Cary Herzberg
Vision Therapy · Aurora, ILNPI 1851438048
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $51,304 and has fallen 75.3% since, to $12,676 in 2024.
Across 220 payments — averaging $401.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$88K
- Coopervision Inc.$645
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$37
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$31
- Shire North American Group Inc$12
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,23033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,42744%
- Travel & lodging$15,59418%
- Food & beverage$4,9806%
- Gifts$370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 210 | $87,544 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 6 | $645 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $37 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Shire North American Group 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.
- Acuvue$79,594
- MiSight Contact Lens$396
How this compares
Too few vision therapy providers in Illinoisto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other vision therapy in Aurora
- Ryan EdwardsAurora$553
- Stephanie JohnsonChicago$2K
- Mark TakesuyeChicago$1K
- Sarah El-KhazendarDowners Grove$543
- Lindsey StullNaperville$518
- Vasana LerdvorataveeMontgomery$400
- Alicia WongWestmont$289
- Michael DestefanoArlington Heights$221
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.