Brian le, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Johnson City, TNNPI 1750511556
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 18 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mentor Worldwide LLC at 30.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $274 and has fallen 65.1% since, to $95 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $1,929.
Across 18 payments — averaging $52.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$287
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$267
- Medartis Inc.$134
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$108
- GSK$89
- CSL Behring$20
- plus $33 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$91898%
- Education$202%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 6 | $287 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $267 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| GSK | 1 | $89 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 77 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Johnson City
- Daniel HaynesJohnson City$7K
- William HickersonMemphis$833K
- Daniel HatefNashville$673K
- Mark BrzezienskiChattanooga$32K
- Earl LettMount Juliet$29K
- Robert WallaceMemphis$21K
- Lois WagstromNashville$19K
- Jordi Puente EspelNashville$16K
- David LoKnoxville$13K
- Roberto LachicaMemphis$13K
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.