Sandy Feldman, MD
Ophthalmology · San Diego, CANPI 1821284092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,081 of the $19,707 with a category attached, or 76.5%. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. accounts for 88.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,559 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $254 in 2025. Among ophthalmology clinicians in CA 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 51 payments — averaging $386.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$17K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$1K
- Rxsight Inc$812
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$124
- Glaukos Corporation$116
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$90
- plus $125 from 2 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $6666.67 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.
- Rxsight Inc$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,08177%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,1766%
- Travel & lodging$5863%
- Food & beverage$2,82814%
- Gifts$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 27 | $17,397 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 10 | $1,043 |
| Rxsight Inc | 6 | $812 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 2 | $116 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $57 |
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.
- Catalys Laser System$8,275
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$8,264
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$8,050
- Healon Viscoelastics$8,050
- IDESIGN RS$3,886
- INTRALASE FS FEMTOSEC LASER$3,750
- Tecnis IOL$3,404
- CATALYS SYSTEM$3,281
- Compact Intuitiv$3,281
- Healon Duet Pro$3,281
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$1,150
- Tecnis 3-piece IOL$1,150
- Tecnis Symphony IOL$1,150
- Tecnis Symphony Toric IOL$1,150
- iDesign Advanced Wavescan Studio$1,150
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$441
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$346
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$346
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$346
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$346
How this compares
$19,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,513 ophthalmology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 101 | $4,507 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 71 | $1,366 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 83 | $826 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in San Diego
- Robert WeinrebSan Diego$520K
- Eric NudlemanSan Diego$343K
- Daniel SchwartzSan Francisco$8M
- Michael BerlinWest Hollywood$5.7M
- Gilbert KlimanMenlo Park$1.5M
- Kuldev SinghStanford$1.5M
- Raymond DouglasBeverly Hills$1.3M
- John AffeldtLoma Linda$1.1M
- Srinivas SaddaPasadena$1M
- Sheri RowenNewport Beach$1M
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.