Robert Tester, MD
Ophthalmology · Federal Way, WANPI 1689783268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,400 of the $11,274 with a category attached, or 74.5%. Alcon accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,964 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $389 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 96 payments — averaging $117.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$7K
- Alcon Research LLC$3K
- AbbVie$249
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$180
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$129
- Harrow Eye, LLC$122
- plus $593 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,40075%
- Speaking & faculty fees$280%
- Food & beverage$2,84625%
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 | 49 | $7,201 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 2 | $2,800 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $249 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $180 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 4 | $122 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Thea Pharma Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Biogen | 1 | $23 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- ORA$8,511
- Clareon$454
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$143
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix$108
- EYLEA HD$108
How this compares
$11,274 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 428 ophthalmology providers in Washington.
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 | 111 | $88,887 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 22 | $15,119 |
| Cyclosporine | 19 | $5,734 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $5,453 |
| Travoprost | 17 | $5,360 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 22 | $4,525 |
| Latanoprost | 393 | $4,131 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 124 | $4,093 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 135 | $3,301 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 127 | $3,156 |
| Ofloxacin | 77 | $836 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 53 | $629 |
| Timolol Maleate | 76 | $622 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 54 | $601 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 15 | $534 |
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, Combigan | $249 | $94,340124 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Xiidra | $91 | $15,11922 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 90th percentile of 428 ophthalmology providers in Washington.
Other ophthalmology in Federal Way
- Gary ChungFederal Way$17K
- Laura PerimanSeattle$1.7M
- Sheldon CowenSeattle$560K
- Todd SchneidermanSilverdale$200K
- Jennifer ChaoSeattle$188K
- Mark KontosSpokane Valley$175K
- Audrey RostovBellevue$155K
- John SamplesOlympia$115K
- Barbara SmitSpokane$110K
- Debarshi MustafiSeattle$85K
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.