Vance Thompson, MD
Ophthalmology · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1073519989
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,478,487 of the $1,869,119 with a category attached, or 79.1%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Beaver-visitec International, Inc. at 59.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $921,043, 10.0 times the $92,452 reported in 2019. Among ophthalmology clinicians in SD 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 384 payments — averaging $4867.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$1.1M
- Rxsight Inc$521K
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$106K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$34K
- Glaukos Corporation$30K
- Tearoptix, Inc.$17K
- plus $51K from 25 others
Across 740 payments — averaging $5698.07 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$1.1M
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.$1M
- Bausch Health US, LLC$479K
- Beaver-visitec International, Inc.$452K
- Alcon Research LLC$361K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$287K
- plus $498K from 4 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $593.13 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Lensar, Inc.$8K
- Visant Medical, Inc.$0
- Tearoptix, Inc.$0
- Rxsight Inc$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,478,48779%
- Speaking & faculty fees$373,42520%
- Travel & lodging$5,6330%
- Food & beverage$11,3071%
- Education$1250%
- Gifts$1420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 10 | $1,110,537 |
| Rxsight Inc | 53 | $521,494 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 95 | $105,779 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 33 | $33,790 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 19 | $30,411 |
| Tearoptix, Inc. | 1 | $16,500 |
| Alcon | 64 | $15,558 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 15 | $8,222 |
| Alcon Research LLC | 9 | $5,956 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $3,285 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $2,750 |
| Sight Sciences, Inc. | 9 | $2,459 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $2,335 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 2 | $2,264 |
| Tearlab Corp | 5 | $1,720 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $1,526 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 13 | $1,285 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 3 | $1,011 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $709 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 4 | $698 |
| Nordic Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $350 |
| Novartis | 11 | $185 |
| LKC Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Omeros Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology 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.
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$423,395
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$423,395
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$423,395
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$423,395
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL)$394,010
- PODEYE TORIC IOL$59,285
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL) AND LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$44,289
- STAR S4 IR$33,547
- Tecnis Simplicity$33,547
- RXSIGHT LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (RXLAL)$29,386
- INTRALASE FS FEMTOSEC LASER$19,484
- Tecnis Multifocal Family of 1-piece IOLS$13,585
- Catalys Laser System$13,484
- VisuMax$13,343
- COMPACT INTUITIV Phacofragmentation System$12,155
- Photrexa$11,043
- IOLMaster 700$11,000
- Tecnis IOL$10,472
- Epioxa$9,748
- Tecnis 1-piece IOL$6,540
How this compares
$1,869,119 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 ophthalmology providers in South 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.
Other ophthalmology in Sioux Falls
- John BerdahlSioux Falls$1.2M
- Daniel TerveenSioux Falls$521K
- Tanner FergusonSioux Falls$49K
- Alison TendlerSioux Falls$31K
- Brent KramerSioux Falls$26K
- Jed AssamSioux Falls$18K
- Anthony MaiSioux Falls$8K
- Ryan GeraetsSioux Falls$7K
- Eric ThomasSioux Falls$7K
- Yujia ZhouSioux Falls$3K
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.