Robert Cionni
Ophthalmology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1306833256
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $151,590 of the $161,242 with a category attached, or 94.0%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alcon Research LLC at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $100,543 and has fallen 79.1% since, to $21,059 in 2021. Among ophthalmology clinicians in UT 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 105 payments — averaging $1535.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon Research LLC$83K
- Alcon$48K
- Glaukos Corporation$30K
- Rxsight Inc$101
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$64
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$46
- plus $62 from 2 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $7508.92 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$151,59094%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,6003%
- Travel & lodging$2,0341%
- Food & beverage$2,0191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon Research LLC | 41 | $82,699 |
| Alcon | 50 | $48,197 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 7 | $30,073 |
| Rxsight Inc | 1 | $101 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 1 | $46 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $43 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- Centurion$31,700
- iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$30,000
- iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$30,000
- AcrySof$22,400
- ORA$10,500
- SMART Suite$9,800
- Verion$7,700
- PanOptix$6,451
- MARLO$4,200
- NGENUITY$1,400
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$101
How this compares
$161,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 191 ophthalmology providers in Utah.
Other ophthalmology in Salt Lake City
- Iqbal AhmedSalt Lake City$895K
- Zachary ZavodniSalt Lake City$51K
- Majid MoshirfarSalt Lake City$44K
- Marc Steffen Schmitz-ValckenbergSalt Lake City$43K
- Rachel SimpsonSalt Lake City$39K
- Austin NakatsukaSalt Lake City$27K
- Douglas MarxSalt Lake City$22K
- Akbar ShakoorSalt Lake City$18K
- Craig ChayaSalt Lake City$17K
- Amy LinSalt Lake City$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.