Updated August 2026
Call (561) 799-3932 or book an appointment.
Eye Expressions is a family-owned optometry practice and optical boutique at 7100 Fairway Drive, Suite 39, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Dr. Michael Nodland, OD has been the sole optometrist here since 2010, and exams and eyewear happen under one roof: comprehensive eye exams, contact lens exams and fittings, children’s exams, reading vision after 40, dry eye treatment, glaucoma, cataract and macular degeneration care, diabetic eye exams, urgent visits for red eyes and injuries, LASIK consultation and co-management, and a full optical stocking Ray-Ban, Oakley, Maui Jim, Versace, Gold & Wood, Caviar, Leon Max and Flexon.
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One thing to understand before the list. What we do splits into three groups, and the first two are billed differently. Routine vision care and eyewear go to your vision plan. Anything that diagnoses or treats a condition — a red eye, dry eye, an injury, glaucoma monitoring, a diabetic exam — is a medical claim, billed to your medical insurance or to Medicare. Patients often book a routine vision exam for a medical problem and then find their vision plan cannot be used for it. Tell us what is going on when you call, and we will book the right kind of visit.
What services does Eye Expressions offer?
Eye Expressions offers routine vision care, medical eye care and eyewear at one address in Palm Beach Gardens. Here is every service and how each is billed.
| Service | What it’s for | Billed to | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive eye exams | Your prescription plus the health of the eye | Vision plan | Eye exams |
| Contact lens exams & fittings | Measurements a glasses prescription doesn’t include | Vision plan (fitting fee is usually separate) | Contact lenses |
| Children’s eye exams | What a school screening does not check, for children from age 6 | Vision plan | Children’s exams |
| Myopia management | Slowing the progression of nearsightedness in children, from age 6 — MiSight contact lenses or Stellest spectacle lenses | Children’s exams | |
| Presbyopia & reading vision | Close-up focus after your mid-forties | Vision plan | Reading vision |
| Dry eye treatment | Burning, gritty, watery eyes | Medical | Dry eye |
| Medical eye disease | Glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration | Medical / Medicare | Eye disease |
| Diabetic eye exams | Annual retinal exam for type 1 or type 2 diabetes | Medical / Medicare | Diabetic exams |
| Emergency & urgent eye care | Same day emergency care — red eye, injury, foreign body, flashes, sudden change — when you call while Dr. Nodland is still in the office | Medical | Emergency care |
| LASIK consultation & co-management | Candidacy, referral, post-operative visits | LASIK itself is elective and generally not covered by vision plans or medical insurance | LASIK |
| Designer eyewear & optical | Frames, lenses and fitting | Vision plan allowance | Eyewear |
| Golf & sport eyewear | Polarized and prescription sunglasses | Usually a second pair, often out of pocket | Golf & boating |
| Seasonal resident care | Exams and eyewear while you’re in Florida | Depends on the visit | Seasonal residents |
Routine vision care
A comprehensive eye exam measures your prescription and checks the health of the eye, and for most patients optomap ultra-widefield imaging means it can be done without dilating drops — the eye exam page explains how that works and when drops are still used. Contact lens exams and fittings add measurements a glasses prescription does not include, covering toric lenses for astigmatism and multifocals after 40. Children’s eye exams go further than a school screening, which checks distance vision and little else; Dr. Nodland sees children from age 6. And presbyopia and reading vision is the reason for the arm’s-length menu after your mid-forties — with a local median age of 51.8, it is a large share of what happens here.
Children, myopia management and vision therapy
Dr. Nodland sees children from age 6. For anything younger, he’ll point you to a pediatric optometrist — they have equipment and techniques built for infants and toddlers, and that’s the right place to start. From six, a children’s eye exam checks focus, eye teaming and eye health, not just the letters on a chart.
Myopia management is offered from age 6, and Dr. Nodland will tell you whether it is right for your child. Two approaches are offered: MiSight daily contact lenses, the first contact lens FDA-approved for slowing myopia progression in children, and Stellest spectacle lenses, the first glasses lens to receive FDA authorization for it. Which one suits a child depends on the child, and that is a conversation to have at the exam.
Vision therapy is not offered at Eye Expressions. Children who need it, and children under six, are referred out — to Dr. Christina Murray, OD, FCOVD at the Vision & Learning Center in West Palm Beach, (561) 462-2356. Who she is and why she is the right referral for both is set out on the children’s eye exams page.
Medical eye care
Dry eye treatment is for burning, gritty or watery eyes, a common complaint in Florida and a medical visit rather than a vision one. Eye disease treatment covers glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration — conditions that usually have no early symptoms and get found because someone went looking. Monitoring uses eye pressure, the appearance of the optic nerve, and visual field testing, which is done here in the office; where an OCT scan is needed, Dr. Nodland refers you for it and stays involved in the follow-up. A diabetic eye exam belongs on the yearly calendar of everyone living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, because the retina can be changing while sight still feels normal. Emergency and urgent eye care covers a red eye, a scratch, a foreign body, flashes or a sudden change — call rather than book online, because the scheduler cannot triage. Almost all urgent red eyes are seen the same day, provided you call while Dr. Nodland is still in the office, so call early rather than late; painful injuries and sudden painless loss of vision in one eye are seen the same day during office hours too, and outside office hours you should go to an emergency room. An emergency visit costs the same as a routine eye exam — $179 — so you are not charged more for needing to be seen urgently. LASIK consultation and co-management is the evaluation, the referral and the follow-up; the surgery itself is performed by a surgeon elsewhere.
Eyewear and optical
Exams and the optical are under one roof at 7100 Fairway Drive, so the practice that writes your prescription is the practice that fits your glasses. Designer eyewear means Ray-Ban, Oakley, Maui Jim, Versace, Gold & Wood, Caviar, Leon Max and Flexon, measured and adjusted on your face rather than handed over in a bag. Golf, boating and sport eyewear is its own problem: what works reading a green is not what works on the water. And if you are here part of the year, seasonal resident care means the exam, the prescription and the glasses inside one stay instead of across two states.
What’s the difference between a vision exam and a medical eye visit?
A vision exam is about focus: it works out the lens power that gets you to clear sight, and it ends in a prescription. A medical eye visit is about the health of the eye itself — diagnosing a condition, watching one over time, or treating it. They are separate services with separate billing, even when they happen on the same day in the same chair. If something medical turns up during a routine exam, Dr. Nodland will tell you before that part of the visit begins, not after.
The “Billed to” column in the table above tells you which side of the line each service falls on. The full explanation — a side-by-side comparison of what each type of coverage pays for, and which of our carriers sits in which column — is on the insurance page.
Which services does my insurance cover?
Eye Expressions accepts Medicare, VSP, EyeMed, Humana, Aetna, Anthem, Blue View Vision, MetLife, Superior Vision, Davis Vision and Advantica. Which one pays depends on the visit: vision plans for routine exams and eyewear, medical insurance or Medicare for anything diagnostic.
Plan networks vary — being covered by a carrier is not the same as your specific plan being one we are contracted with. For a scheduled appointment we check your benefits ahead of the day and send you an estimated copay. Either way, (561) 799-3932 with your card to hand is the fastest way to find out where you stand. Carrier-by-carrier detail is on the insurance page.
If you are not using insurance, a comprehensive eye exam is $179, with optomap ultra-widefield retinal imaging included in that price rather than charged as an add-on. An emergency visit is $179 as well. If you are using insurance, the optomap copay is never more than $39. Self-pay fees are set out in full on the insurance page.
Do I need a referral?
No referral is needed to book an eye exam at Eye Expressions — you can call or book online directly.
Referrals in the other direction are routine: anything needing surgery or intraocular injections goes to a surgeon, and Dr. Nodland stays involved in the follow-up.
What makes Eye Expressions different?
- One doctor, every visit. Dr. Nodland is the only optometrist here, so the person comparing this year’s images to last year’s is the person who took them.
- optomap ultra-widefield imaging, which for most patients means an exam without dilating drops — dilation is still used when a closer look is needed, and Dr. Nodland tells you beforehand. Details on the eye exam page.
- You know the cost before you come — book an appointment and your benefits are checked and an estimated copay sent ahead of the day.
- Exams and optical under one roof. The practice that writes the prescription is the practice that fits the glasses, at one address rather than two.
- Family-owned since 2010, with a 5.0-star rating across around 500 Google reviews. There is more about the practice and the people in it if you want the background before you book.
What are your hours?
Eye Expressions is open Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm, and Saturday 9am to 2pm for the optical only. Sunday closed.
| Day | Exams | Optical |
|---|---|---|
| Monday–Friday | 10am–6pm | 10am–6pm |
| Saturday | No regular exam hours — request one by phone on (561) 799-3932 | 9am–2pm |
| Sunday | Closed | Closed |
Saturday is the split to know about. The optical is open Saturday 9am–2pm — you can browse frames, collect an order or get an adjustment. Dr. Nodland does not hold regular Saturday exam hours, and the online scheduler does not offer Saturday, so a Saturday exam has to be requested by phone.
Frequently asked questions
What does Eye Expressions do? Eye Expressions is a family-owned optometry practice and optical boutique in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, providing comprehensive and contact lens eye exams, children’s exams, medical eye care for dry eye, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and diabetes, urgent eye care, LASIK consultation and co-management, and designer eyewear. Dr. Michael Nodland, OD has practiced at 7100 Fairway Drive since 2010.
Can I use my vision plan for a red eye or an injury? No. Vision plans cover routine exams and eyewear. A red eye, injury, dry eye or any condition being diagnosed or treated is a medical claim, billed to your medical insurance or Medicare.
Can I get an eye exam on Saturday? The optical is open Saturday 9am–2pm for frames, order collection and adjustments, but Dr. Nodland does not hold regular Saturday exam hours and the online scheduler does not offer Saturday. A Saturday exam has to be requested by phone on (561) 799-3932.
From what age do you see children? From age 6. Dr. Nodland sees children from six, for eye exams and for myopia management alike. For anything younger, he’ll point you to a pediatric optometrist — they have equipment and techniques built for infants and toddlers, and that’s the right place to start.
Do you offer vision therapy? No — vision therapy is not among the services here. Those cases go to Dr. Christina Murray, OD, FCOVD at the Vision & Learning Center in West Palm Beach, (561) 462-2356. The children’s eye exams page explains the referral in full.
Do I have to be a patient to buy glasses here? No. You don’t need to have had your exam here — bring a prescription from another practice and we’ll fill it. Walk in, call or text; same day is fine, whether you are browsing frames, ordering glasses or reordering contact lenses. For an appointment rather than the optical, calling ahead is better: scheduled patients are seen almost always on time, so a walk-in may wait behind them.
Which of your services are billed to medical insurance rather than a vision plan? Dry eye, eye disease, diabetic eye exams and urgent visits are medical claims. Routine exams, contact lens exams and eyewear go to a vision plan. The full comparison, plus the list of carriers Eye Expressions accepts, is on the insurance page.
Book an appointment
Call (561) 799-3932 or book online. If it is a red eye, an injury or a sudden change in vision, call rather than book online.
Eye Expressions · 7100 Fairway Drive, Suite 39, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 — on Fairway Drive just off PGA Boulevard, with parking at the door. Monday–Friday 10am–6pm · Saturday 9am–2pm (optical) · Family-owned since 2010 · 5.0 stars from around 500 Google reviews