Jonathan Lee, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cedar Knolls, NJNPI 1134574460
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $18,669 of the $23,230 with a category attached, or 80.4%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 24.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,503, 3.1 times the $1,748 reported in 2019.
Across 260 payments — averaging $89.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Stryker$4K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Globus Medical$1K
- plus $5K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,56120%
- Food & beverage$18,66980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 88 | $5,683 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 39 | $3,968 |
| Stryker | 30 | $3,691 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 22 | $2,144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 8 | $1,422 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $1,120 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 13 | $1,013 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $555 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $446 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $432 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $291 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 5 | $258 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $243 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 2 | $197 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $146 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $124 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $75 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $66 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,026
- aprevo$1,712
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$990
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$728
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$675
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$617
- XLIF$599
- iFuse Implant$516
- LIF$483
- TRITANIUM$399
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM)$333
- CellerateRx$291
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$279
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$264
- VIPER$242
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$241
- TLIF$240
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$237
- ATLANTIS ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$180
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$173
How this compares
$23,230 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 174 neurological surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 neurological surgery in Cedar Knolls
- Robert HearyNewark$1M
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
- Adam LipsonUnion$187K
- Mohammed KhanOradell$178K
- Steven YocomCamden$153K
- Jeremy SteinbergerTeaneck$106K
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.