Cataract surgery with the Rayner RayOne Trifocal IOL costs £4,300 per eye all-inclusive at our partner clinics in 2026 — covering the consultant surgeon, biometry, theatre, the lens, drops and follow-up reviews. The RayOne Trifocal is a diffractive trifocal lens from Rayner, the UK company that made the world's first intraocular lens, and is designed to give useful vision at near, intermediate and distance so most patients need glasses rarely or not at all.
RayOne Trifocal price and what's included
The RayOne Trifocal sits in our multifocal tier at £4,300 per eye, all-inclusive:
- Consultant cataract surgeon & theatre
- Biometry & pre-operative assessment
- The RayOne Trifocal lens (toric version available for astigmatism)
- Post-operative drops
- 1-week & 4-week reviews
Compare the wider lens market on our trifocal IOL cost guide, or see the full cataract surgery price list. 0% finance and insurance options are covered on our finance page.
About the RayOne Trifocal lens
Rayner is the only manufacturer of intraocular lenses in the UK — based in Worthing, West Sussex, and the company behind the world's first IOL implant in 1949. The RayOne Trifocal is its flagship presbyopia-correcting lens, delivered through the fully preloaded RayOne injection system so the lens is never handled before it enters the eye, and implanted through a small self-sealing incision.
Its diffractive optic splits incoming light into three focal points — distance (driving, television), intermediate (dashboards, computer screens) and near (reading, phones). The hydrophilic acrylic material and design are engineered for stable centration in the capsular bag and efficient use of available light across all three distances.
What vision can I expect?
Most patients with healthy eyes achieve spectacle independence for the large majority of daily tasks — driving, screens and normal-print reading — with glasses at most for prolonged fine work in dim light. As with every diffractive trifocal, some halos and glare around lights at night are expected early on and fade for most patients as the brain adapts over three to six months.
Trifocals demand healthy eyes: significant macular disease, advanced glaucoma or irregular corneas usually make a monofocal or EDOF lens the safer recommendation — that assessment is exactly what your biometry consultation is for.
Wondering if a trifocal suits your eyes? Biometry and a consultant assessment give you a definitive answer — and a fixed all-inclusive price.
Request a consultationRayOne Trifocal vs the alternatives
- Other trifocals — the Zeiss AT LISA tri and FineVision Triumf offer similar three-point vision with different optical designs; your surgeon will recommend the platform that best fits your measurements.
- EDOF lenses — fewer night-vision side effects but weaker unaided near vision; Rayner's own Galaxy spiral EDOF and our guide trifocal vs EDOF — which is better? explain the trade-off.
- Enhanced monovision — the RayOne EMV blends the two eyes for depth of focus without diffractive rings.
- Already had cataract surgery? The Sulcoflex Trifocal supplementary lens can add trifocality on top of an existing monofocal implant.
The surgery itself
Implanting a RayOne Trifocal is standard modern cataract surgery: 15–25 minutes per eye as a day case under anaesthetic drops. The cloudy lens is removed by phacoemulsification through a self-sealing incision and the preloaded RayOne injector delivers the trifocal lens into the capsular bag, where it unfolds and centres. Both eyes are usually treated within a week of each other — trifocals work best when both eyes are done. The full procedure and recovery are described on our cataract surgery page; the same lens is also used in refractive lens exchange for patients without cataract.