There is much to consider when you are looking into the cost of contact lenses.
Aside from the actual cost you may also want to think about aspects such as the longevity of the lens and how comfortable the lens is to wear.
After all it's your eyes we're talking about here and if you have fuzzy vision and general discomfort in your eyes it pretty much has an impact on everything else in your life.
To help with your decision making there are a series of questions that you ought to reflect on to do with the specific vision issues that you need to address.
For example how's your up close vision?

• You may need bifocal lenses also called multi-focal contacts if you struggle to read the newspaper for example.
  

Have you been told by your eye care doctor that you have an astigmatism meaning your eye is shaped more like an oblong instead of a ball?

• Not all that long ago there wasn't such a thing as contact lenses to correct astigmatism.
  Now-a-days though you can get a specially designed lens called a toric lens.
  The cost of contacts to correct astigmatism is a bit more than for regular contacts but for some it's well worth the freedom from glasses.
  

Would a tint make managing your lenses easier?

• You can get lenses with many degrees of tint from a slight tint to help you see your contacts better when you're cleaning them to tints that help with crisper vision and even tints to completely change your eye color.
  

You may also want to think about your day to day activities such as do you spend a lot of time working on a computer, do you work outside in the sun, wind and dirt and do you prefer to change your contacts every day or every week or even every month.
So think carefully about your decision before you purchase a pair of contact lenses because as you can see there are many factors to look at.
In the end when it comes down to it the actual dollar cost of contact lenses may be the final thing you look at when you are considering getting a pair of contact lenses.