Aynn Upton
Optometrist · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1487611190
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,641 and has fallen 73.5% since, to $699 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 204 payments — averaging $31.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$4K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$495
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$242
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$216
- Coopervision Inc.$163
- Optos, Inc.$139
- plus $618 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50024%
- Travel & lodging$97515%
- Food & beverage$3,73159%
- Entertainment$1392%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 156 | $4,471 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 8 | $495 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 14 | $242 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $216 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 4 | $163 |
| Optos, Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $126 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $119 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $99 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- DAILIES TOTAL1 Multifocal$2,308
- DAILIES TOTAL1$1,500
- AIR OPTIX$1,308
- Dailies Aqua Comfort Plus$1,308
- Precision 1$1,215
- TOTAL30$1,000
- INFUSE$212
- VUITY$124
- MIEBO$122
- XIIDRA$122
- XDEMVY$122
- Photrexa Viscous and Photrexa$119
- Multiple Brands Contact Lens$110
- Precision7$109
How this compares
$6,345 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,315 optometrist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 12 | $447 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Corpus Christi
- John McIntyreCorpus Christi$73K
- Edward GarzaCorpus Christi$25K
- Derek CunninghamAustin$940K
- Claudio LagunasHouston$644K
- Ashley Wallace-TuckerHouston$547K
- Luis RojasMcKinney$309K
- Emile FadelAustin$225K
- Bridgitte LeeHouston$222K
- Phillip BrunsonHouston$214K
- Jill AutryBellaire$171K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.