David Bauer
Optometrist · Billings, MTNPI 1407807068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Glaukos Corporation at 57.4% of the total. Among optometrist clinicians in MT 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 35 payments — averaging $109.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Glaukos Corporation$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$121
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$92
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$29
- Optos, Inc.$24
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00052%
- Travel & lodging$71919%
- Food & beverage$1,12229%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaukos Corporation | 7 | $2,205 |
| Alcon | 19 | $1,358 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$3,841 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 184 optometrist providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclosporine | 11 | $5,904 |
| Latanoprost | 92 | $646 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 14 | $452 |
| Timolol Maleate | 30 | $214 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Billings
- Amanda HaberBillings$2K
- Tom FelstetBillings$2K
- Blair GerrattBillings$2K
- Robyn Clausen BauerBillings$2K
- Sarah HillBillings$2K
- Brian LindeBillings$1K
- Shawn LebsockBillings$1K
- Brad KimballBillings$1K
- Jessica FerrisBillings$1K
- Joseph SteinerBillings$1K
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.