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

BENJAMIN CARLO STEGER

Eye and Vision Services Providers Optometrist

NPI
1629479811
CMS profile
1278965
Location
ASHEVILLE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,026.90

  • Reported across 121 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$511.21

16 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
Food and Beverage $511.21 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $132.83 5
Alcon Laboratories Inc $114.76 2
CooperVision Inc. $105.07 1
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $76.67 4
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $58.08 3
Dompe US, Inc. $23.80 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,050.29 22
PY2019 $1,751.98 37
PY2020 $490.99 14
PY2021 $302.08 8
PY2022 $452.68 14
PY2023 $467.67 10
PY2024 $511.21 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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
Alcon Vision LLC $38.43 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110615042 CMS
Alcon Vision LLC $76.33 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110615044 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $0.87 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140309394 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $17.11 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140309396 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $105.81 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140309392 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $4.28 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140309388 CMS
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $4.76 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140309390 CMS
CooperVision Inc. $105.07 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145470626 CMS
Dompe US, Inc. $23.80 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151398267 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $18.62 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147418681 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $21.79 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147429185 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $13.78 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147407534 CMS
Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. $22.48 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147427195 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.48 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139134410 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.15 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139134412 CMS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.45 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139134414 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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