Kenneth Lee, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1134127764
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 92 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intrinsic Therapeutics at 37.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,417 and has fallen 67.8% since, to $456 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $12,726.
Across 92 payments — averaging $51.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$2K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$673
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$392
- Nexxt Spine LLC$264
- VGI Medical, LLC$208
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$195
- plus $1K from 24 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $46,228 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- 4web, Inc.$324K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,66398%
- Education$972%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 21 | $1,797 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 10 | $673 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $392 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $264 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 2 | $208 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $195 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $161 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $144 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $122 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $121 |
| Abbott | 2 | $83 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shionogi 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.
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$1,128
- Intracept$641
- Struxxure MCS System$264
- SI Fusion$264
- Matrixx demonstration$264
- FASENRA$122
- Omnia$117
- SiJoin, VerteLoc, CerLoc, VerteLP$114
How this compares
$4,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
See all orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 | $2,570 |
| Methocarbamol | 36 | $403 |
| Methylprednisolone | 45 | $238 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $226 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $203 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $198 |
| Meloxicam | 53 | $147 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $72 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Sugar Land
- Hari MitraSugar Land$105K
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.4M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Jeffrey PhelpsNorth Richland Hills$1.9M
- Eric WieserArlington$1.5M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
- Stephen TolhurstFlower Mound$1.1M
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
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.