Mehran Taban, MD
Ophthalmology · Torrance, CANPI 1497943914
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 276 payments — averaging $3237.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$607K
- Genentech, Inc.$216K
- Regeneron$63K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$3K
- Alcon$2K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$485
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9903.67 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.
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,37029%
- Food & beverage$5,08163%
- Gifts$390%
- Entertainment$1732%
- Other$4506%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 66 | $607,455 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 17 | $215,934 |
| Regeneron | 46 | $62,669 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 21 | $2,878 |
| Alcon | 26 | $1,940 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 18 | $485 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $452 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $243 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 3 | $187 |
| Optos, Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $166 |
| Novartis | 5 | $113 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Samsara Vision | 2 | $100 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $76 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Biogen | 2 | $32 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $32 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Akorn, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Lumibird Medical Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
How this compares
$893,452 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
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 | 91 | $49,118 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 1,413 | $23,089 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 290 | $10,664 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 11 | $9,397 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 186 | $9,371 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 46 | $8,936 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 502 | $7,155 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 99 | $6,358 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 15 | $6,043 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 36 | $5,967 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 13 | $5,035 |
| Latanoprost | 343 | $3,965 |
| Brinzolamide | 18 | $2,943 |
| Timolol Maleate | 253 | $2,843 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 12 | $2,842 |
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, Restasis, Alphagan P | $452 | $64,558117 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $1,940 | $8,93646 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa | $39 | $5,03513 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $71 | $2,84212 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 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Torrance
- Damien GoldbergTorrance$4.1M
- Nisha AcharyaSan Francisco$33M
- David WirtaNewport Beach$18.4M
- Michael IpPasadena$10.2M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$9.7M
- Sherif El HaraziGlendale$9.2M
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Nikolas Londonla Jolla$6.1M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Steven JacobsonLos Angeles$4.7M
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.