Byron Lee, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Palo Alto, CANPI 1700835584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $199,135 of the $267,021 with a category attached, or 74.6%. ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) accounts for 64.0% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 243 payments — averaging $1098.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$171K
- Braemar Manufacturing, LLC$33K
- Cook Incorporated$23K
- Medtronic$10K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$9K
- Abbott$7K
- plus $15K from 13 others
Across 38 payments — averaging $15,742 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cook Research Incorporated$382K
- Medtronic$186K
- Boston Scientific$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,50015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$199,13575%
- Travel & lodging$19,5737%
- Food & beverage$8,8143%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 93 | $170,800 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $33,000 |
| Cook Incorporated | 9 | $22,545 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $10,232 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 9 | $9,260 |
| Abbott | 59 | $6,654 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $6,000 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $5,058 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 9 | $938 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $501 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $446 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $409 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $297 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $112 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $105 |
| Novartis | 1 | $84 |
| Amgen | 1 | $50 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- LifeVest$169,516
- Cardiac Monitoring Suite$33,000
- Evolution$22,645
- Arctic Front$8,914
- (7999) SRC Undivided$6,000
- AVEIR$4,249
- OPTIMIZER$1,461
- Micra$724
- Siello$500
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$500
- remede System$409
- GALLANT$303
- Confirm Rx$292
- Carto 3$273
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$268
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$181
- BioMonitor 2$141
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$130
- HeartSpan Steerable Sheath Introducer$126
- ENSITE$118
How this compares
$267,021 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 41 | $48,841 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 16 | $4,610 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 31 | $1,695 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 | $1,198 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 60 | $806 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Palo Alto
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
- Jonathan DukesVentura$775K
- Brett GidneySanta Barbara$756K
- John Rogersla Jolla$738K
- Rajesh BankerNewport Beach$538K
- Rahul DoshiLos Angeles$469K
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.