Eric Lee
Pain Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1629225032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $60,499 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $1,671 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 436 payments — averaging $267.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$85K
- Boston Scientific$24K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$503
- Johnson & Johnson$307
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5019.00 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$38K
- Abbott$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$674
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$53,73846%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,21630%
- Travel & lodging$8,1347%
- Food & beverage$19,69917%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 243 | $85,347 |
| Boston Scientific | 93 | $24,185 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 41 | $3,355 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,518 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $503 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $307 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $285 |
| Stryker | 4 | $190 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $182 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $164 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $64 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
| Orthogenrx 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.
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$29,775
- Axium INS DRG IPG$22,656
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$16,940
- IonicRF Generator$11,231
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$7,102
- Proclaim DRG IPG$2,940
- Prospera$2,308
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$2,175
- PROCLAIM$1,817
- PRECISION$1,800
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$1,713
- Axium Sheath Braided DRG$1,039
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$922
- INTELLIS$846
- SPRINT PNS System$503
- Proclaim IPG$452
- Lamitrode SCS Leads$370
- mild Device Kit$302
- DURATA$237
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$220
How this compares
$116,788 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 503 pain medicine providers in New York.
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.
Other pain medicine in New York
- Amitabh GulatiNew York$614K
- David SpinnerNew York$391K
- Christopher GhariboNew York$91K
- Randa JaafarNew York$87K
- Boris LeybelNew York$58K
- Chirag ShahNew York$48K
- Annie Layno-MosesNew York$29K
- Raj MurthyNew York$24K
- David CassagnolNew York$22K
- Scott MaddaloNew York$22K
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.