Christopher Lee, MD
Orthopaedic Trauma · Los Angeles, CANPI 1942566443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 37.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $125,442, more than ten times the $1,262 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic trauma 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 988 payments — averaging $480.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$178K
- Stryker$155K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$56K
- Smith+Nephew$54K
- Synthes GmbH$17K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- plus $6K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$16,5053%
- Consulting fees$232,38449%
- Speaking & faculty fees$128,31327%
- Travel & lodging$59,83713%
- Food & beverage$37,4318%
- Education$6100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 163 | $178,010 |
| Stryker | 670 | $155,059 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 13 | $56,310 |
| Smith+Nephew | 70 | $54,471 |
| Synthes GmbH | 23 | $16,772 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $8,145 |
| BD | 1 | $2,789 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $931 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 4 | $659 |
| Saxum Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $480 |
| Acumed LLC | 5 | $369 |
| Inquis Medical, Inc. | 6 | $326 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $215 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $131 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 3 | $130 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $125 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $18 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AXSOS$87,078
- EVOS$82,757
- Autobahn$66,291
- GAMMA$59,227
- VARIAX$54,497
- T2$40,618
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$38,800
- A/R Femoral Nail$34,266
- EVOS MINI$27,993
- HOFFMANN$27,325
- INBONE$24,000
- TROCH NAIL$22,174
- TRIGEN$21,577
- PRO$20,227
- T2 ALPHA$18,893
- TRIGEN InterTAN$18,172
- PRIME SERIES$14,980
- Ankle Fracture System$12,069
- Proximal Femur$9,900
- TRIGEN Femoral (FAN/TAN/Meta Nail)$9,650
How this compares
$475,079 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 106 orthopaedic trauma 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 orthopaedic trauma in Los Angeles
- Joshua GaryLos Angeles$466K
- Joseph PattersonLos Angeles$69K
- Eric JohnsonLos Angeles$36K
- Devon JeffcoatLos Angeles$30K
- Sarah BlumenthalLos Angeles$29K
- Mark FlemingLos Angeles$18K
- Michael GardnerStanford$2.9M
- Aaron OsborneRedding$1.3M
- Robert Tonksla Jolla$1.3M
- John ScolaroOrange$1M
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.