Peter Rhee, MD
Ophthalmology · Waterloo, IANPI 1730280421
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 16 payments — averaging $156.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- US Retina LLC$2K
- Alcon$49
- Amgen$35
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$19
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1044%
- Ownership interest$2,40396%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| US Retina LLC | 11 | $2,403 |
| Alcon | 3 | $49 |
| Amgen | 1 | $35 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$2,507 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 172 ophthalmology providers in Iowa.
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 | 125 | $92,419 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 183 | $80,514 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 34 | $16,354 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 22 | $16,340 |
| Cyclosporine | 36 | $11,839 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 307 | $11,223 |
| TyrvayaVarenicline Tartrate | 11 | $7,333 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 20 | $6,746 |
| ProlensaBromfenac Sodium | 15 | $5,122 |
| Loteprednol Etabonate | 32 | $4,703 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 23 | $3,687 |
| Latanoprost | 300 | $3,607 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 211 | $3,124 |
| Brinzolamide | 18 | $3,108 |
| Fluorometholone | 42 | $2,732 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Waterloo
- Richard MauerWaterloo$10K
- Benjamin MasonWaterloo$3K
- James FolkIowa City$5.1M
- Jared NielsenWest Des Moines$3.1M
- Michael AbramoffIowa City$1.9M
- Jason JonesSioux City$1.9M
- Stephen RussellIowa City$1.8M
- Matthew RauenWest Des Moines$756K
- Edward HuHiawatha$581K
- Alina DumitrescuIowa City$264K
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.