Jason Lee, MD
Vascular Surgery · Palo Alto, CANPI 1568475333
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $141,013 of the $228,048 with a category attached, or 61.8%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 79.9% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $93,952, more than ten times the $7,301 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in CA 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 886 payments — averaging $257.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$182K
- Cook Incorporated$22K
- Cook Medical LLC$14K
- Medtronic$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 15 others
Across 156 payments — averaging $1493.03 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$112K
- Cook Research Incorporated$87K
- Medtronic$30K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$141,01362%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,6708%
- Grants$240%
- Travel & lodging$29,65913%
- Food & beverage$38,64517%
- Entertainment$380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 386 | $182,196 |
| Cook Incorporated | 9 | $21,680 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 382 | $13,829 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $3,500 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 23 | $2,322 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $1,469 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $699 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $524 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Cook Research Incorporated | 1 | $361 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $274 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $115 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $92 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $57 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$74,576
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$47,860
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$44,363
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$37,953
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$14,527
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$12,666
- C3 Delivery System$12,573
- Zenith Alpha$10,334
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$8,540
- Zenith$7,757
- Product in Development$5,724
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$3,858
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$3,825
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,388
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$1,085
- Endurant$891
- Indigo System$882
- ENDURANT IIS$832
- Zenith Spiral-Z$827
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$788
How this compares
$228,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 28 | $631 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Palo Alto
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
- Kenneth TranPalo Alto$65K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$337K
- Melissa LojaFairfield$272K
- John LaneSan Diego$212K
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.