Sarah Kuchar, MD
Ophthalmology · Princeton, NJNPI 1376851709
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 167 payments — averaging $31.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$1K
- NEW World Medical,inc.$933
- AbbVie$635
- Sight Sciences, Inc.$573
- Glaukos Corporation$345
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.$245
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,07698%
- Education$802%
- Gifts$451%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 26 | $1,457 |
| NEW World Medical,inc. | 8 | $933 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $635 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 15 | $573 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 7 | $345 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 8 | $245 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 8 | $120 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $111 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Novartis | 6 | $80 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Eyepoint US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Clareon$677
- Ahmed Glaucoma Valve$510
- Kahook Dual Blade$510
- Streamline Surgical System$378
- Centurion$262
- OMNI(R) SURGICAL SYSTEM (US)$236
- Izervay$132
- Oxervate$119
- DEXTENZA$112
How this compares
$5,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 583 ophthalmology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LumiganBimatoprost | 404 | $240,533 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 64 | $97,358 |
| RhopressaNetarsudil Mesylate | 148 | $97,336 |
| Alphagan PBrimonidine Tartrate | 170 | $79,324 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 156 | $78,760 |
| VyzultaLatanoprostene Bunod | 100 | $59,966 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 389 | $48,625 |
| SimbrinzaBrinzolamide/Brimonidine Tart | 139 | $44,809 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 46 | $36,789 |
| XiidraLifitegrast | 19 | $34,172 |
| Travoprost | 140 | $27,809 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 995 | $25,675 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 91 | $25,427 |
| Latanoprost | 1,376 | $20,597 |
| Timolol MaleateTimolol Maleate/Pf | 42 | $19,103 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLumigan, Restasis, Alphagan P, Combigan | $635 | $495,975794 claims |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Rhopressa, Rocklatan | $27 | $134,125194 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Vyzulta, Xiidra | $120 | $94,137119 claims |
| AlconSimbrinza, Azopt | $1,457 | $60,615159 claims |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCProlensa | $111 | $11,08632 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 80th percentile of 583 ophthalmology providers in New Jersey.
Other ophthalmology in Princeton
- Rahul TonkPrinceton$70K
- Daniel LeePrinceton$68K
- Patrick HigginsBloomfield$16.7M
- Jai ParekhWoodland Park$2.1M
- Eric MannDover$860K
- Sharad MansukaniMoorestown$744K
- Ravi PatelEatontown$729K
- Luis Gonzalez GonzalezTeaneck$727K
- Cynthia MatossianPennington$726K
- Charles CraneSouth Orange$582K
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.