Lee Metchick, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Deland, FLNPI 1407851801
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,944 payments — averaging $380.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$412K
- Novo Nordisk$140K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$59K
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$28K
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$27K
- Corcept Therapeutics$24K
- plus $49K from 54 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1258.76 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.
- Eli Lilly$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,6634%
- Speaking & faculty fees$630,07787%
- Travel & lodging$42,5136%
- Food & beverage$26,7654%
- Education$900%
- Gifts$1190%
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.
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.
- MOUNJARO$200,173
- TRULICITY$145,599
- Ozempic$61,586
- RYBELSUS$58,591
- SOLIQUA 100/33$34,204
- TOUJEO$25,426
- Korlym$23,022
- RECORLEV$22,090
- t-slim insulin pump$17,500
- t:slim X2 insulin pump$9,700
- Tresiba$8,977
- Tirosint$8,675
- STEGLATRO$6,080
- INVOKANA$5,320
- GVOKE HYPOPEN$3,780
- ZEPBOUND$2,025
How this compares
$739,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RecorlevLevoketoconazole | 38 | $1,019,591 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 408 | $741,273 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 421 | $619,647 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 292 | $384,415 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 205 | $354,067 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 182 | $243,607 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 154 | $206,749 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 104 | $137,768 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 117 | $120,599 |
| ForteoTeriparatide | 14 | $104,316 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 61 | $97,472 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 42 | $67,163 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 32 | $54,927 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 36 | $46,059 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 53 | $44,057 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Recorlev | $27,623 | $1,019,59138 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Forteo, Humalog | $412,257 | $878,656592 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $140,059 | $851,998510 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $1,286 | $408,035310 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $59,322 | $357,967229 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $526 | $120,599117 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $774 | $54,92732 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $6,702 | $46,05936 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $928 | $43,46515 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $496 | $27,936316 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonInvokana | $5,567 | $20,13815 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $353 | $9,169885 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Florida.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Deland
- Richard PratleyOrlando$9.2M
- Jose MandryOcoee$9.1M
- Steven SmithOrlando$7.9M
- Barry HorowitzWest Palm Beach$7.1M
- Tina ThethiOrlando$3.8M
- David SuttonJacksonville$3.1M
- Lorena Lewy-AlterbaumHollywood$3.1M
- Mae Sheikh AliJacksonville$2.9M
- James MageeJacksonville$2.7M
- Rodolfo GalindoMiami$2.5M
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.