Physician profile

Katie G Spear

Optometrist · Defuniak Springs, FL

NPI 1548253974

$361,037.67

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

15 companies · $46K in 2025

The $46K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Optometrist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$102,284.45
Travel and Lodging$26,075.50
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$17,280.00
Food and Beverage$7,047.02

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Alcon Vision LLC $290,042.73 2019-2025 Total30, Dailies Total1, Precision 1
Glaukos Corporation $57,362.27 2022-2025 Kxl System (Not Refurbished), Ce-Marked Kxla System, Kxl System
Alcon Research LLC $10,246.51 2019-2022
Allergan, INC. $1,863.37 2019-2021
Oyster Point Pharma, INC. $393.81 2022-2024 Tyrvaya
Sight Sciences, INC. $370.69 2019-2022
Abbvie INC. $272.56 2022-2023
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. $121.44 2020
Bausch & Lomb Americas INC. $93.50 2024 Miebo, Xiidra
Tearlab Corp $82.61 2022
Lombart Brothers, INC. $63.08 2020
Dompe US, INC. $41.67 2025 Oxervate
Carl Zeiss Meditec, INC. $35.45 2021
Optos, INC. $25.90 2022
Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp. $22.08 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Katie G Spear

$361,037.67

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Alcon Vision LLC
Context
The $46K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Optometrist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $204).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.