Llewellyn Lee, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1669444212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.5%), royalties or licence payments and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $39,930 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $1,991 in 2025. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in TX 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 272 payments — averaging $288.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$46K
- Covidien LP$23K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$4K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$952
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$24,99332%
- Consulting fees$42,00054%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,1003%
- Travel & lodging$3490%
- Food & beverage$8,96311%
- Education$350%
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(2 entities) | 58 | $45,714 |
| Covidien LP | 13 | $23,100 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 22 | $3,777 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 32 | $1,279 |
| Philips North America LLC | 13 | $1,025 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 69 | $952 |
| Abbott | 16 | $470 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $469 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $357 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 3 | $337 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $276 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $120 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $43 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $24 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $21 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VenaSeal$27,224
- Palindrome$4,336
- Mahurkar$4,200
- Permcath$2,100
- Azur CX Detachable$411
- Diamondback Peripheral$369
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$336
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$319
- ASAHI PTCA Guide Wire$284
- Lasers$279
- HydroPearl$230
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$200
- ENDURANT IIS$187
- GlideWire$171
- Navicross$171
- Ellipsys$156
- IN.PACT Admiral$150
- IV Other$149
- Endurant$140
- (4066) Tack Endo Sys ATK$133
How this compares
$78,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 299 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 54 | $49,776 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $12,664 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 409 | $3,253 |
| Methylprednisolone | 268 | $2,341 |
| Naproxen | 245 | $1,636 |
| Cilostazol | 37 | $724 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 93 | $472 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 32 | $258 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $87 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Corpus Christi
- Orlando DiazHouston$611K
- Rahul ShethHouston$410K
- Miguel MonteroHouston$386K
- Joshua KubanHouston$301K
- Peiman HabibollahiHouston$254K
- Ahmed Abdel AalHouston$147K
- Varshana GurusamyHouston$141K
- Sanjeeva KalvaDallas$128K
- Mehrzad ZarghouniBellaire$127K
- John FitzsimonsGarland$127K
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.