The prices of contact lenses and their cleaning products can “double or triple from one shop to another,” even within the same street, according to a survey of the association CLCV consumers. “If we consider each time the average of the five lowest price and that of the five highest prices, there are gaps ranging from 52 euros to 92 euros for Biofinity multifocal lenses + +, 70.8 euros 122.8 euros for Proclear Multifocal Toric + +, or 11.96 euros to 41.50 euros for Soflens + 59+. Contact lenses Prices may well double or even triple from one store to another “alert CLCV (Consumption, Housing, Living Environment).
In the same street of the 12th district of Paris and for the same lens model (Proclear Multifocal), a customer can pay 58 euros Optical Discount at or 95.50 euros at Optic 2000, a differential of 1.60 between the extremes, he stresses the association. On this basis, it advises consumers to “create competition by visiting several stores,” adding that “even after repayment of the mutual, compare prices saves at least 100 euros per year.” The differences are also sensitive to cleaning products sold in optical shops, pharmacies and drugstores. Renu for a bottle of 360 ml, the unit price will vary, for example, of 6.90 euros at an optician Afflelou Tours to 19.90 euros in a pharmacy of the Ordener Street in Paris, a variation of almost 1 to 3. If
lens cleaning products fall within the normal competition recognizes CLCV, lenses are often subject to refund. But she said it is likely “that, like glasses , opticians adjust their prices according to the mutual refund policy”. It therefore calls mutuals to “adjust accordingly their reimbursement ceiling and, even more, to guide consumers towards the traders whose prices are reasonable.” It also calls the state to cap the reimbursement of contact lenses by health complementary, “at least by type of correction”. The survey was conducted from 15 November to 31 December in 12 departments with opticians and pharmacists.
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