Product Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Tearcare System

Device Ophthalmology

PDI 00858027006211

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General payments

$1,186,611

4,926 payments

Research payments

$960,277

74 payments

Through program year 2025, $1,186,611 in general payments and $960,277 in research payments were reported against Tearcare System (Ophthalmology).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

6 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $300,723 1,232
2025 Research $219,026 20
2024 General $267,952 1,273
2024 Research $184,009 23
2023 General $617,936 2,421
2023 Research $557,242 31

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2023–2025
  1. Sight Sciences, Inc. $1,186,611 4,926 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Thomas Chester Optometrist · Cleveland, OH $80,117 27% · 40 payments
  2. Kelly Nichols Optometrist · Birmingham, AL $28,575 10% · 18 payments
  3. Paul Karpecki Optometrist · Lexington, KY $26,547 9% · 18 payments
  4. Neel Desai Ophthalmology · Largo, FL $25,794 9% · 8 payments
  5. Roberto Saenz Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management · San Antonio, TX $8,263 3% · 4 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Optometrist $256,993 85% · 805 practitioners
  2. Ophthalmology $27,611 9% · 46 practitioners
  3. Optometrist, Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist $13,483 4% · 15 practitioners
  4. Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Ophthalmology $2,299 <1% · 2 practitioners
  5. Optometrist, Vision Therapy Optometrist $91 <1% · 1 practitioner

The top 5 of 10 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. Ohio $84,623 28% · 20 recipients
  2. Florida $34,138 11% · 73 recipients
  3. Kentucky $30,524 10% · 6 recipients
  4. Alabama $30,415 10% · 18 recipients
  5. California $12,773 4% · 125 recipients

The top 5 of 43 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

4,926 general · 74 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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