Eric Lee, MD
Otolaryngology · Morristown, NJNPI 1013329192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,690 of the $3,709 with a category attached, or 72.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 31.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,278 and has fallen 58.9% since, to $526 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $48.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$1K
- Sanofi$514
- Stryker$499
- Intuitive Surgical$300
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$228
- GSK$217
- plus $797 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$71819%
- Food & beverage$2,69073%
- Education$3008%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 5 | $1,153 |
| Sanofi | 29 | $514 |
| Stryker | 6 | $499 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $300 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $228 |
| GSK | 15 | $217 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $213 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $173 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $62 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,063
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,063
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,063
- SHAVER SYSTEM$301
- Da Vinci Surgical System$300
- Checkpoint Stimulators$228
- XEROGEL NASAL/EPISTAXIS 2 PACK$143
- ENTELLUS MEDICAL REINFORCED ANESTHESIA NEEDLE$143
- SCOPIS ENT$143
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$143
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$136
- Xhance$125
- Restrata Wound Matrix$117
How this compares
$3,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 232 otolaryngology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 120 | $1,550 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,375 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 60 | $1,074 |
| Omeprazole | 65 | $718 |
| Ofloxacin | 28 | $647 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 27 | $583 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $134 |
| Prednisone | 24 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Morristown
- Seth KanowitzMorristown$4K
- Nishant ReddyEast Windsor$133K
- Giant LinFlorham Park$25K
- Samir ShahVoorhees$16K
- Brian BensonHackensack$14K
- Andrew BlitzerHackensack$9K
- Ahmad MahmoudClifton$9K
- Jean EloyNewark$8K
- Ramtin KassirWayne$8K
- Wayne HsuehNewark$7K
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.