Nathan Lighthizer
Optometrist · Tahlequah, OKNPI 1366671497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.1%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.5%. Among optometrist clinicians in OK 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 997 payments — averaging $1025.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lumenis BE Inc$159K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$132K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$110K
- LKC Technologies, Inc.$94K
- Optovue, Inc.$81K
- Alcon$54K
- plus $392K from 26 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $5900.00 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.
- Nidek CO., LTD.$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$262,04826%
- Speaking & faculty fees$471,81746%
- Grants$18,0752%
- Travel & lodging$61,2976%
- Food & beverage$203,80420%
- Other$5,6851%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumenis BE Inc | 3 | $158,753 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 163 | $131,919 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 137 | $110,289 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 72 | $93,803 |
| Optovue, Inc. | 5 | $81,327 |
| Alcon | 77 | $54,476 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 83 | $53,590 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 79 | $53,047 |
| Reichert, Inc. | 37 | $46,575 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 53 | $42,831 |
| Lumibird Medical Inc. | 24 | $40,721 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 19 | $34,984 |
| Novartis | 61 | $33,642 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 47 | $18,837 |
| Visionix USA, Inc | 4 | $18,000 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 49 | $16,670 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 17 | $12,420 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 11 | $6,922 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 3 | $3,000 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 9 | $2,788 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 14 | $1,805 |
| Maculogix, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Amgen | 7 | $1,174 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $975 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 3 | $939 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 2 | $744 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 5 | $533 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $214 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Quidel Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 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.
- optilight$158,753
- CEQUA$128,039
- XIIDRA$128,038
- MIEBO$99,513
- TRYPTYR$68,476
- AngioVue$53,700
- XDEMVY$41,679
- Tango-R SLT/YAG Combination Laser with Reflex Technology$30,711
- Solix$27,460
- TEARCARE SYSTEM$25,472
- OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY HOCT-1F$18,000
- TYRVAYA$12,239
- DURYSTA$8,822
- TearCare$8,490
- OMNI$8,056
- TANGO OPTIMO$7,608
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$7,500
- TONO-VERA TONOMETER US STARTER KIT HUMAN RECHARGABLE$4,500
- Hydrus Microstent$3,067
- Oxervate$2,912
How this compares
$1,022,726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 714 optometrist providers in Oklahoma.
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.
Other optometrist in Tahlequah
- Jeff MillerTahlequah$67K
- Charles WhittleTahlequah$28K
- Latricia PackTahlequah$25K
- Cindy ShanTahlequah$16K
- Jenna LighthizerTahlequah$14K
- Aubry TackettTahlequah$12K
- Charles RonanTahlequah$9K
- Ryan SwindellTahlequah$7K
- Andrea LasbyTahlequah$6K
- Selina McGeeEdmond$1.1M
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.