David Lee, MD
Sports Medicine · West Columbia, SCNPI 1871557801
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 37.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,985 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $519 in 2025.
Across 89 payments — averaging $187.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,40132%
- Travel & lodging$5,93136%
- Food & beverage$4,06224%
- Education$1,2407%
- Entertainment$390%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 7 | $6,162 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $2,754 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,825 |
| Stryker | 20 | $1,735 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $1,575 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 3 | $1,373 |
| Smith+Nephew | 9 | $498 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $148 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $133 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Abbott | 2 | $85 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $18 |
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.
- DELTA$6,009
- ATTUNE$3,052
- AC Joint Ziptight$933
- INHANCE$693
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$658
- TRIATHLON$384
- CellerateRx$251
- AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE$177
- Neural Ice$158
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$150
- Q-FIX$141
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$141
- Acufex$141
- Sports Medicine-None$135
- Juggerknot$115
- GLOBAL$111
- Comp Reverse Humeral Tray$109
- MAKO$104
How this compares
$16,672 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 158 sports medicine providers in South Carolina.
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 | 187 | $1,083 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 16 | $1,046 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 44 | $873 |
| Meloxicam | 294 | $801 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 70 | $621 |
| Celecoxib | 62 | $575 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 70 | $517 |
| Methylprednisolone | 77 | $505 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $335 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 174 | $320 |
| Mupirocin | 40 | $249 |
| Gabapentin | 35 | $125 |
| Amoxicillin | 104 | $105 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 37 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in West Columbia
- Guillaume DumontWest Columbia$146K
- David HankinsWest Columbia$13K
- Gautham GondiWest Columbia$8K
- Justin KnightWest Columbia$6K
- Silas HolmesColumbia$2.2M
- Stephan PillGreenville$688K
- Steven MartinSeneca$356K
- Stefan TolanGreenville$280K
- Michael KissenberthGreenville$172K
- Douglas WylandSpartanburg$124K
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.