Li-Mei Lin
Neurological Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1538296785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $521,970 of the $652,508 with a category attached, or 80.0%. Stryker accounts for 89.4% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $225,735 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $40 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in AZ 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 911 payments — averaging $716.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$583K
- Balt USA, LLC$24K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$17K
- Medtronic$13K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$7K
- Microvention, Inc.$4K
- plus $4K from 9 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $2133.86 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$18K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$2K
- Stryker$859
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$521,97080%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,9494%
- Travel & lodging$83,86813%
- Food & beverage$17,7213%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 766 | $583,258 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 25 | $24,448 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 19 | $17,140 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $13,016 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $6,975 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 7 | $3,765 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $1,220 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 25 | $1,034 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $1,001 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 3 | $328 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $83 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 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.
- SURPASS$308,240
- SURPASS EVOLVE$239,335
- COMANECI 17$16,516
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$16,516
- Pipeline$12,741
- INFINITY$10,800
- Optima Coil System$8,952
- 1488, IDEAL EYES$8,232
- TARGET$8,230
- AXS CATALYST 7$6,692
- EXCELSIOR SL-10$6,692
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$5,200
- CITADEL$4,000
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$3,438
- TREVO$2,950
- AXS INFINITY LS$2,400
- DAC$2,000
- TRANSEND$1,197
- EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device$1,187
- NEURO$1,123
How this compares
$652,508 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $7,675 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $125 | $7,67511 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 90th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
Other neurological surgery in Tucson
- Richard ChuaTucson$1.3M
- Ryan KretzerTucson$402K
- Julie PilitsisTucson$165K
- Paul LarsonTucson$96K
- Ibrahim AlhalalTucson$53K
- Timothy PuttyTucson$39K
- Ryan AustermanTucson$37K
- Kirsty HamiltonTucson$37K
- Arunit ChughTucson$14K
- Robert SpetzlerPhoenix$12.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.