Cassandra Lee, MD
Sports Medicine · Sacramento, CANPI 1760689525
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 34.2% of the total. Among sports medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 362 payments — averaging $847.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$105K
- Vericel Corporation$94K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$26K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$17K
- Synthes GmbH$17K
- Sequoia Surgical, Inc.$14K
- plus $34K from 17 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $8345.10 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.
- Moximed, Inc$49K
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$35K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$103,24934%
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,23641%
- Grants$9,1323%
- Travel & lodging$36,01412%
- Food & beverage$9,2003%
- Education$23,9098%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 102 | $104,929 |
| Vericel Corporation | 89 | $93,912 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 19 | $26,254 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 8 | $16,722 |
| Synthes GmbH | 22 | $16,515 |
| Sequoia Surgical, Inc. | 31 | $14,495 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $9,132 |
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 24 | $6,616 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $3,984 |
| Moximed, Inc | 13 | $3,854 |
| Arthrex | 28 | $2,911 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 3 | $2,617 |
| Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. | 3 | $2,412 |
| Vertex | 5 | $1,248 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $82 |
| Cartiheal (2009) LTD. | 1 | $64 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Covis Pharma GmbH | 1 | $35 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
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.
- MACI$82,341
- BIORAPTOR$46,196
- Acufex$34,699
- SPATIAL FRAME$26,213
- VA-LCP$22,085
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$16,380
- CAP-FIX$15,000
- Healicoil$11,697
- NOVOSTITCH$9,816
- Q-FIX$9,188
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$7,894
- FAST-FIX$6,000
- MISHA KNEE SYSTEM, SMALL, LEFT$3,732
- GTS System$2,500
- Double Pump RF$2,000
- Coblation$2,000
- KNEE BIOLOGICS$2,000
- NA$1,955
- RIGIDLOOP$1,772
- INFINITY KNEE SYSTEM$1,500
How this compares
$306,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 662 sports medicine providers in California.
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 sports medicine in Sacramento
- Alberto PaneroSacramento$389K
- Neal ElattracheLos Angeles$51M
- Nathaniel CohenLos Gatos$6.4M
- Thomas KnappSanta Monica$2.5M
- Michael FreehillStanford$1.6M
- Allan MishraMenlo Park$1.5M
- Heinz Hoeneckela Jolla$1.4M
- Seth ShermanStanford$1.1M
- Stephan YacoubianBurbank$1M
- Stephen Snydervan Nuys$922K
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.