Bao-Tran Nguyen
Optometrist · Houston, TXNPI 1629114798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.4% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 26.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,927, more than ten times the $375 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 93 payments — averaging $103.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$3K
- Lumenis BE Inc$2K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$787
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$698
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$518
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$473
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7027%
- Food & beverage$8,67390%
- Gifts$160%
- Entertainment$2042%
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 | 26 | $2,549 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $1,764 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $787 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 14 | $698 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $518 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $473 |
| Optos, Inc. | 9 | $364 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $359 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $242 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $242 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| ABB Con-cise Optical Group LLC | 3 | $183 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $122 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $122 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lombart Brothers, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- optilight$1,764
- AIR OPTIX$1,062
- Dailies Aqua Comfort Plus$1,062
- DAILIES TOTAL1 Multifocal$1,062
- Precision 1$717
- CEQUA$591
- Precision7$443
- Acuvue$420
- Oxervate$359
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$272
- DEXTENZA$250
- MIEBO$245
- XIIDRA$245
- XDEMVY$242
- TOTAL30$223
- TearCare SmartLid$145
- TEARCARE(TM) (2.2) SYSTEM KIT$145
- ULTOMIRIS$122
- TYRVAYA$121
- INFUSE$121
How this compares
$9,595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,315 optometrist providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other optometrist in Houston
- Claudio LagunasHouston$644K
- Ashley Wallace-TuckerHouston$547K
- Bridgitte LeeHouston$222K
- Phillip BrunsonHouston$214K
- Maria WalkerHouston$128K
- Seema NandaHouston$87K
- Danica MarrelliHouston$87K
- Richard BakerHouston$78K
- Karen LeeHouston$71K
- Nishi MehdirattaHouston$45K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.