Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTIAN CARDELL HESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Ophthalmology

NPI
1154522407
CMS profile
652576
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,611.71

  • Reported across 70 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,774.37

21 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $933.43 3
Food and Beverage $815.35 17
Honoraria $25.59 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $1,512.76 13
GLAUKOS CORPORATION $113.85 1
RxSight Inc $69.42 3
Alcon Laboratories Inc $34.03 2
ABBVIE INC. $23.75 1
Halozyme Inc $20.56 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $166.92 8
PY2019 $127.49 8
PY2020 $141.80 7
PY2021 $524.42 3
PY2022 $383.31 11
PY2023 $493.40 12
PY2024 $1,774.37 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $23.75 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103914219 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $13.55 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110558273 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $20.48 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110558275 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $110.62 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321351 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $18.10 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321327 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $19.53 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321333 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $630.96 06/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321341 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $114.05 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321339 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $258.13 06/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321345 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $45.62 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321331 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $119.24 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321335 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $27.37 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321337 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $39.06 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321343 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $63.87 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321349 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $44.34 06/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321329 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $21.87 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140321347 CMS
Glaukos Corporation $113.85 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151987898 CMS
Halozyme Inc $20.56 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146486427 CMS
RxSight Inc $20.97 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144218308 CMS
RxSight Inc $25.59 07/19/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144218310 CMS
RxSight Inc $22.86 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144218312 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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