Understanding Vision Care Options

You get discounts on:

• Eye exams
• Prescription eyewear
• LASIK laser eye surgery
  • You get one low package price for laser eye surgery screening, surgery and follow-up care. And the first consultation is free — even if you decide not to have the surgery.
• Non-disposable contact lenses
  • Delivered to your door. If your prescription is up to date, you can get them mailed right to your home.
• Designer frame options

You can visit many doctors in private practice, plus national chains like JCPenney Optical, LensCrafters, Target Optical, Sears Optical and Pearle Vision. 

Once per year, beginning January 1

• Exam
• Lenses & Lense upgrades
• Frame
• Contacts, evaluation & fitting

Eye Exam copay: $0

Contacts evaluation, fitting & follow-up for conventional lens and specialty lens: Covered in Full when ordering contacts on the same date of service from the same provider. 

Contacts in lieu of glasses: 

• Allowances: $150 (+additional 15% off any overage) or
• The Exclusive Collection of Contact Lenses: covered in full

Lens copay: $0

Frame Allowance: 

• Visionworks: $180 (+ additional 20% off any overage)
• Other locations: $150 (+ additional 20% off any overage) or
• The Exclusive Collection:
  • Fashion and Designer lines: covered in full
  • Premier line: $25
• A Guide to Lens Types

Free breakage warranty: your glasses are covered with the Davis Vision free one-year breakage warranty. Some limitations apply. 

The Exclusive Collection: This collection provides you with entirely free frames within the Fashion and Designer line, and only $25 for the Premier line. The collection is available at nearly 9,000 locations across the US. 

• Faculty
• Classified Staff
• Medical Center Team Members
• Postdoctoral Research Associates
• Senior Professional Research Staff
• University Staff
• Housestaff
• Grant-funded Postdoctoral Fellows

Davis Vision Monthly Employee-Only Plan Premium 

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

Rate includes 2%

NOTE: Ex-spouses will not be eligible, even with a court order.

Documentation Required

• Copy of state-issued marriage certificate received after the date of the ceremony with recorded file date, and 
• Copy of the first page of the employee’s most recent federal tax return that shows the dependent listed as “Spouse”. “Mark out” all financial information and the first five digits of all Social Security numbers

Premiums

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

Eligible children include your biological, step, adopted, or foster children. Coverage continues through the end of the month in which the child turns age 26.

Required Documentation

Biological Child

Copy of birth certificate (or proof of birth for newborn) showing employee as parent

Adopted Child

Copy of birth certificate or court approved adoption order showing employee’s name. If this is a legal pre-adoptive agreement, it must be reviewed and approved by UVA HR.

Stepchild (Spouse's Biological Child)

• Copy of birth certificate (or adoption agreement) showing the employee’s spouse as parent, and
• Copy of state-issued marriage certificate received after the date of the ceremony with recorded file date showing the employee and dependent parent’s name, and one form of proof of joint ownership, and 
• Copy of the first page of the employee’s most recent federal tax return that shows the dependent’s parent listed as “Spouse."  
• Redact or mark out financial information and the first five digits of all Social Security numbers.

Foster Child

• Copy of birth certificate and
• Copy of Final Court Order granting permanent custody with name of employee as responsible party, name of minor children, and presiding judge’s signature, support order number, and seal

Premiums

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

(Child under your permanent legal guardianship or custody – exception)

If your dependent minor child has a child, and you (or your spouse) have been granted joint permanent custody of that child, your grandchild may also be eligible for coverage if:

• Everyone lives in the same household.
• Both children are unmarried.
• Both children are claimed as dependents on your federal tax return.
• A court has ordered you or your spouse to assume joint permanent custody of your grandchild.

Required Documentation

• Copy of the other child’s birth certificate showing the name of the minor child as the parent of the other child, and
• Copy of the birth certificate (or adoptive agreement) for the minor child showing the name of the employee, and
• Copy of the Final Court Order granting custody with names of employee or spouse and their minor child as the responsible parties, name of “other child”, and presiding judge’s signature, support order number, and seal

Premiums

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

Children for whom you are the legal guardian with permanent custody are be eligible for coverage if they are claimed as dependents on your federal tax return. You must be the legal guardian with permanent custody. 

A child for whom a court has ordered the employee (and/or the employee’s legal spouse) to assume permanent custody may be covered to the end of the birth month in which they turn 26, if:

• They are unmarried
• They reside full-time with employee in parent-child relationship
• They are declared dependents on employee’s federal income tax return, and
• Custody was awarded prior to the child's 18th birthday

Required Documentation

• Copy of birth certificate, and
• Copy of the Final Court Order granting permanent custody with name of employee or spouse as responsible party, name of minor children, and presiding judge’s signature, support order number, and seal

Premiums

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

If children are incapable of self-support, due to mental or physical disability, they can remain on your UVA dental plan beyond age 26 as long as the following requirements are met:

• Required documentation is approved in advance by the benefits claims administrator before the dependent's 26th birthday.
• They are unmarried.
• They live with you 100% of the time.
• They are declared a dependent on your federal tax return.

Required Documentation

• Copy of birth certificate or legal adoptive agreement showing employee’s name, and
• Other medical certification and eligibility documentation as needed
• In the case of a new employee, copy of the HIPAA Certificate showing prior employer-sponsored coverage

Premiums

Housestaff

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA

Housestaff receive Davis Vision at no cost. 

COBRA premiums for Davis Vision are listed below (rate includes 2%). The 2026 monthly rates below remain unchanged from 2025.