Justin Etzel, MD
Ophthalmology · Eugene, ORNPI 1588168488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $5,503 of the $6,255 with a category attached, or 88.0%. Carl Zeiss Meditec Digital Innovations LLC accounts for 88.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,726 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $167 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in OR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 12 payments — averaging $521.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec Digital Innovations LLC$6K
- Alcon$381
- Amgen$106
- Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.$94
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$73
- Rxsight Inc$73
- plus $25 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$75212%
- Other$5,50388%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec Digital Innovations LLC | 1 | $5,503 |
| Alcon | 5 | $381 |
| Amgen | 1 | $106 |
| Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $73 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- VERACITY SURGICAL$5,503
- Precision 1$125
- TEPEZZA$106
- Clareon$106
- Hydrus Microstent$101
How this compares
$6,255 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 248 ophthalmology providers in Oregon.
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 | 21 | $15,212 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 88 | $4,356 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 11 | $3,535 |
| Latanoprost | 286 | $3,273 |
| Fluorometholone | 31 | $2,532 |
| Timolol Maleate | 77 | $921 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 60 | $846 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 13 | $758 |
| Ofloxacin | 42 | $744 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 55 | $639 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 20 | $608 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 30 | $427 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 35 | $381 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 11 | $177 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Eugene
- Balamurali AmbatiEugene$19K
- Richard HoffmanEugene$17K
- Eric NiespodzonyEugene$10K
- Jason GrossEugene$6K
- John HainesEugene$6K
- Joseph MandoEugene$4K
- Shelley JelineoEugene$4K
- Robert BeardsleyEugene$4K
- Kent KarrenEugene$4K
- Brian WalkerEugene$4K
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.