Chetan Soni, MD
Ophthalmology · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1598876526
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,950 of the $2,005 with a category attached, or 97.3%. GSK accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2021 is the largest year on record at $1,950, more than ten times the $36 reported in 2019.
Across 3 payments — averaging $668.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$2K
- Alcon$36
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$19
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,95097%
- Food & beverage$362%
- Gifts$191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 1 | $1,950 |
| Alcon | 1 | $36 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$2,005 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 125 ophthalmology providers in Arkansas.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 507 | $12,556 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 486 | $12,523 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 514 | $9,100 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 12 | $5,190 |
| Latanoprost | 460 | $4,795 |
| Travoprost | 39 | $4,429 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 30 | $2,385 |
| Difluprednate | 11 | $1,464 |
| Timolol Maleate | 154 | $1,332 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 52 | $726 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 16 | $322 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Fort Smith
- Claire PriceFort Smith$3K
- Blake GerenFort Smith$3K
- Christopher RodriguezFort Smith$2K
- Christopher GreerFort Smith$2K
- Randy EnnenFort Smith$1K
- Daniel SinesRogers$81K
- Mike McFarlandPine Bluff$63K
- Jennifer DoyleLittle Rock$38K
- James LinderMarion$18K
- Matthew MargolisJonesboro$17K
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.