Sanjay Goel, MD
Ophthalmology · Towson, MDNPI 1265538540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.6%), speaking fees and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. at 52.7% of the total. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MD 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 232 payments — averaging $433.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$53K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$33K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec AG$6K
- Alcon$3K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$2K
- Alcon Research LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 16 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2000.00 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$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,95650%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,70018%
- Travel & lodging$5,8346%
- Food & beverage$8,4238%
- Education$4,4054%
- Gifts$2120%
- Other$14,10014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 41 | $53,026 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 66 | $33,281 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $6,019 |
| Alcon | 61 | $2,904 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $2,401 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 3 | $1,326 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $365 |
| Rxsight Inc | 4 | $177 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $176 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 5 | $171 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $145 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Novartis | 4 | $66 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 2 | $49 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Palette Life Sciences, 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.
- VisuMax$58,505
- ARTEVO 800$14,227
- VERACITY SURGICAL$12,353
- QUATERA 700$9,684
- MEL 90$3,131
- CALLISTO eye$2,800
- ATLAS 500$2,231
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$1,206
- CIRRUS HD-OCT$700
- CIRRUS 6000 with AngioPlex$700
- MIEBO$173
- XIIDRA$173
- Clareon$145
- IOLMaster 700$131
- ACTHAR$131
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$121
- VUITY$120
How this compares
$100,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 493 ophthalmology providers in Maryland.
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 | 20 | $637 |
| Ofloxacin | 12 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Towson
- Scott LaborwitTowson$204K
- Alfred SommerBaltimore$2.9M
- Richard AdlerBaltimore$2.7M
- Peter McDonnellBaltimore$1.4M
- Esen AkpekBaltimore$782K
- Lisa FeulnerBel Air$434K
- Allen HuHagerstown$379K
- Susan BresslerLutherville$341K
- Renee BovelleGlenn Dale$292K
- Neil BresslerBaltimore$265K
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.