Scott Schaefer, MD
Ophthalmology · Edina, MNNPI 1295843225
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 18 payments — averaging $153.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$3K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$113
- Glaukos Corporation$83
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC$15
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$83930%
- Other$1,93370%
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 | 15 | $2,560 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $83 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- LenSx$2,085
- Tecnis IOL$113
- ORA$101
- ARGOS$100
How this compares
$2,771 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 330 ophthalmology providers in Minnesota.
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 | 50 | $62,410 |
| Cyclosporine | 65 | $31,340 |
| Latanoprost | 981 | $21,178 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 22 | $12,921 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 333 | $10,918 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 103 | $10,389 |
| Timolol Maleate | 312 | $5,954 |
| Brinzolamide | 23 | $5,173 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 201 | $5,035 |
| Travoprost | 16 | $4,666 |
| MoxifloxacinMoxifloxacin Hcl | 248 | $4,403 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 268 | $3,593 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $2,239 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 12 | $1,903 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 55 | $1,059 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Edina
- Adam MossEdina$65K
- Peter BelinEdina$9K
- Jeffrey StephensEdina$7K
- Tsun Kang ChiangEdina$5K
- Ryan JohnsonEdina$4K
- Jeffrey SandersonEdina$4K
- Rhondi MeiusiEdina$3K
- Christopher StefonowiczEdina$3K
- Edwin RyanMinneapolis$9.6M
- Richard LindstromBloomington$9M
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.