Pejman Bakhtiary, MD
Ophthalmology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1174938062
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $59.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$2K
- Alcon$1K
- Nova Eye, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$627
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$428
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,95023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$390%
- Food & beverage$6,45576%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 1 | $1,950 |
| Alcon | 30 | $1,185 |
| Nova Eye, Inc. | 2 | $1,052 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $1,031 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 12 | $627 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 11 | $428 |
| Rxsight Inc | 4 | $380 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 4 | $281 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $268 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $179 |
| Novartis | 4 | $168 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 4 | $122 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $109 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $102 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $34 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ivantis, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Rhopressa$352
- Rocklatan$352
- Tecnis IOL$263
- Hydrus Microstent$155
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$129
- XIIDRA$125
- DURYSTA$125
- Clareon$121
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$119
- Tecnis Simplicity$117
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$113
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$113
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$113
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$113
- RXSIGHT LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (RXLAL)$113
- LUMIGAN$105
- VYZULTA$100
How this compares
$8,444 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RestasisCyclosporine | 104 | $85,880 |
| Cyclosporine | 112 | $59,469 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 164 | $56,834 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 1,225 | $45,910 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 95 | $42,572 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 34 | $29,466 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 127 | $21,913 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 43 | $16,183 |
| Latanoprost | 1,456 | $13,139 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 15 | $9,472 |
| Ofloxacin | 737 | $9,136 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 422 | $9,013 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 19 | $6,075 |
| Timolol Maleate | 452 | $5,512 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 378 | $4,829 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRestasis, Lumigan, Combigan | $1,031 | $134,527218 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $268 | $73,017207 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $102 | $29,46634 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza | $1,185 | $2,42512 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCLoteprednol Etabonate | $100 | $1,83811 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 80th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
Other ophthalmology in Los Angeles
- Steven JacobsonLos Angeles$4.7M
- David BoyerLos Angeles$4M
- Firas RahhalLos Angeles$1.2M
- Nicole FramLos Angeles$1.2M
- Andrew MoshfeghiLos Angeles$1M
- Pradeep PrasadLos Angeles$901K
- Barry SeibelLos Angeles$835K
- David LiaoLos Angeles$722K
- Nisha AcharyaSan Francisco$33M
- David WirtaNewport Beach$18.4M
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.