600 PLN for glasses or lenses. The National Health Fund pays, but not everyone will receive the money

After a visit and examination by an ophthalmologist, the insured person will receive appropriate recommendations and, if necessary, a prescription for corrective lenses. In such a situation, the patient can go to a facility with a signed agreement with the National Health Fund to take advantage of the refund.

The National Health Fund’s co-payment for glasses depends on several factors, including:

• age,
• visual impairment
• or the amount of the beneficiary’s own share in the limit of financing from public funds.

Amounts of subsidy for glasses and contact lenses. Rules:

• Corrective spectacle lens for near vision - public financing limit: PLN 25 ; amount of the beneficiary’s own contribution to the public financing limit: 0 percent: children up to 18 years of age, 30 percent – ​​adults; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere up to ± 6.00 dptr and cylinder up to ± 2.00 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power according to medical indications; period of use: in children not more often than once every 6 months, and in adults once every 2 years; repair price limit: PLN 0;
• Spectacle lens for near vision - public funding limit: PLN 100; amount of the beneficiary’s own contribution to the public funding limit: 0% children under 18 years of age, 10% adults; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere from ± 6.25 dptr and cylinder from 0.00 dptr; sphere up to ± 6.00 dptr and cylinder from ± 2.25 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power; period of use: in children according to medical indications, not more often than once every 6 months, in adults – once every 2 years;
• Spectacle lens for near vision - public funding limit: PLN 350 ; amount of the beneficiary’s own contribution to the public funding limit: 0% children up to 18 years of age, 10% adults; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere from ± 10.00 dptr and cylinder from 0.00 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power; period of use: children - according to medical indications, not more often than once every 6 months, adults – once every 2 years;
• Corrective spectacle lens for distance vision - public funding limit: PLN 25; amount of the beneficiary’s own contribution to the public funding limit: 0% children up to 18 years of age, 30% adults; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere up to ± 6.00 dptr and cylinder up to ± 2.00 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power; period of use: children - according to medical indications, not more often than once every 6 months, adults – once every 2 years;
• Corrective spectacle lens for distance vision - public funding limit: PLN 100; beneficiary’s own contribution to the public funding limit: 0% for children up to 18 years of age, adults 10%; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere from ± 6.25 dptr and cylinder from 0.00 dptr; sphere up to ± 6.00 dptr and cylinder from ± 2.25 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power; period of use: children - according to medical indications, not more often than once every 6 months, adults – once every 2 years;
• Corrective spectacle lens for distance vision - public funding limit: PLN 350 ; amount of the beneficiary’s own contribution to the public funding limit: 0 percent. children up to 18 years of age, adults 10 percent; granting criteria: vision defects requiring correction sphere from ± 10.00 dptr and cylinder from 0.00 dptr, including a lens with prismatic power; period of use: children - according to medical indications, not more often than once every 6 months, adults – once every 2 years;
• Hard or hybrid or miniscleral contact lens - public funding limit: PLN 600; beneficiary's own contribution to the public funding limit: 10 percent; granting criteria: keratoconus; anisometropia above 4 dptr, aphakia; period of use: once a year;
• Soft contact lens - public funding limit: PLN 150 ; public funding limit: PLN 600; beneficiary's own share in the public funding limit: 10 percent; granting criteria: corneal cone; anisometropia above 4 dptr, aphakia; period of use: once a year;
• Eye prosthesis - public funding limit: PLN 700; beneficiary's own contribution to the public funding limit: 0 percent; granting criteria: no eyeball; period of use: children up to 18 years of age according to medical indications, adults once every 5 years.

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