LASIK laser eye-sight correction and cosmetic eye surgery (blepharoplasty) are the most common forms of eye surgery opted for by medical tourists. Since these are not covered by many insurance schemes in North America and western Europe, these are also extremely popular with medical tourists.

Since LASIK surgery is, to a large extent, automated and most establishments use the same equipment as being used in the West, the chances or error are extremely small. The cost difference, however, is large. Laser eye correction surgery, which rarely costs under £4,000, or about $5,020, in Western Europe, costs about £1,000 for both eyes in Budapest, Hungary. In the words of one eye patient who underwent LASIK surgery in Budapest, “with regard to the quality and service it was great - I have no concerns."¹

Treatment at similarly low prices is also available in Lithuania.²

Elderly patients, who sometimes need cataract surgery, can also be treated in Thailand and India for a fraction of the cost in the West. In India and Thailand, cataract surgery costs approximately $500 per eye, approximately 4 times lower than the equivalent cost in the UK and USA.

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1 - Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/meditour.php
2 - Source: http://lbr.neolitas.lt/2005_06/2_str.html