John Lee, MD
Otolaryngology · Rogers, ARNPI 1154389344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,523 of the $2,000 with a category attached, or 76.2%. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $582 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $71 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $28.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$471
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$367
- Sanofi$326
- Cochlear Americas$151
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$130
- Stryker$111
- plus $444 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$40220%
- Food & beverage$1,52376%
- Education$754%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $471 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $367 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $326 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $151 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $130 |
| Stryker | 7 | $111 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $82 |
| GSK | 5 | $80 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $36 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$2,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 otolaryngology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 40 | $1,851 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 37 | $1,156 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 100 | $566 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 12 | $534 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 32 | $483 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 17 | $227 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $156 |
| Ofloxacin | 14 | $94 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $50 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Rogers
- Matthew BridgesRogers$4K
- Chad PutmanRogers$2K
- Randall BlackRogers$2K
- Patricia BellHarrison$82K
- Cory VaughnSpringdale$7K
- Jeffrey KirschConway$6K
- Patrick FraleyConway$5K
- Sharon TomaskiEl Dorado$5K
- Tyler BoneJonesboro$5K
- Rafael MarreroConway$4K
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.