Robert Applebaum, MD
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Lakeland, FLNPI 1700175304
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $26,980 of the $39,405 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Amgen accounts for 90.6% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,038 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $1,282 in 2025.
Across 221 payments — averaging $178.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$36K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$686
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$553
- Coopervision Inc.$306
- Dompe US, Inc.$228
- AbbVie$190
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,82510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,98068%
- Travel & lodging$1,6514%
- Food & beverage$6,93918%
- Education$100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 111 | $35,681 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 28 | $686 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $553 |
| Coopervision Inc. | 5 | $306 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 5 | $228 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $190 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Alcon | 7 | $147 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $125 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $122 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TEPEZZA$33,242
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$142
- Kahook Dual Blade$142
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$127
- MIEBO$124
- XIIDRA$124
- STRATAFIX$122
- Oxervate$117
- MyDay Contact Lens$108
- OMNI$100
How this compares
$39,405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 37 ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Florida.
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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 | 22 | $30,920 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 405 | $3,906 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 64 | $1,945 |
| Fluorometholone | 25 | $1,771 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 132 | $1,312 |
| Methylprednisolone | 51 | $373 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $202 |
| Latanoprost | 17 | $168 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $80 |
| Azithromycin | 21 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $58 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $57 |
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 | $190 | $30,92022 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 37 ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Florida.
Other ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Lakeland
- John FezzaVenice$3.6M
- Wendy LeeMiami$616K
- Jennifer MurdockMiami$316K
- Ana VictoriaMiami$130K
- Keshini ParbhuWindermere$102K
- Sara WesterMiami$78K
- Yasaman MohadjerSt Petersburg$6K
- William MackTampa$5K
- Gil EpsteinPlantation$5K
- Roshni Ranjit ReevesLutz$4K
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.