At our centre, we have decided to concentrate on IntraLase for preparing the flap, and VisX CustomVue for the corneal shaping.  Why?  because there are now several good studies that show that this is the winning combination to give people the best results, closest to target, in the safest way possible.  So we don’t want to offer anything else, even though decent results can be obtained with other methods.  To us, decent is not good enough.  IntraLase/CustomVue is giving us outstanding results, which is what it is all about.  So we think we are offering tremendous value to our patients.  High likelihood of no glasses, with the lowest chance of having a flap problem.  In comparison, I once had to take my dog to the vet for an operation, and the bill was $2000.  When I looked it over, it was totally reasonable. The doctor has a business to run, and has expenses we don’t even imagine.  So too in the Laser vision correction area, there are expensive devices, insurance, staffing etc, that actually makes $2500 per eye  sound like a very good value for a life changing experience.