Brian Lee, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1619123528
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intersect ENT, Inc. at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,352 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $474 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $87.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Globus Medical$914
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$487
- Lima USA, Inc.$357
- Sanofi$334
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3574%
- Travel & lodging$4,29453%
- Food & beverage$3,40442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 9 | $2,924 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,398 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 2 | $914 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $487 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $357 |
| Sanofi | 14 | $334 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $276 |
| GSK | 11 | $210 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $171 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $134 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $78 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $78 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $76 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $29 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
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.
- SINUVA$2,790
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$923
- Spine$801
- TruDi Navigation System$487
- TruDi Nav Suction$487
- TruDi Nav Cable$487
- ACCLARENT NAVWIRE Sinus Navigation Guidewire$487
- SMR$357
- mild Device Kit$175
- FIAGON NAVIGATION UNIT$175
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$144
- Omnia$132
- VPRIV$111
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$107
- PROPEL$100
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Arizonato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefdinir | 125 | $2,838 |
| Methylprednisolone | 134 | $914 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 119 | $393 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 33 | $274 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 110 | $150 |
| Diazepam | 93 | $135 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Scottsdale
- Pamela HendersonScottsdale$2K
- James BouzoukisScottsdale$385
- Sidney StarkmanScottsdale$378
- Kristin NelsonTempe$19K
- Michael RodriguezGlendale$9K
- Kevin BlumeTucson$8K
- Tyler HomewoodSan Tan Valley$8K
- Homan MostafaviChandler$7K
- Luis VazquezPhoenix$6K
- Naveen KumarGilbert$5K
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.