Geoffrey Tabin, MD
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist · Stanford, CANPI 1912097544
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 39 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $723 and has fallen 71.4% since, to $207 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cornea and external diseases specialist clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $4,024.
Across 39 payments — averaging $85.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$2K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$458
- Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$319
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$242
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$184
- Novartis$125
- plus $184 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,334100%
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 | 21 | $1,823 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 4 | $458 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $319 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2 | $242 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Novartis | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
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.
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$390
- Clareon$386
- XDEMVY$241
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$144
- ARGOS$141
- XIPERE$139
- VYZULTA$139
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$136
- LUMERA 700$125
- XIIDRA$125
- ARTEVO 800$124
- Centurion$122
How this compares
$3,334 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 50 cornea and external diseases specialist providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 11 | $2,873 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $2,546 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 45 | $1,829 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 79 | $959 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $868 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 11 | $568 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $62 | $2,87311 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 50 cornea and external diseases specialist providers in California.
Other cornea and external diseases specialist in Stanford
- Edward MancheStanford$78K
- Charles LinStanford$5K
- David MyungStanford$4K
- Charles YuStanford$2K
- Jennifer Rose-NussbaumerStanford$2K
- Bethlehem MekonnenStanford$1K
- Sumit GargIrvine$808K
- Jillian ChongBeverly Hills$113K
- Tyson KimSan Francisco$91K
- Michael SavetskyCulver City$63K
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.