Mark Sczepanski, MD
Ophthalmology · Grand Forks, NDNPI 1295731040
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $168 of the $225 with a category attached, or 74.6%. Alcon accounts for 72.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $164 and has fallen 90.2% since, to $16 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in ND, where the typical reported total is $449.
Across 5 payments — averaging $45.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$164
- AbbVie$45
- Glaukos Corporation$16
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$125%
- Food & beverage$16875%
- Gifts$4520%
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 | 3 | $164 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $45 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$225 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 41 ophthalmology providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 104 | $31,892 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 378 | $23,171 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 49 | $18,365 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 22 | $9,942 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 30 | $7,361 |
| AzoptBrinzolamide | 16 | $6,191 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 388 | $5,855 |
| Latanoprost | 404 | $5,759 |
| Ofloxacin | 358 | $5,446 |
| Brinzolamide | 13 | $4,058 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 189 | $3,918 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 91 | $3,659 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 16 | $3,239 |
| Timolol Maleate | 111 | $2,040 |
| Travoprost | 11 | $1,857 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan | $45 | $39,253134 claims |
| AlconAzopt | $164 | $6,19116 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 35th percentile of 41 ophthalmology providers in North Dakota.
Other ophthalmology in Grand Forks
- Landon KarrenGrand Forks$2K
- Christian KhairallahGrand Forks$0
- Michael GreenwoodWest Fargo$500K
- Lance BergstromFargo$10K
- Jennifer OlbumFargo$8K
- Michelle AtchisonFargo$3K
- Anne KeatingFargo$3K
- Craig MasonFargo$3K
- Robert GokeyMinot$3K
- Thomas StrindenFargo$3K
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.