Stephen Wexler
Ophthalmology · Richmond Heights, MONPI 1700822012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $65,218 of the $86,404 with a category attached, or 75.5%. Alcon accounts for 84.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among ophthalmology clinicians in MO 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 100 payments — averaging $864.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$73K
- Alcon Research LLC$13K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$146
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$134
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$58
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$55
- plus $84 from 3 others
Across 201 payments — averaging $1492.06 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.
- Alcon Research LLC$300K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$65,21875%
- Travel & lodging$17,62920%
- Food & beverage$3,4374%
- Education$1200%
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 | 79 | $72,607 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 8 | $13,318 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 7 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $31 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $25 |
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.
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$38,752
- Wavelight$37,624
- WaveLight EX500 Excimer Laser$25,985
- Wavelight FS200 Femtosecond Laser$1,960
- NGENUITY$735
- Clareon$490
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY$490
- AcrySof IQ PanOptix UV IOL$490
- Acuvue$146
- INVELTYS$134
- EYSUVIS$134
How this compares
$86,404 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 286 ophthalmology providers in Missouri.
Other ophthalmology in Richmond Heights
- Sean BreitRichmond Heights$5K
- Matthew CouncilRichmond Heights$5K
- Steven SilversteinKansas City$872K
- Ranjan MalhotraSaint Louis$809K
- Nancy HolekampChesterfield$768K
- Jay PeposeChesterfield$516K
- Gregg BerdySaint Louis$360K
- Joseph GiraDes Peres$174K
- Joseph TauberKansas City$174K
- Jella AnColumbia$166K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.