Ocular Scan Pricing

★ Most popular

Ultra-wide-field

Optomap®

Great for everyone

$60

About 200° of your retina in a single image — far more than a standard view shows. Why we recommend it →

Seconds per eye, nothing touches it
The scan itself needs no drops
Builds a year-over-year baseline

OCT deep analysis

Macula OCT

Macular degeneration & family history

$120

Optomap included — no extra charge

A cross-section of the macula — the centre of your sharp vision — layer by layer.

Macular degeneration or family history
Patients living with diabetes
Monitoring macular swelling

OCT deep analysis

Optic Nerve OCT

Glaucoma & family history

$120

Optomap included — no extra charge

Micron-level mapping of the nerve fibre layer around your optic nerve.

Tracking glaucoma over time
Monitoring optic nerve changes
Recommended screening if glaucoma runs in the family

Front of the eye

Anterior Segment OCT

Corneal health & orientation

$120

Optomap included — no extra charge

Detailed imaging of the cornea, iris and drainage angle at the front of the eye.

Assessing corneal health and orientation
Assessing the drainage angle
Post-operative monitoring

All four scans together

The complete picture

Optomap + Macula OCT + Optic Nerve OCT + Anterior Segment OCT — every scan we offer, in one appointment.

$310

Save $50 · regularly $360

Every OCT includes the Optomap

Any specialised OCT scan is performed alongside the Optomap — it's included in the $120, never charged twice. Why Optomap matters →

Most insurance plans cover scans

Scans aren't covered by OHIP, but almost all private plans cover them. We direct-bill most insurers — confirm your coverage first.

Diagnostic test — not a scan

Visual field testing

Maps your peripheral (side) vision. Performed only when recommended, or when an application form requires it. Billed separately from the scan package.

$50–$120

Price varies by test type

Applying to a police, fire or paramedic service? Visual field testing is included in our $175 application testing package →

Good to know

Before you book your scans

Quick and comfortable

Most scans take only seconds per eye. Nothing touches your eye — it's non-invasive, light-based imaging.

A record that grows with you

Your images are compared at every future visit, so small changes get noticed early.

Scans aren't covered by OHIP

OHIP doesn't cover imaging, but almost all private insurance plans do. Ask us about direct billing.

Add scans to any visit

Just ask at the front desk. Scans can be added to a booked exam, or done on their own.

Looking for the total with an exam? Scan fees on this page are separate from our $90 eye exam. Our Choose Your Exam page bundles them together and shows the lower price if your exam is covered by OHIP. Check your OHIP coverage →

In more detail

What each OCT analysis actually shows

Our OCT scans run on Topcon equipment, and our ultra-wide-field retinal imaging on Optos®. If you'd like to understand what your optometrist is looking at, here's each one explained properly.

01

Macular Analysis

A cross-section through the centre of your sharp vision.

The macula is the small central area of the retina responsible for reading, recognising faces and seeing fine detail. It's only a few millimetres across, but it does most of the work in your day-to-day vision.

A macular OCT scans straight down through it and builds a cross-sectional image — rather like a very fine ultrasound, except it uses light rather than sound. Your optometrist can then see the individual retinal layers stacked on top of each other and measure their thickness to within a few microns.

Why that matters: the earliest signs of macular disease are changes between the layers — fluid collecting where it shouldn't, thickening from swelling, thinning where tissue is being lost, or tiny deposits building up beneath the retina. None of that is visible when you simply look at the surface of the retina. It shows up clearly on an OCT, often well before your vision has noticeably changed.

Particularly valuable if you have

Macular degeneration, or a family history of it
Diabetes — we look for swelling at the macula
Any distortion, blur or a blank patch in your central vision
Straight lines that have started to look wavy or bent

02

Glaucoma Analysis (Optic Nerve OCT)

Micron-level measurement of the nerve fibre layer around your optic nerve.

Every image your eye captures travels to the brain along roughly a million nerve fibres, which gather together at the optic nerve head at the back of the eye. Glaucoma damages those fibres — and it does so quietly, from the outside of your vision inward, which is why most people don't notice anything until a significant amount has already been lost.

This scan measures the thickness of that nerve fibre layer all the way around the optic nerve, and compares your measurements against a normative database of healthy eyes of similar age. It also maps the ganglion cell layer near the macula, where glaucoma damage often appears earliest.

Why that matters: nerve fibre loss cannot be reversed. The entire aim in glaucoma care is to catch it early and slow it down — which means detecting change before you can perceive it. Because the scan measures in microns and stores each result, we can compare your eyes year on year and spot a downward trend long before it would be obvious any other way.

Particularly valuable if you have

Glaucoma in the family — one of the strongest risk factors there is
Raised eye pressure, or an optic nerve that looks suspicious
Been told you're a "glaucoma suspect" and need monitoring
Reached your forties, when risk begins to climb

03

Anterior Segment Analysis

High-resolution imaging of the front structures of the eye.

Everything we've described so far sits at the back of the eye. This scan looks at the front: the cornea, the iris, and the drainage angle where the two meet. It measures corneal thickness and maps the curvature and orientation of the corneal surface.

The drainage angle is the channel through which fluid leaves the eye. If it's narrow, fluid can't drain properly and pressure inside the eye rises — which is a different and more urgent mechanism than the common form of glaucoma. On the cornea itself, the scan picks up thinning, irregular shape or changes in orientation that affect how well you see and what lenses will suit you.

Why that matters: corneal thickness affects how we interpret your eye pressure readings — a thin cornea can make pressure look lower than it truly is. And a narrow drainage angle is something we very much want to know about before it causes a problem.

Particularly valuable if you have

Been told you have narrow angles, or a family history of angle-closure
Corneal thinning or irregularity, such as keratoconus
A complex contact lens fitting, where corneal shape matters
Had eye surgery and need healing monitored

Every one of these includes the Optomap scan. The OCT gives depth — a cross-section through one specific structure. The Optomap gives breadth — about 200° of your retina in a single image. Used together they cover far more than either does alone, which is why we never charge for the Optomap separately. Why we recommend the Optomap →

See more, sooner.

Book an exam and ask which scans are right for your eyes — or add them to a visit you've already booked.

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These prices are for scans only

Optomap®

Macula OCT

Optic Nerve OCT

Anterior Segment OCT

The complete picture

Every OCT includes the Optomap

Most insurance plans cover scans

Visual field testing

Before you book your scans

Quick and comfortable

A record that grows with you

Scans aren't covered by OHIP

Add scans to any visit

What each OCT analysis actually shows

Macular Analysis

Glaucoma Analysis (Optic Nerve OCT)

Anterior Segment Analysis

See more, sooner.