We’ll show who treats it and what it costs.
12 Orynbor St. Look for the blue façade with the eye sign.
Eye microsurgery clinic · Astana
One-day surgery — to get rid of glasses after 45. Drag the lens over the picture — and see what becomes sharp.
Phonewith glasses Screenno glasses Streetno glasses
After 45 many people see like this: the street is clear, but the phone blurs. Move the lens onto the phone.
With cataract the lens is replaced by the same operation, but your path is different: diagnostics, the surgeon and the price with the lens — on the cataract surgery page.
First step — diagnostics with lens calculation: 40,000 ₸ per visit
The picture shows the principle, not your result. Which lens suits your eye, the surgeon will tell you from the calculation at diagnostics.
Lens replacement at RB CLINIC (Astana, 12 Orynbor St.) costs from 350,000 ₸ per eye, lens included. The lens is chosen for your goal: monofocal for sharp distance vision, trifocal to live without glasses, toric for astigmatism. Surgeons: Rishat Bigeldiyev, Yerzhan Galiev and Almat Zhanysbaev. Surgery takes one day and you go home the same day. Diagnostics with lens calculation cost 40,000 ₸ per visit.
Find yourself
Needing reading glasses after 45 isn’t your eyes “going bad” — it’s the lens getting tired. It loses flexibility and stops focusing up close. Laser reshapes the cornea but can’t reach the lens, so only a new lens solves this — like new glasses built into the eye that never come off.
Laser correction is done between 18 and 45. After that, reading glasses don’t go away, because the cause is in the lens. Clear lens replacement brings back near vision, and that eye will never get cataract: the new lens doesn’t cloud over.
Which lens gives you the phone without glassesThe cornea doesn’t have enough reserve for laser: Femto-LASIK treats from −12 to +4. A lens inside the eye corrects even more — Dr. Bigeldiyev shows surgery for minus 20 in his reel.
Watch the surgeon’s reelThen the cataract surgery page is for you. It covers your case in full: how to tell it’s time, which surgeons operate on cataract, how surgery day goes and the price with the lens — from 350,000 ₸ per eye.
Cataract surgery and treatment in AstanaMost likely the lens doesn’t need touching: laser will correct your vision in one visit, and the ReLEx SMILE correction itself takes 25 seconds. Laser correction at the special price — from 100,000 ₸ per eye, list price 175,000 ₸.
Most often the capsule behind the lens clouds over — laser clears it in a few minutes. If the lens itself has clouded or shifted, it’s replaced or put back in place: Dr. Zhanysbayev shows such an operation in the reel below.
Prices if you already have a lensThe decision on clear lens replacement is made by the surgeon at diagnostics, not by the website: he’ll look at the retina, the cornea and the lens calculation and tell you straight whether the surgery is right for you.
Choosing a lens
The operation is the same; the difference is the lens. The surgeon’s work is identical, but the lens decides how you’ll live for the next thirty years: with reading glasses in your bag or without them. An artificial lens (IOL) is put in once and for life, so choose it not by price but by how you spend your day.
Monofocal
Sharp distance: the road, faces, the TV. The simplest optics — nothing extra around headlights at night. Suits those used to reading glasses who don’t want to pay more to lose them.
AcrySof SA · AcrySof IQ · Clareon · Tecnis Eyhance · Zeiss Lucia
With astigmatism (toric) — from 600,000 ₸ per eye
Extended focus · EDOF
Distance and middle range in one focus: the wheel, a laptop, the cooker, faces round the table. Fewer rings around headlights than with a trifocal, but you may sometimes want glasses for small print.
AcrySof IQ Vivity · Clareon Vivity · Tecnis Synergy · Tecnis PureSee
With astigmatism (toric) — from 1,050,000 ₸ per eye
Trifocal
Three focuses at once: distance, screen and phone — most things without glasses. The honest downside: in the evening you may see light rings around headlights and street lamps. If you drive a lot at night, tell the surgeon — he’ll take it into account.
Bausch+Lomb LuxSmart · AcrySof IQ PanOptix · Clareon PanOptix · Zeiss AT LISA tri · RayOne Galaxy
With astigmatism (toric) — from 950,000 ₸ per eye
Not sure which lens you need? Diagnostics with lens calculation — 40,000 ₸ per visit
Astigmatism doesn’t limit your choice. Every type has a toric lens: it has marks on its edge, and the surgeon rotates it to the axis of your astigmatism. The picture stops doubling; the toric version of the trifocal PanOptix, for example, costs 100,000 ₸ per eye more than the standard one. Switch on “I have astigmatism” on the first screen or in the calculator below, and the price will update.
Equipment
The result of lens replacement depends on how precisely the power of the artificial lens is calculated. This matters most for premium lenses, which can reduce your dependence on glasses. That is why we use not one device but a set, where each one checks and complements the others.
Alcon
An optical biometer based on swept-source OCT technology. It measures eye length, corneal curvature, anterior chamber depth and lens thickness, even in dense cataracts where conventional devices fail. It also assesses the macula, which matters if you choose a premium lens. The data are processed with modern calculation formulas.
Topcon and Oculus
ALADDIN measures the eye and maps the cornea. Pentacam performs a 3D tomography: both corneal surfaces, corneal thickness and lens density. Comparing the two devices reveals hidden astigmatism and corneal irregularities. This is especially important after laser vision correction (SMILE, PRK, LASIK) and when keratoconus is suspected, where the standard calculation often goes wrong.
Alcon
It transfers diagnostic data into the operating microscope. The surgeon sees a digital overlay on the eye: where to make the incisions and on which axis to place a toric lens. Less reliance on manual marking means the lens sits exactly as calculated, and with astigmatism that directly determines the quality of your vision.
Alcon
One system for both cataract phacoemulsification and vitreous and retinal surgery. Precise control of fluid flow and pressure inside the eye makes the operation stable and gentle. And in a complex case, for example when the vitreous is affected along with the cataract, everything is done on one platform.
The surgeon answers
A diabetes-related haemorrhage: Dr. Zhanysbayev replaced the lens and cleared the blood from the eye — he talks right after surgery
@dr.bigeldiyevA grandmother’s brown cataract: a lens that corrects astigmatism at the same time — and what the patient sees right on the table
@dr.bigeldiyevCataract surgery: what the patient sees and hears on the table
@dr.bigeldiyevTwo surgeries elsewhere before us, the cornea swollen: Dr. Bigeldiyev explains where he starts in a complex case
@dr.bigeldiyevA hole in the iris left by an old technique: Dr. Bigeldiyev shows how cataract surgery is done now
@dr.bigeldiyevRetinal surgery through three punctures thinner than a millimetre: Dr. Zhanysbayev explains what happens inside the eye
@dr.bigeldiyevCataract, ptosis, exophthalmos and strabismus in one eye — all the treatment by Dr. Bigeldiyev
@dr.bigeldiyev“For us it’s a weekday, for the patient it’s a whole story”: a cataract surgery day
@dr.bigeldiyev“For us it’s just an ordinary working day. For the patient — it’s a whole story”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
“I’ve done my job, now it’s up to you”: what not to do after cataract surgery
@dr.bigeldiyev“I’ve done my job, now it’s up to you”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
How the lens is calculated for cataract surgery — with astigmatism, and for both distance and near vision
@dr.bigeldiyevMinus 13.5, and the cornea won’t allow laser: the exam found early cataract — Dr. Bigeldiyev explains what to do
@dr.bigeldiyev“Our equipment lets us calculate the lens with maximum precision, even if you have astigmatism”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
Dr. Bigeldiyev launches the “Men Koremin” programme — free surgery for those who can’t get to a doctor
@dr.bigeldiyev“Not everyone can simply get to a doctor”
What you’ll learn from the video
Bigeldiyev Rishat KalilullaevichClinic founder: eyes and eyelids
Every surgery day
The patch is on the eye that got its new lens today. The photo is taken in the lobby as the group heads home, and the patch comes off tomorrow. That morning these people were just as nervous as you are now.
Both lenses replaced with multifocal ones — no glasses now. A patient of Dr. Galiyev
@dr_galiyevShe dreamed of seeing clearly — Dr. Galiyev replaced the lenses in both eyes at once (review in Kazakh)
@dr.bigeldiyevAfter lens replacement with Dr. Galiyev, a happy patient speaks for herself
@dr.bigeldiyev“Men Koremin”: Dr. Bigeldiyev spotted a security guard’s cataract in passing. Now he reads again
@dr.bigeldiyevHis children brought their father in for cataract surgery. He still has the patch on, and the family is already saying thank you
@dr.bigeldiyevFor fifteen years, a grandfather couldn’t see his wife — Dr. Bigeldiyev gave him back his sight
@dr.bigeldiyevIn his childhood, Galiyev was helped by a neighbour, an apashka. When she was refused instalment financing for her cataract surgery, he performed the operation himself
@dr.bigeldiyev“They told my mother to wait for the cataract to ripen” — Dr. Bigeldiyev explains why there’s no need to wait now
@dr.bigeldiyevCould barely see before surgery. Cataract surgery with Dr. Galiyev — a moving review in Kazakh
@dr.bigeldiyevBlogger lifeofmedet gave his mum an iPhone — and saw that her eyesight wasn’t keeping up. The second gift was surgery at RB CLINIC
@dr.bigeldiyevDr. Bigeldiyev’s team
The clinic’s founder is Rishat Bigeldiyev. Every surgeon at the clinic works under his guidance, and each holds the “Altyn Dariger” medal. Three of them replace lenses, each with their own price list: tap “Choose”, and the price of your lens appears by their photo.
Prices by the faces are for a trifocal lens, as chosen on the first screen.
Ophthalmic surgeon, founder of RB CLINIC, academician
Premium lenses and complex eyes: a toric lens for minus 20, scleral lens fixation, iris repair. Alcon awarded him a certificate as the first user of the AcrySof IQ Vivity lens.
from 500,000 ₸ per eye without the lens, with an IQ lens — from 750,000 ₸
The team handles the consultation and lens calculation; Dr. Bigeldiyev performs the surgery himself.
Ophthalmic surgeon, PhD
Cataract and lens replacement. MSc in Ophthalmology from University College London, Bolashak scholar. Implants any lens — from AcrySof SA to PanOptix and Vivity.
from 400,000 ₸ per eye, lens included
Ophthalmic surgeon: lens and retina
Lens and vitreoretinal surgery in one pair of hands: he replaces clouded and displaced lenses and treats the retina if needed. He offers the most affordable lens replacement at the clinic.
from 350,000 ₸ per eye, lens included
Surgery day: while you’re in the lobby, the surgeon is at the microscope
@dr.bigeldiyev ↗Why one operation costs 350,000 and another a million: the price is the lens
@dr.bigeldiyev ↗Tap a video — it opens right here, with sound.
Surgery day
You arrive in the morning and are heading home by lunch. The surgery itself is a small part of the day; the rest is preparation and rest. Swipe through the hours: every step has our real photo.
Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minuteStarting with the operating room
Checking in at reception, changing, drops to dilate the pupil.
The surgeon examines the eye once more and checks the lens calculation from diagnostics: half a dioptre off means the very glasses you’re trying to leave behind.
Drops instead of general anaesthesia, no stitches. Through a micro-incision the surgeon removes the old lens with ultrasound and puts in the new one.
You rest in the lobby with a patch. Around you are people who were just as nervous that morning.
The surgeon checks the eye and explains how to use the drops and what to avoid in the first few days.
A keepsake photo by the RB letters — and home. The patch comes off tomorrow.
The method is called phacoemulsification. The surgeon makes a micro-incision, breaks up the old lens with ultrasound and rinses it out, then places a soft artificial lens in its place, inside the natural capsule. It’s folded like a tube, unfolds by itself and stays in the eye for life.
A clear lens after 45 is replaced with the same operation as a cloudy one with cataract: the only difference is the reason. That’s why both operations have the same lenses and prices.
Your surgery
The price of lens replacement is above all the price of the lens. The surgeon’s work, the operating room and the lens itself are already in the total, with no extras on the day. Build your own: lens type, model and surgeon — the total calculates itself.
Prices from the surgeons’ price lists: Zhanysbayev and Galiyev — dated 15.05.2026, Bigeldiyev — dated 15.12.2025.
Kaspi Red
Kaspi instalments with no overpayment for 12 months, for any surgery; up to 24 months with Kaspi Juma. Halyk — 12 or 24 months, for cataract and laser vision correction only: the sales team will confirm Halyk’s termsVisual acuity, eye pressure, the back of the eye, visual field and lens power calculation on ALADDIN and Pentacam. This is where it’s decided which lens goes into your eye.
follow-up visit — 15,000 ₸
What eye diagnostics includeSometimes, months or years later, the capsule holding the lens clouds over. Laser clears it in a few minutes. This is done by Dr. Karibayev and Dr. Zhukeyev.
The artificial lens has clouded or shifted, whether it was put in here or at another clinic. Prices are per eye, the most affordable at the clinic, with Dr. Zhanysbayev.
| Surgery and lens | Standard eye | Complex eye |
|---|---|---|
| Monofocal AcrySof SA | 350,000 ₸ | after examination |
| AcrySof IQ · Clareon IQ · Tecnis Eyhance | 500,000 ₸ | 530,000 ₸ |
| Monofocal Zeiss Lucia 621 PY | 500,000 ₸ | 530,000 ₸ |
| Toric AcrySof IQ Toric · Clareon Toric · Eyhance Toric | 600,000 ₸ | 650,000 ₸ |
| Toric Zeiss AT TORBI | 600,000 ₸ | 650,000 ₸ |
| Extended focus (EDOF): Vivity · Clareon Vivity · Tecnis Synergy | 1,000,000 ₸ | 1,030,000 ₸ |
| EDOF Toric | 1,050,000 ₸ | 1,100,000 ₸ |
| Tecnis PureSee | 1,000,000 ₸ | 1,030,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Bausch+Lomb LuxSmart | 850,000 ₸ | 880,000 ₸ |
| LuxSmart Toric | 950,000 ₸ | 1,000,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal AcrySof IQ PanOptix · Clareon PanOptix | 900,000 ₸ | 950,000 ₸ |
| PanOptix Toric | 1,000,000 ₸ | 1,030,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Zeiss AT LISA tri 839 | 950,000 ₸ | 1,000,000 ₸ |
| Zeiss AT LISA tri toric 949 | 1,500,000 ₸ | after examination |
| RayOne Galaxy | 1,200,000 ₸ | 1,250,000 ₸ |
| RayOne Galaxy Toric | 1,300,000 ₸ | 1,350,000 ₸ |
| Clear lens replacement, lens not included | 380,000 ₸ | |
| Phacoemulsification, lens not included | 350,000 ₸ | |
| Replacing an existing lens, new lens not included | 850,000 ₸ | |
| Lens repositioning | 250,000 ₸ | |
| Secondary implantation: operated here / at another clinic | 180,000 / 460,000 ₸ |
| Surgery and lens | Standard eye | Complex eye |
|---|---|---|
| Monofocal AcrySof SA | 400,000 ₸ | after examination |
| AcrySof IQ · Clareon IQ · Tecnis Eyhance | 600,000 ₸ | 630,000 ₸ |
| Monofocal Zeiss Lucia 621 PY | 600,000 ₸ | 630,000 ₸ |
| Toric AcrySof IQ Toric · Clareon Toric · Eyhance Toric | 700,000 ₸ | 750,000 ₸ |
| Toric Zeiss AT TORBI | 700,000 ₸ | 750,000 ₸ |
| Extended focus (EDOF): Vivity · Clareon Vivity · Tecnis Synergy | 1,100,000 ₸ | 1,130,000 ₸ |
| EDOF Toric | 1,150,000 ₸ | 1,200,000 ₸ |
| Tecnis PureSee | 1,100,000 ₸ | 1,130,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Bausch+Lomb LuxSmart | 950,000 ₸ | 980,000 ₸ |
| LuxSmart Toric | 1,050,000 ₸ | 1,100,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal AcrySof IQ PanOptix · Clareon PanOptix | 1,000,000 ₸ | 1,050,000 ₸ |
| PanOptix Toric | 1,100,000 ₸ | 1,130,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Zeiss AT LISA tri 839 | 1,050,000 ₸ | 1,100,000 ₸ |
| Zeiss AT LISA tri toric 949 | 1,600,000 ₸ | after examination |
| RayOne Galaxy | 1,300,000 ₸ | 1,350,000 ₸ |
| RayOne Galaxy Toric | 1,400,000 ₸ | 1,450,000 ₸ |
| Clear lens replacement, lens not included | 480,000 ₸ | |
| Phacoemulsification, lens not included | 450,000 ₸ | |
| Replacing an existing lens, new lens not included | 950,000 ₸ | |
| Lens repositioning | 350,000 ₸ | |
| Secondary implantation: operated here / at another clinic | 280,000 / 560,000 ₸ |
| Surgery and lens | Standard eye | Complex eye |
|---|---|---|
| Monofocal AcrySof SA | — | |
| AcrySof IQ · Clareon IQ · Tecnis Eyhance | 750,000 ₸ | 1,000,000 ₸ |
| Monofocal Zeiss Lucia 621 PY | 650,000 ₸ | 700,000 ₸ |
| Toric AcrySof IQ Toric · Clareon Toric · Eyhance Toric | 900,000 ₸ | 900,000 ₸ |
| Toric Zeiss AT TORBI | 650,000 ₸ | 700,000 ₸ |
| Extended focus (EDOF): Vivity · Clareon Vivity · Tecnis Synergy | 1,250,000 ₸ | 1,400,000 ₸ |
| EDOF Toric | 1,300,000 ₸ | 1,400,000 ₸ |
| Tecnis PureSee | 1,150,000 ₸ | 1,200,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Bausch+Lomb LuxSmart | 1,100,000 ₸ | 1,200,000 ₸ |
| LuxSmart Toric | 1,200,000 ₸ | 1,250,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal AcrySof IQ PanOptix · Clareon PanOptix | 1,150,000 ₸ | 1,300,000 ₸ |
| PanOptix Toric | 1,300,000 ₸ | 1,400,000 ₸ |
| Trifocal Zeiss AT LISA tri 839 | 1,050,000 ₸ | 1,100,000 ₸ |
| Zeiss AT LISA tri toric 949 | 1,800,000 ₸ | after examination |
| RayOne Galaxy | 1,400,000 ₸ | 1,450,000 ₸ |
| RayOne Galaxy Toric | 1,800,000 ₸ | 1,850,000 ₸ |
| Clear lens replacement, lens not included | 550,000 ₸ | |
| Phacoemulsification, lens not included | 500,000 ₸ | |
| Replacing an existing lens, new lens not included | 1,100,000 ₸ | |
| Lens repositioning | 500,000 ₸ | |
| Secondary implantation: operated here / at another clinic | 700,000 ₸ |
“Complex eye” is the second column of the price list: patient over 70, high myopia, glaucoma, weak zonules, lens subluxation, adhesions. The price of surgery with a lens covers the surgeon’s work, the operating room and the lens itself. The price list is not a public offer; the exact amount is given after diagnostics.
First step
The surgeon examines the eye, the device calculates the lens, and you’re told straight which one suits your eye — or that it’s too early to replace the lens.
If it’s too early to replace the lens, we’ll say so.
More about eye diagnosticsRecovery
You don’t need a month of sick leave. For the first week you look after the eye as you would a small scratch: drops on schedule, no gym or pool. After that life goes on as normal, while your vision keeps getting sharper.
The patch stays on until morning. Vision may be blurry and the eye sensitive to light — that’s normal. A check-up in the morning.
Drops on schedule, no rubbing the eye, no water in the eye, no make-up or heavy exertion. A protective shield at night. The picture gets clearer every day.
The main healing. Most people return to normal life and moderate exercise.
Vision fully stabilises. With a multifocal lens, the brain learns to use all the focuses in this time. The surgeon does the final check.
Questions
From 350,000 ₸ per eye, lens already included: that’s the price of surgery with the AcrySof SA monofocal lens with Dr. Zhanysbayev. With an extended-focus lens — from 1,000,000 ₸, with a trifocal — from 850,000 ₸ per eye. Dr. Galiyev and Dr. Bigeldiyev have their own price lists — all prices by surgeon are in the “Lens replacement prices” section. Six months of follow-up after surgery are included in the price.
Yes, this is called clear lens replacement. It’s done when reading glasses get in the way after 45, or when your minus or plus is too high for laser. The operation is the same as for cataract, and the lens prices are the same. Whether it suits your eye, the surgeon decides at diagnostics.
Laser reshapes the cornea and corrects myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. It’s done between 18 and 45. Lens replacement changes the lens inside the eye itself: it also corrects what laser can’t — reading glasses after 45, a very high minus or plus, cataract. If you’re under 45 and your minus is moderate, take a look at the laser vision correction page.
The best one is the one that fits your day. A monofocal gives sharp distance; you keep glasses for the phone. An EDOF lens, such as AcrySof IQ Vivity, gives distance and screen, with small print sometimes in glasses. A trifocal, such as PanOptix or LuxSmart, gives distance, screen and phone — most things without glasses. With astigmatism, each has a toric version. The final lens choice is made from the calculation at diagnostics.
With trifocal lenses you may see light rings around headlights and street lamps in the evening. Extended-focus lenses have fewer, monofocals usually none. If you drive a lot in the dark, tell the surgeon before choosing the lens.
For life. A modern lens doesn’t cloud over, doesn’t wear out and never needs replacing. An eye with an artificial lens will never get cataract again.
No. The operation is done under local anaesthetic drops, with no general anaesthesia: the eye is numbed, and you’re awake. No stitches either.
No, it’s an outpatient operation: you arrive in the morning, go home the same day, and the patch comes off the next morning.
Lens replacement is one of the most common and well-established eye operations. Serious complications are rare, and the risk is lowered by diagnostics beforehand and following your instructions closely afterwards. For complex eyes, the clinic has a surgeon who operates on both the lens and the retina.
The lens itself doesn’t cloud over. But in some patients, months or years later, the capsule it sits in clouds over. Laser removes this in a few minutes, without incisions. If your surgery was done here, the laser is free in the first 3 months, and after six months it’s 40,000 ₸ instead of the usual 80,000 ₸ per eye. In between, we’ll tell you the price on WhatsApp.
Come in for diagnostics: the surgeon will find the cause — the capsule, the lens position or the lens itself. A clouded capsule is cleared by laser, a displaced lens is put back in place (from 250,000 ₸ per eye), a clouded lens is replaced (from 850,000 ₸ per eye, new lens not included).
It can go either way: sometimes one eye first and the other later, sometimes both on the same day. The surgeon decides based on your case — after diagnostics he’ll tell you the plan in advance, before you book the surgery.
Yes. Kaspi — with no overpayment, for any surgery: for 12 months, and up to 24 months with Kaspi Juma. Halyk — 12 or 24 months, for cataract and laser vision correction only; the sales team will confirm Halyk’s terms.
Documents
Documents of the clinic’s founder, Dr. Bigeldiyev: Alcon recognised him as the first user of the Vivity lens, a phacoemulsification course, and congresses of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). Tap to open full size.
