Erik Chotiner, MD
Ophthalmology · Harrisburg, PANPI 1023068475
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 91 payments — averaging $32.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$836
- AbbVie$736
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$304
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$162
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$142
- Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$125
- plus $660 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,94799%
- Gifts$171%
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 | 24 | $836 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 32 | $736 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 5 | $304 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Rxsight Inc | 3 | $94 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 2 | $41 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Clareon$248
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$235
- CEQUA$125
- INVELTYS$123
- EYSUVIS$123
- DURYSTA$108
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$103
How this compares
$2,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 920 ophthalmology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 116 | $156,425 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 141 | $107,076 |
| Cyclosporine | 49 | $37,711 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 56 | $37,344 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 218 | $33,413 |
| Latanoprost | 1,523 | $27,467 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 510 | $26,088 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 12 | $18,388 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 16 | $17,678 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 48 | $16,547 |
| Travoprost | 60 | $16,102 |
| Timolol Maleate | 660 | $10,138 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 29 | $8,626 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 20 | $8,122 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 320 | $6,786 |
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, Combigan | $736 | $272,127286 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $18 | $55,02172 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $98 | $18,38812 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $836 | $8,12220 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 65th percentile of 920 ophthalmology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other ophthalmology in Harrisburg
- David AlmeidaErie$6.3M
- William ChristieCranberry Township$5.2M
- Carl RegilloPlymouth Meeting$3.2M
- Erik KrugerKingston$3M
- Sunir GargPlymouth Meeting$2M
- Allen ChiangPlymouth Meeting$1.6M
- Julia HallerPhiladelphia$1.5M
- Mitchell FinemanPlymouth Meeting$1.3M
- Allen HoPlymouth Meeting$1.3M
- Brandon AyresBala Cynwyd$1.3M
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.