Deborah Ristvedt, DO
Ophthalmology · Alexandria, MNNPI 1871881656
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $332,375 of the $391,591 with a category attached, or 84.9%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Beaver-visitec International, Inc. at 39.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $187,723, more than ten times the $17,037 reported in 2019. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MN 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 292 payments — averaging $1341.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$154K
- Glaukos Corporation$82K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$53K
- Rxsight Inc$51K
- AbbVie$28K
- Alcon$10K
- plus $15K from 17 others
Across 292 payments — averaging $3795.11 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Rxsight Inc$571K
- Glaukos Corporation$268K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$238K
- Alcon Research LLC$12K
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$10K
- AbbVie$9K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$332,37585%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,85512%
- Travel & lodging$4,0671%
- Food & beverage$6,2502%
- Gifts$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 2 | $153,617 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 76 | $81,854 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 59 | $52,802 |
| Rxsight Inc | 14 | $50,506 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $27,993 |
| Alcon | 55 | $9,626 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $5,743 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 5 | $3,958 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $1,588 |
| Novartis | 4 | $1,296 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 1 | $1,050 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $975 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 3 | $76 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| The Cameron-ehlen Group, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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.
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$50,294
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$50,294
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$50,294
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$50,294
- RXSIGHT LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (RXLAL)$47,947
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$26,979
- OMNI$24,875
- iDose$20,255
- XEN$15,089
- iStent inject W$12,165
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$6,500
- Travoprost Intraocular Implant - iDose$6,438
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$6,400
- One Series Ultra$5,700
- Tecnis IOL$5,700
- LIPIFLOW SYSTEM ACTIVATOR (DISPOSABLE)$5,700
- Voyager DSLT$5,000
- SION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT$4,875
- DURYSTA$4,200
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$4,000
How this compares
$391,592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 330 ophthalmology providers in Minnesota.
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 | 373 | $19,076 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 11 | $14,498 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 326 | $6,421 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 389 | $4,896 |
| Ofloxacin | 333 | $4,220 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $602 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 14 | $305 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 208 | $214 |
| Cephalexin | 32 | $136 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis | $27,993 | $14,49811 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 95th percentile of 330 ophthalmology providers in Minnesota.
Other ophthalmology in Alexandria
- Edwin RyanMinneapolis$9.6M
- Mark LobanoffSt Louis Park$6.3M
- Richard LindstromBloomington$5.6M
- Thomas SamuelsonMinnetonka$435K
- Yun-Sen ChuBloomington$222K
- Sophie BakriRochester$183K
- David HardtenMinneapolis$119K
- John ChenRochester$82K
- Christine LarsenBloomington$70K
- Sandra MontezumaMinneapolis$48K
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.