John Thordsen, MD
Retina Specialist · Raleigh, NCNPI 1073659769
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (51.1%), ownership interests and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. US Retina LLC accounts for 88.0% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $21,853 and has fallen 90.9% since, to $1,994 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $422.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- US Retina LLC$29K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$576
- Genentech USA, Inc.$443
- AbbVie$365
- Novartis$313
- plus $601 from 8 others
Across 1,481 payments — averaging $1718.97 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.
- Regeneron$2.4M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$108K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$32K
- Eyepoint US, Inc.$27K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$16K
- Genentech, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,6005%
- Food & beverage$2,2787%
- Gifts$190%
- Ownership interest$11,98637%
- Other$16,62951%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| US Retina LLC | 7 | $28,615 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $576 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 22 | $443 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $365 |
| Novartis | 6 | $313 |
| Alcon | 1 | $130 |
| Biogen | 2 | $115 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $111 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $99 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
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.
- EYLEA HD$232
- Lucentis$146
- VABYSMO$146
- EYLEA$131
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$130
How this compares
$32,513 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 34 retina specialist providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 57 | $2,258 |
| Latanoprost | 90 | $934 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 23 | $738 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 70 | $681 |
| Timolol Maleate | 33 | $426 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 21 | $289 |
| Tobramycin | 38 | $159 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other retina specialist in Raleigh
- Daniel BennettRaleigh$126K
- Raynor CaseyRaleigh$34K
- Sachin MudvariRaleigh$33K
- John DennyRaleigh$31K
- Rebecca ManningRaleigh$9K
- Laura SnyderRaleigh$5K
- Lekha DesaiRaleigh$3K
- Brian LehpamerRaleigh$3K
- Eugene MilderRaleigh$2K
- Lisa FogelRaleigh$2K
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.