John Lee, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington, KYNPI 1033521174
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.3%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 33.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $36,404, 4.7 times the $7,734 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 826 payments — averaging $168.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$46K
- Medtronic$31K
- Biotronik Inc.$31K
- Boston Scientific$21K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,40310%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,3754%
- Grants$19,50014%
- Travel & lodging$64,53146%
- Food & beverage$33,24724%
- Education$2,1012%
- Entertainment$870%
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 | 179 | $46,089 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 172 | $31,283 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 185 | $31,090 |
| Boston Scientific | 99 | $20,508 |
| Philips North America LLC | 24 | $2,346 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,705 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 6 | $862 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 16 | $696 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $647 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 16 | $505 |
| Vektor Medical Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Pfizer | 34 | $464 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 17 | $371 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $339 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $253 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $164 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $159 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $153 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $139 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $75 |
| Merck | 3 | $67 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $65 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $34 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 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.
- AMPLATZER AMULET$25,619
- BioMonitor$5,962
- ENSITE$5,618
- Solia$5,483
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$4,328
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$4,309
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$3,948
- Edora 8 DR-T$3,785
- EMBLEM S ICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM$3,750
- Edora$3,640
- Acticor$3,640
- Rivacor$3,640
- AVEIR$3,590
- ENSITE PRECISION$2,422
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$2,374
- Carto 3$2,054
- Sentus$1,701
- Micra$1,642
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,352
- Plexa$1,175
How this compares
$139,244 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
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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 | 91 | $75,863 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $15,866 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 49 | $2,342 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 58 | $706 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 61 | $703 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 50 | $496 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 38 | $280 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $80 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $464 | $75,86391 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14 | $15,86618 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Lexington
- Johan AasboLexington$451K
- Gery TomassoniLexington$196K
- Joseph SouzaLexington$110K
- David CharlesLexington$32K
- Samuel OmotoyeLexington$32K
- Yousef DarratLexington$29K
- Joel SimonLexington$23K
- Karam AyoubLexington$15K
- Ahmed NagyLexington$11K
- Kristin EllisonLexington$8K
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.