Christopher Lee
General Practice · Oak Ridge, TNNPI 1699202507
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $8,325 of the $11,301 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 39.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,086 and has fallen 93.0% since, to $287 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in TN 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 171 payments — averaging $66.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Straumann USA LLC$4K
- Sirona Dental, Inc.$2K
- Zimvie Inc.$525
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$409
- Dentsply IH Inc.$283
- plus $233 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,12719%
- Education$8,32574%
- Gifts$8217%
- Entertainment$280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 65 | $4,470 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 74 | $3,880 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 2 | $1,500 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 6 | $525 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 12 | $409 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 5 | $283 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $15 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ORTHOPHOS$1,500
- CEREC$1,500
- DESS dental smart solutions$150
How this compares
$11,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,632 general practice providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 46 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Oak Ridge
- Tatum FowlerOak Ridge$6K
- David LeeOak Ridge$5K
- Nathan GlennWinchester$874K
- Charles HooperChattanooga$158K
- Randall MontgomeryKingsport$92K
- Toluwalashe OnamusiNashville$80K
- Jonathon RogersGreeneville$60K
- Phillip KempBrentwood$50K
- Charles HooperChattanooga$38K
- Phillip TischbeinSmyrna$30K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.