Steven Bagan, MD
Ophthalmology · Fargo, NDNPI 1487747267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Alcon accounts for 67.6% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $50, more than ten times the $1 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for ophthalmology clinicians in ND, where the typical reported total is $449.
Across 7 payments — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$92
- Rxsight Inc$43
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$1
Across 47 payments — averaging $2943.46 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.
- AbbVie$138K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13699%
- Education$11%
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 | 4 | $92 |
| Rxsight Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $1 |
How this compares
$137 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 41 ophthalmology providers in North Dakota.
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 | 32 | $35,144 |
| RocklatanNetarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost | 27 | $10,871 |
| Travoprost | 42 | $8,197 |
| LumiganBimatoprost | 20 | $8,103 |
| Latanoprost | 392 | $6,753 |
| CombiganBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 13 | $4,370 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate-TimololBrimonidine Tartrate/Timolol | 15 | $3,907 |
| Timolol Maleate | 214 | $2,794 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 79 | $1,707 |
| Fluorometholone | 27 | $1,692 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 12 | $1,672 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide/Timolol/Pf | 12 | $1,352 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 17 | $888 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 13 | $758 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 12 | $644 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Fargo
- Lance BergstromFargo$10K
- Jennifer OlbumFargo$8K
- Michelle AtchisonFargo$3K
- Anne KeatingFargo$3K
- Craig MasonFargo$3K
- Thomas StrindenFargo$3K
- Steven AndersonFargo$2K
- Michael GriessFargo$461
- David AndersonFargo$400
- Mariaha CobbFargo$310
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.