About Your Appointment

What To Expect At Your Appointment

Thank you for choosing Metropolitan Ophthalmology Associates! In order to provide you with the most efficient and effective office visit, please read the below information:

Please be respectful to the staff. Healthcare has gone through a lot of changes. The Metropolitan Ophthalmology Associates' Team is committed to providing you with premium healthcare, please be respectful if a problem arises.
If later than 15 minutes to your appointment, we will determine if your appointment needs to be rescheduled after we have a discussion with the provider and we assess staffing and clinic flow at that time.
Upon entering the office, please see someone from our Patient Care Team and they will inform you on next steps.
Co-pays and referrals are due before seeing the provider. This is determined by your insurance carrier. Your referral may be faxed to 301-657-3284 (Chevy Chase) or 703-356-2223 (McLean).
For your convenience, we verify and bill your insurance company. Please make sure that you understand the plan that you are enrolled in prior to your appointment.
We have wheelchair accessible rooms, but you must be able to pivot at your waist to lean into our equipment. If you are not able to do so, we do not have the equipment to fully evaluate your eyes.

Understanding Wait Times

There are various reasons why the wait times at our clinic can be more than with other medical appointments.

Estimated length for each type of an appointment:

Medical Eye Exams: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cataract Evaluations: 1 hour
Pressure checks for Glaucoma: 30 minutes
Laser Vision Correction Consultations: 1 hour
Visual Fields: 30 minutes

If you have any questions, please contact our office at 301-657-4171 (Chevy Chase) or 703-356-5484 (McLean). We are looking forward to seeing you at your next appointment!

Refraction Fee Notice for Patients

Effective March 1, 2023

There are two parts to your eye examination, which are billed separately.

The first charge includes the fee for the doctor to evaluate the health of your eyes. This charge is billable to your insurance company, and also to Medicare.
The second (vision) portion of your exam is called a “refraction,” which is a test performed to determine the best corrective lenses to be prescribed for each eye.

Although a refraction is a very important vision test, it is considered a non-medical procedure. Medicare and most insurance plans do not pay for this service, the fee of which is now $70.00, effective March 1, 2023.

We request that payment for this service be made at the time of your visit. Thank you.

Prescription Fee Notice

Our standard of care for vision prescriptions is one year. In order to prescribe lenses, we require patients have been seen by one of our providers within a 12-month time frame. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact our office at 301-657-4171 (Chevy Chase) or 703-356-5484 (McLean).

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