Dong Hee Lee, MD
Vascular Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1396064796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,668 of the $17,479 with a category attached, or 72.5%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 24.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,570, 8.4 times the $781 reported in 2019.
Across 200 payments — averaging $87.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Endologix LLC$993
- Organogenesis Inc.$923
- Sirtex Medical Inc$883
- plus $5K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,81128%
- Food & beverage$12,66872%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $4,229 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 13 | $3,463 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 20 | $2,115 |
| Endologix LLC | 12 | $993 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 35 | $923 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $883 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 8 | $800 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $714 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 24 | $666 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $396 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $332 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $267 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $250 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $244 |
| Abbott | 3 | $195 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $166 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $53 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Indigo System$3,383
- ENDURANT IIS$2,566
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,364
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,733
- LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System)$846
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$503
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$490
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$325
- Ovation$269
- Prestige Coil System$267
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$250
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$239
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$191
- PANTHERIS$176
- Vascular Lithotripsy$156
- Flexitouch Plus$153
- ENTRE$153
- PuraPly$130
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$128
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$128
How this compares
$17,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 vascular surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $21,470 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 44 | $589 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 54 | $329 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $163 |
| Cilostazol | 16 | $132 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Lexington
- Igor VoskresenskyLexington$99K
- Nick AbediLexington$95K
- Samuel TyagiLexington$70K
- David MinionLexington$25K
- Mark IltisLexington$22K
- Keith MenesLexington$20K
- Ryan KingLexington$12K
- Junior UniversLexington$10K
- Tana RepellaLexington$9K
- Travis HughesLexington$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.