Dae Lee, MD
Vascular Surgery · Richland, WANPI 1649491481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,537 of the $11,897 with a category attached, or 80.2%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 27.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,725, 4.2 times the $892 reported in 2019.
Across 202 payments — averaging $58.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$287
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,36120%
- Food & beverage$9,53780%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 102 | $3,279 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 28 | $2,043 |
| Stryker | 21 | $1,861 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 16 | $1,836 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,180 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $287 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $283 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $267 |
| Abbott | 4 | $250 |
| EKOS Corporation | 4 | $241 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $167 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $87 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,489
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,489
- ALIF$1,204
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,112
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$841
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$351
- ARTIX MT$301
- ENDOCROSS Device$283
- Torus Stent Graft System$283
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$271
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$193
- FlowTriever$173
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$167
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$165
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$160
- VenaSeal$159
- EKOSONIC$142
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$140
- INTHRILL THROMBECTOMY CATHETER$140
- ESPRIT$112
How this compares
$11,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 111 vascular surgery providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 40 | $422 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 35 | $408 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $290 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Richland
- Lucas PhiRichland$9K
- Mun Jye PoiRichland$7K
- Dale WilsonRichland$5K
- Benjamin StarnesSeatle$666K
- Kathleen GibsonBellevue$593K
- Brian FerrisBellevue$170K
- Sara ZettervallSeattle$126K
- Paul HayesSeattle$83K
- Elina QuirogaSeattle$69K
- Lorena de Marco GarciaYakima$60K
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.