Kenneth Lee, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jupiter, FLNPI 1295734960
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 41.6% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL 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 215 payments — averaging $445.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$40K
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- Elucent Medical$14K
- Baxter Healthcare$12K
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$8K
- Pulmonx Corporation$1K
- plus $4K from 21 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2998.43 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.
- Optellum Ltd$17K
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,93920%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,02548%
- Travel & lodging$8,3269%
- Food & beverage$11,19312%
- Education$11,15812%
- Gifts$1970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 80 | $39,872 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 32 | $17,483 |
| Elucent Medical | 9 | $13,778 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 13 | $12,297 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 11 | $7,510 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 5 | $1,278 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $971 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $461 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 4 | $366 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $297 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 10 | $267 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 3 | $266 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $252 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $217 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $89 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $68 |
| BD | 1 | $60 |
| Merck | 3 | $57 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Novartis | 3 | $50 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $33 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $32 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Healthmyne, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- TAGRISSO$19,962
- Da Vinci Surgical System$16,832
- IMFINZI$9,285
- COSEAL$8,271
- HEMOPATCH$8,271
- Spin$7,434
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$3,533
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valve EBV$1,264
- FUJIFILM$336
- ALIYA SYSTEM$297
- Signia$290
- PROGEL$235
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$217
- VISTASEAL$216
- MI CANCER SEEK$162
- MONARCH$157
- Echelon Flex$110
How this compares
$95,837 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 62 | $558 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Jupiter
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.