David Lee, MD
Urology · Orange, CANPI 1730128232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 87.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,155, 5.2 times the $1,364 reported in 2019.
Across 92 payments — averaging $216.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Axogen$309
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$142
- Metuchen Pharmaceuticals$97
- Stryker$87
- plus $125 from 5 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $4760.00 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.
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$20K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS$4K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00015%
- Travel & lodging$6,99835%
- Food & beverage$3,20116%
- Education$6,50033%
- Gifts$1751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 62 | $17,464 |
| MML US, Inc. | 13 | $1,649 |
| Axogen | 3 | $309 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $142 |
| Metuchen Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $97 |
| Stryker | 1 | $87 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Koelis Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,216
- DA VINCI SP$3,000
- ReActiv8$1,508
- Bard Urinary Drainage Bag$142
How this compares
$19,874 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 52 | $809 |
| Finasteride | 27 | $349 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Orange
- Edward UchioOrange$849K
- Jaime LandmanOrange$657K
- Ralph ClaymanOrange$523K
- Faysal YafiOrange$335K
- Bela DenesOrange$235K
- Stephen FreedlandWest Hollywood$1.9M
- Arie BelldegrunLos Angeles$1.8M
- Mihir DesaiLos Angeles$1.5M
- Steven WilsonIndio$1.1M
- Stuart HoldenLos Angeles$1.1M
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.