Maxwell Wingelaar, MD
Ophthalmology · Wausau, WINPI 1477083194
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,268 of the $11,228 with a category attached, or 73.6%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron at 50.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,293, more than ten times the $704 reported in 2021. Among ophthalmology clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 50 payments — averaging $224.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron$6K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$515
- Alcon$401
- Genentech USA, Inc.$298
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$189
- plus $683 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,26874%
- Travel & lodging$2722%
- Food & beverage$2,68824%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron | 10 | $5,678 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $3,465 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $515 |
| Alcon | 1 | $401 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $298 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 4 | $189 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $182 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $111 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $90 |
| Biogen | 2 | $57 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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$5,560
- XIPERE$3,306
- EYLEA$239
- VABYSMO$122
- ACTHAR$120
- STELLARIS$116
- Bausch + Lomb$116
- OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS$116
- VISUDYNE$110
How this compares
$11,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 ophthalmology providers in Wisconsin.
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 | 158 | $4,393 |
| Lotemax SmLoteprednol Etabonate | 17 | $4,302 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 113 | $2,447 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 93 | $1,988 |
| Difluprednate | 17 | $1,935 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 14 | $692 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 77 | $593 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 29 | $509 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 48 | $494 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 42 | $450 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 12 | $388 |
| Ofloxacin | 12 | $151 |
| Latanoprost | 17 | $111 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $110 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $13 |
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, LLCLotemax Sm | $182 | $4,30217 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 95th percentile of 337 ophthalmology providers in Wisconsin.
Other ophthalmology in Wausau
- Deepak SambharaWausau$388K
- Susan KsiazekWausau$5K
- John FlatterWausau$3K
- Inder SinghRacine$2.5M
- John VukichWauwatosa$356K
- Eugene EldridgeKenosha$294K
- Michael ShapiroMadison$71K
- Douglas SalmAppleton$38K
- Julia AgapovMadison$26K
- Thomas HarveyChippewa Falls$23K
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.