le He, MD
Neurological Surgery · Anchorage, AKNPI 1144510181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Microvention, Inc. at 34.9% of the total.
Across 161 payments — averaging $113.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microvention, Inc.$6K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Imperative Care, Inc$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,54847%
- Food & beverage$9,75453%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microvention, Inc. | 58 | $6,388 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 8 | $2,054 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,853 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 15 | $1,628 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 15 | $1,597 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,388 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $1,159 |
| Stryker | 17 | $1,018 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $359 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $203 |
| Phenox Inc. | 1 | $184 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $167 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $67 |
| Amgen | 2 | $46 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 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.
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$2,065
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,877
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,877
- LVIS$1,509
- TRUFILL$1,449
- PULSERIDER$1,399
- WEB$1,168
- Solitaire$1,142
- STENT$941
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$781
- ERIC RETRIEVAL DEVICE$761
- Smart Coil$724
- LVIS JUNIOR$628
- HYDROSOFT ADVANCED$587
- Embotrap$385
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$294
- Penumbra System$282
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$242
- LVIS Jr.$232
- Avenir Coils$184
How this compares
Too few neurological surgery providers in Alaskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 14 | $8,683 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $308 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Anchorage
- Samuel WallerAnchorage$45K
- Estrada BernardAnchorage$29K
- Timothy CohenAnchorage$20K
- Richard PerrinAnchorage$15K
- David PaulsonAnchorage$10K
- Brian MillerAnchorage$6K
- James BalesAnchorage$2K
- Susanne FixAnchorage$980
- Louis KralickAnchorage$84
- Kim WrightAnchorage$77
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.