Daniel Lee, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1174523344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,750 of the $51,844 with a category attached, or 65.1%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 72.6% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $33,066 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $1,613 in 2025.
Across 160 payments — averaging $324.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$38K
- Precision Spine, Inc.$9K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$243
- Medtronic$237
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$8,16116%
- Consulting fees$33,75065%
- Travel & lodging$5,10210%
- Food & beverage$4,8319%
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 | 58 | $37,622 |
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 11 | $8,770 |
| Globus Medical | 22 | $1,408 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $1,371 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $243 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $237 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $213 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 7 | $194 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $168 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $155 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $139 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $139 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $118 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $105 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Stryker | 1 | $66 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $60 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Goode Surgical Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sonex Health, 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.
- Vital MIS$9,379
- INTERVERTEBRAL BODY FUSION DEVICE$8,161
- Vitality$3,900
- Spine-None$1,303
- ALIF$489
- Vault C$319
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$316
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$156
- XLIF$146
- Pulse$146
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$139
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Zilretta$138
- PuraPly$133
- AccelStim$132
- dualX$131
- Iovera$122
How this compares
$51,844 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 30 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 129 | $5,945 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 136 | $4,062 |
| Gabapentin | 214 | $2,370 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 92 | $1,840 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 88 | $1,009 |
| Pregabalin | 43 | $725 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 13 | $520 |
| Celecoxib | 41 | $501 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | $480 |
| Ibuprofen | 50 | $456 |
| Methocarbamol | 27 | $405 |
| Methylprednisolone | 52 | $346 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $304 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $196 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $165 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Las Vegas
- Kornelis PoelstraLas Vegas$2.2M
- George ElkanichLas Vegas$322K
- John ThalgottLas Vegas$320K
- Mark KabinsLas Vegas$118K
- Hugh BassewitzLas Vegas$54K
- Chinedu NwasikeLas Vegas$42K
- Kevin DebiparshadLas Vegas$37K
- Andrew LeeLas Vegas$31K
- Edward AndersonLas Vegas$14K
- Daniel LecavalierLas Vegas$8K
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.