Christopher Gualtieri, MD
Ophthalmology · San Diego, CANPI 1790769156
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 107 payments — averaging $46.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Alcon$730
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$537
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$443
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$440
- Glaukos Corporation$251
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,989100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $1,028 |
| Alcon | 15 | $730 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 12 | $537 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $443 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $440 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $251 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $201 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 3 | $200 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 3 | $66 |
| Heru, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $54 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $45 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $25 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- VUITY$365
- INVELTYS$261
- MIEBO$249
- Tecnis IOL$240
- XIIDRA$233
- Rocklatan$229
- Rhopressa$229
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$139
- EYSUVIS$136
- Oxervate$133
- OZURDEX$125
- DURYSTA$125
- Prokera$125
- AmnioGraft$125
- AmnioGuard$125
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$124
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$124
- LUMIGAN$124
- Clareon$124
- LOTEMAX SM$120
How this compares
$4,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 64 | $28,561 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 15 | $23,469 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 15 | $21,102 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 24 | $9,184 |
| Travoprost | 36 | $8,411 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 25 | $5,524 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 30 | $4,577 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 128 | $3,740 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 26 | $3,686 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 11 | $3,387 |
| Brinzolamide | 21 | $2,556 |
| Timolol Maleate | 35 | $2,498 |
| Latanoprost | 160 | $2,142 |
| Fluorometholone | 20 | $1,367 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 55 | $924 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis, Combigan | $1,028 | $57,554104 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $249 | $30,28639 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in San Diego
- William FreemanSan Diego$997K
- Eric NudlemanSan Diego$752K
- Robert WeinrebSan Diego$660K
- Nisha AcharyaSan Francisco$33M
- David WirtaNewport Beach$18.4M
- Michael IpPasadena$10.2M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$9.7M
- Sherif El HaraziGlendale$9.2M
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Nikolas Londonla Jolla$6.1M
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.