David Eldred
Optometrist · Cheyenne, WYNPI 1407812027
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.4%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Alcon accounts for 94.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $90,346 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $23 in 2025. Among optometrist clinicians in WY 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 480 payments — averaging $369.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$168K
- Alcon Research LLC$9K
- Topcon Healthcare, Inc.$103
- Maculogix, Inc.$95
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$94
- AbbVie$24
- plus $54 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90,97851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,04215%
- Travel & lodging$48,91328%
- Food & beverage$11,2236%
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 | 452 | $167,824 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 16 | $8,961 |
| Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, 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.
- DAILIES$88,875
- AIR OPTIX$27,588
- Precision 1$17,986
- DAILIES TOTAL1$16,889
- AIR OPTIX Aqua$9,963
- TOTAL30$4,955
- ILUX$3,705
How this compares
$177,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 optometrist providers in Wyoming.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 18 | $922 |
| Latanoprost | 30 | $424 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Cheyenne
- Mark WellsCheyenne$251K
- Joseph MunsellCheyenne$5K
- Shelby ZemskiCheyenne$3K
- David BisbeeCheyenne$3K
- Jacee CottonCheyenne$2K
- Jessica AlbersCheyenne$1K
- Martin CarrollCheyenne$1K
- Taylor BowmanCheyenne$1K
- Tiffany SilverCheyenne$739
- Sarah SipeCheyenne$549
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.