Elda Aghaian, MD
Ophthalmology · Newport Beach, CANPI 1356542682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $717 of the $1,165 with a category attached, or 61.6%. Notal Vision, Inc. accounts for 61.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $785 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $34 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,218.
Across 23 payments — averaging $50.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Notal Vision, Inc.$717
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$103
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$82
- Novartis$70
- Alimera Sciences, Inc.$53
- AbbVie$37
- plus $103 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$71762%
- Food & beverage$44838%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 2 | $717 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $103 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Novartis | 3 | $70 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $37 |
| Alcon | 2 | $33 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$1,165 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclosporine | 83 | $27,410 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 31 | $22,662 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 19 | $17,584 |
| Latanoprost | 39 | $405 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 13 | $224 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 17 | $144 |
| Timolol Maleate | 16 | $135 |
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 | $37 | $22,66231 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $82 | $17,58419 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 45th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Newport Beach
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
- Ehsan SadriNewport Beach$255K
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Savak TeymoorianLaguna Hills$955K
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.