Lee Zhao, MD
Urology · New York, NYNPI 1679729297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $33,082 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $2,241 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in NY 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 144 payments — averaging $310.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$22K
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Coloplast$3K
- Medical Microinstruments, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$1K
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,4133%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,60030%
- Travel & lodging$17,39839%
- Food & beverage$8,05818%
- Education$4,25010%
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 | 8 | $21,993 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 47 | $13,414 |
| Coloplast | 36 | $2,582 |
| Medical Microinstruments, Inc. | 18 | $2,103 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $1,562 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $1,138 |
| Kerecis Limited | 8 | $991 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 1 | $400 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $353 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,177
- TITAN$2,052
- Symani Surgical Systems$1,690
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,185
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$1,164
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,110
- Optilume Urethral Drug Coated Balloon$1,013
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$568
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION$410
- Duramesh$400
- AIRSEAL$353
- Kerecis GraftGuide$296
- INTERSTIM$279
- CONMED SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL$244
- AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter$148
- AMS 700$146
- GENERAL BPH$138
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$135
How this compares
$44,718 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 952 urology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 48 | $241 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in New York
- Bilal ChughtaiNew York$658K
- Katie MurrayNew York$575K
- Neil BanderNew York$544K
- Robert ValenzuelaNew York$494K
- Kyrollis AttallaNew York$381K
- Benjamin BruckerNew York$364K
- Ketan BadaniNew York$285K
- Michael GrassoNew York$284K
- Mantu GuptaNew York$229K
- Robin SmithNew York$215K
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.