Andrew Lee, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1437593506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spineart USA Inc at 30.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,995, 9.8 times the $1,429 reported in 2019.
Across 182 payments — averaging $171.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineart USA Inc$10K
- Stryker$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$2K
- Orthalign Inc$806
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,55424%
- Travel & lodging$13,67344%
- Food & beverage$9,96132%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineart USA Inc | 16 | $9,560 |
| Stryker | 29 | $6,367 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 19 | $4,973 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $3,402 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 23 | $1,824 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $806 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $433 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $429 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 2 | $410 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $340 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $259 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 6 | $247 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $222 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 3 | $199 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 2 | $194 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 2 | $189 |
| Innovasis Inc | 2 | $172 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 5 | $150 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $102 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$4,061
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,259
- CD HORIZON$1,024
- ORTHALIGN PLUS$806
- Prolate$550
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$368
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$356
- PRODISC L$340
- Perla TL$325
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$290
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$242
- Spinal-Stim$232
- MIDAS REX$223
- Medical Devices$222
- AXSOS$170
- Nexxt Spine Technology$162
- Firebird$156
- nanoLOCK-C$146
- Nalocet$138
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$137
How this compares
$31,187 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 30 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Nevada.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 26 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Las Vegas
- Kornelis PoelstraLas Vegas$2.2M
- George ElkanichLas Vegas$322K
- John ThalgottLas Vegas$320K
- Mark KabinsLas Vegas$118K
- Hugh BassewitzLas Vegas$54K
- Daniel LeeLas Vegas$52K
- Chinedu NwasikeLas Vegas$42K
- Kevin DebiparshadLas Vegas$37K
- Edward AndersonLas Vegas$14K
- Daniel LecavalierLas Vegas$8K
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.