Edward Mintz, MD
Ophthalmology · Lexington, SCNPI 1629030283
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 104 payments — averaging $21.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$880
- Novartis$373
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$176
- AbbVie$133
- Glaukos Corporation$125
- Amgen$86
- plus $452 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,225100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 41 | $880 |
| Novartis | 16 | $373 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $176 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $133 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $86 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 3 | $77 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $35 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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$136
How this compares
$2,225 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 293 ophthalmology providers in South Carolina.
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 | 92 | $56,521 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 33 | $35,472 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 83 | $35,404 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 16 | $25,020 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 12 | $15,127 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 42 | $14,431 |
| Bromfenac Sodium | 60 | $12,236 |
| Travoprost | 59 | $11,298 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 20 | $10,802 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 42 | $10,176 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 26 | $9,376 |
| Latanoprost | 711 | $8,041 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 267 | $7,732 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 102 | $5,723 |
| Brinzolamide | 23 | $4,083 |
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, Lumigan | $133 | $70,876116 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra, Vyzulta | $37 | $25,92932 claims |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.Tyrvaya | $25 | $25,02016 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa, Loteprednol Etabonate | $21 | $16,11954 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $880 | $10,17642 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rocklatan | $76 | $9,37626 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 50th percentile of 293 ophthalmology providers in South Carolina.
Other ophthalmology in Lexington
- Kunal KanitkarLexington$83K
- John WellsWest Columbia$7.1M
- William ClarkWest Columbia$6.2M
- Daniel AlfaroCharleston$4.6M
- Kerry SolomonMt Pleasant$4.6M
- Eric JablonCharleston$1.2M
- George WaringMt Pleasant$1M
- John KerrisonCharleston$975K
- Karolinne RochaCharleston$799K
- John PayneWest Columbia$574K
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.