll across the chart to see every year →
$0 means no scheduled program or eyewear purchase that year; ongoing care and supplies still apply. Replacement sleepSEE lenses are $245 each, with one pair ($490) in years 3 and 5.
Use your own glasses & contact costs
Enter prices before insurance or rebates. These example budgets are not national averages. Use the lens-only price if keeping your frames. Your changes update the chart above.
Your five-year purchase budgets: glasses $900, daily contacts $3,600, reusable contacts $1,500.
What else goes into your budget?
Compare this program with eyewear purchases after LASIK or PRK. The glasses example starts with a new pair every two years. Your doctor will assess the care you need.
- sleepSEE®
- Follow-up visits in years 2–5, lens-care supplies and any extra replacements.
- Prescription glasses
- Eye exams, additional pairs, upgrades and repairs outside your entered pair price.
- Daily disposable contacts
- Eye exams, contact-lens fittings and backup glasses.
- Reusable daytime contacts
- Eye exams, fittings, cleaning solution, cases and backup glasses.
The $93 evaluation is credited toward enrollment and is not added twice. sleepSEE fees shown are for the founding Fayetteville location. Subtotals are before insurance, rebates, financing charges and inflation. They are not complete five-year care totals.
02 · Planning your care
Payment options & our promise
Ways to pay
- Cash
- Visa & Mastercard
- HSA/FSA funds for eligible expenses
- CareCredit (opens in a new tab) financing available
sleepSEE is a private-pay program. Insurance and TRICARE are not accepted for program fees.
30-Day Satisfaction Promise
60%
Refund of your program fee after the $93 evaluation fee is deducted.
If satisfactory vision cannot be achieved, request your refund within 30 days of insertion-and-removal (I&R) training.
You must complete I&R training within 60 days of paying your program fee.
Refund details & example
If satisfactory vision cannot be achieved, you may request a refund within 30 days of your insertion-and-removal (I&R) training. The refund is 60% of the program fee after the $93 evaluation fee is deducted — $1,384.20 on the $2,400 program.
You must complete I&R training within 60 days of paying your program fee. If you do not, the promise is void and the full amount — program fee and evaluation fee — becomes non-refundable.
Satisfactory vision is determined by clinical evaluation with your doctor.
Read the full terms03 · The details
Understand what you’re paying for
What the Myopia Control program includes
Custom lens design and fitting
Lenses designed from your child's corneal measurements, with fitting visits and remakes needed during the initial 30-day fitting period.
Bi-annual axial-length measurement
Tracks the eye's front-to-back growth, the most direct measure of whether myopia is progressing.
Bi-annual refraction with rate-of-change assessment
Refraction measures the glasses prescription. Repeating it shows how quickly the prescription changes and how that compares with changes expected at your child’s age.
Binocular and accommodative evaluation
Checks how the eyes work together and focus. The doctor assesses any difficulty separately and explains whether it needs treatment.
First-year program visits and follow-ups
Why Ortho-K costs vary between providers
- Prescription complexity
- Some prescriptions and corneal shapes take more work to fit. Ask how that affects your quote.
- Fitting and follow-up visits
- Your lenses may need adjustments during fitting. Check which fitting visits are included in the fee.
- What is bundled
- Some programs include a year of follow-up care; others bill visits, testing, or replacement lenses separately.
- Lens remakes
- Ask whether design changes during the initial fitting period are included or billed separately.
- Clinical technology
- Corneal topography maps the eye's clear front surface for lens design. For children, the doctor may also measure axial length, or the eye's front-to-back growth.
- Provider and region
- Prices differ between practices. Compare what the fee includes, the time involved and the provider’s experience.
What to ask when comparing program fees
Ask for a written list of what is included and what is billed separately:
- The initial evaluation and corneal topography
- The custom Ortho-K lenses
- Fitting and follow-up visits for the stated period
- Lens remakes if the design needs adjustment
- Ongoing monitoring and any separate testing fees
Why myopia can progress
Myopia means nearsightedness, or blurry distance vision. It can get worse as a child grows. Family history, the age when it starts, long periods of close-up work, and time outdoors may all matter. An eye doctor who specializes in myopia progression can track these changes over time.
Frequently asked questions
Ortho-K cost questions
How much do Ortho-K lenses cost in the first year?
The comprehensive evaluation is $93 and is applied to the program fee if you enroll. First-year program fees are $2,400 for non-surgical vision correction, $2,750 for Myopia Control / Management, and $2,850 for post-surgical (LASIK / PRK) care.
How long do sleepSEE lenses last?
With proper lens care, your lens should last about 2 years. Your provider checks its condition and tells you if wear, damage or prescription changes mean it needs replacing sooner.
Do I have to pay the full program fee again after two years?
No. The program fee covers your first year of care. After that, replacement lenses cost $245 per lens when needed, plus routine visits. With proper care, a lens should last about two years.
Does insurance cover sleepSEE Ortho-K?
sleepSEE is a private-pay program — insurance and TRICARE are not accepted for program fees. HSA/FSA funds may be used for eligible expenses, and CareCredit financing is available.
Is financing available?
CareCredit financing is available for the sleepSEE program, subject to credit approval and the financing terms in effect when you apply.
What if I am not an Ortho-K candidate?
The evaluation checks whether Ortho-K suits your prescription, eye health, corneal shape and daily routine. If it does not, ask the doctor which other options could meet your vision needs.
What happens if we don't do anything?
Myopia usually keeps progressing while a child's eyes are still growing. Higher levels of myopia are linked to a greater chance of certain eye problems later in life — including retinal detachment, changes in the macula, glaucoma, and cataract.
That link doesn't mean any one child will develop these problems, and myopia by itself rarely causes blindness. We'd rather you look into it yourself than take our word for it. These are good places to start:
Ready to explore sleepSEE?
Talk with a sleepSEE provider about your eyes, the program that fits your needs and what it costs.