Darrell Lee, MD
Gastroenterology · Aiea, HINPI 1629021241
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 54 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 74.2% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $240 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $46 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in HI, where the typical reported total is $1,198.
Across 54 payments — averaging $18.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$743
- Medtronic$199
- Celltrion USA Inc.$31
- Olympus America Inc.$16
- Pfizer$12
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,001100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 47 | $743 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $199 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- GI Genius$147
How this compares
$1,001 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 71 gastroenterology providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 31 | $21,860 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 226 | $2,977 |
| Omeprazole | 93 | $2,382 |
| Famotidine | 61 | $1,389 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 35 | $1,074 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 41 | $722 |
| Peg3350-Sod Sul-Nacl-Kcl-Asb-CPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 13 | $682 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 34 | $632 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 19 | $469 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Aiea
- Aaron SmallAiea$20K
- Yousif ArahimAiea$11K
- Robert WongAiea$2K
- Tesu LinAiea$771
- Naoky TsaiKailua$587K
- Russell YangHonolulu$244K
- Roland TerHonolulu$37K
- Robert JaoKailua$28K
- Shelini SooklalWailuku$21K
- Daniel ChanEwa Beach$17K
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.