Daniel Lee, MD
Otolaryngology · Mason City, IANPI 1336599679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,182 of the $1,414 with a category attached, or 83.7%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 33.8% of the total.
Across 32 payments — averaging $44.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$478
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$329
- Aerin Medical Inc.$178
- Zimmer Biomet$124
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$89
- Boston Scientific$62
- plus $155 from 6 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2437.50 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.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,18284%
- Education$23116%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 4 | $478 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $329 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 7 | $178 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $124 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $89 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $62 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $40 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
| Optinose US, 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.
How this compares
$1,414 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 24 | $6,136 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 203 | $5,136 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 39 | $882 |
| Ofloxacin | 22 | $744 |
| Omeprazole | 84 | $696 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 33 | $676 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 55 | $605 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 47 | $595 |
| Nystatin | 13 | $433 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 44 | $432 |
| Mupirocin | 42 | $261 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $181 |
| Cephalexin | 46 | $157 |
| Prednisone | 46 | $113 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Mason City
- Timothy DettmerMason City$3K
- Vishram JalukarMason City$3K
- Cori WalkerMason City$3K
- Henry DiggelmannMason City$459
- Thomas HeinemanCedar Rapids$373K
- Bruce GantzIowa City$170K
- Nancy BaumanIowa City$31K
- Simon WrightWest Des Moines$21K
- Robert PettisOskaloosa$10K
- Brian AndrewsIowa City$9K
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.