Ian Lee, MD
Neurological Surgery · Detroit, MINPI 1164631842
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Monteris Medical Corporation at 42.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,466 and has fallen 65.6% since, to $3,595 in 2025.
Across 129 payments — averaging $340.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$18K
- Medtronic$6K
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$5K
- Medexus Pharma, Inc.$4K
- Viseon, Inc.$4K
- Brainlab, Inc.$3K
- plus $4K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,38646%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50010%
- Travel & lodging$12,75729%
- Food & beverage$6,31614%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 37 | $18,495 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $6,347 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $4,772 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $4,290 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 5 | $3,662 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 4 | $2,574 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 6 | $1,780 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $603 |
| Leica Microsystems (schweiz) AG | 1 | $550 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 2 | $366 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $216 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Stryker | 1 | $44 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Neuroblate$18,118
- Eclipse$4,578
- VISUALASE$4,450
- Gleolan$4,290
- MaxView System - Lateral Set$3,662
- Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning$2,539
- GammaTile$1,771
- SURGICAL MICROSCOPES$550
- Quicktome$366
- StealthStation$222
- BoneScalpel$135
- Excelsius - GPS$108
- EXELCIUS$108
How this compares
$43,979 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 15 | $270 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $226 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Detroit
- Azam BasheerDetroit$405K
- Sonia EdenDetroit$329K
- Victor ChangDetroit$206K
- Mokbel ChedidDetroit$70K
- Marc MoisiDetroit$64K
- Efstathios KondylisDetroit$31K
- Ellen AirDetroit$22K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
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.