The Cost of a Neuralink Implant

In this article:

- Elon talking about pricing

- Cost of Neuralink implant vs other procedures

- How that pricing is possible

Elon discusses the future pricing of a Neuralink implant- high cost at the beginning, decline rapidly, an d then likely settle around a few thousand dollars (similar to the cost of LASIK).

Since Elon references the cost of LASIK eye surgery, I decided to LOOK into some pricing stats. For those who don’t know, LASIK is a surgery often performed with a robot and laser.

There’s lots of variation, but when I take an average of the prices I’ve seen, LASIK hovers around a cost of $2,000 — $3,000 for both eyes. I couldn’t find a good breakdown of the costs for LASIK, so here’s a breakdown of a very similar procedure called PRK. It’s a slightly more expensive procedure, but it’s cool to see how some of the specific costs would get broken up. My guess is similar percentages of the overall cost would be the same for LASIK: