Samuel Houston Iii, MD
Ophthalmology · Orlando, FLNPI 1851533236
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 244 payments — averaging $602.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$102K
- Alcon Research LLC$38K
- US Retina LLC$3K
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$968
- Genentech USA, Inc.$532
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$108,75782%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5503%
- Travel & lodging$7,2556%
- Food & beverage$9,4577%
- Entertainment$720%
- Ownership interest$1,1301%
- Other$1,6631%
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 | 113 | $101,523 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 13 | $38,192 |
| US Retina LLC | 11 | $2,792 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 36 | $968 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 22 | $532 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $306 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 13 | $251 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $175 |
| Novartis | 7 | $147 |
| Notal Vision, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $113 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Oculus Surgical Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, 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.
- Constellation$63,105
- NGENUITY$43,586
- FINESSE SHARKSKIN$12,490
- Luxor$6,157
- ARGOS$5,600
- Unity$2,284
- Centurion$2,100
- Viscoat$700
- EYLEA$235
- ForeseeHome$144
- Izervay$122
- Lucentis$107
How this compares
$147,124 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EyleaAflibercept | 158 | $349,689 |
| VabysmoFaricimab-Svoa | 51 | $133,541 |
| Eylea HdAflibercept | 14 | $47,259 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 11 | $5,151 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 122 | $5,147 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 11 | $2,386 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 138 | $1,539 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 91 | $1,179 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 55 | $602 |
| Latanoprost | 36 | $535 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 13 | $466 |
| Timolol Maleate | 47 | $352 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 24 | $327 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 12 | $94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Eylea, Eylea Hd | $968 | $396,948172 claims |
| Genentech USA, Inc.Vabysmo | $532 | $133,54151 claims |
| AbbVieLumigan, Combigan | $306 | $7,53722 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 1,405 ophthalmology providers in Florida.
Other ophthalmology in Orlando
- Matthew CunninghamOrlando$2.9M
- David EichenbaumSt Petersburg$34.4M
- Robert RadenDelray Beach$7.8M
- Carl DanzigPompano Beach$5.3M
- Bruce SegalDelray Beach$4.7M
- Cathleen McCabeBradenton$4.6M
- Ivan SunerTampa$3.7M
- Sunir JoshiFt Lauderdale$3.7M
- Harold BrooksTallahassee$3.5M
- Benjamin ThomasJacksonville$2.8M
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.