Mark Lessne, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1619143245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $188,780 of the $263,000 with a category attached, or 71.8%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Terumo Medical Corporation at 34.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $68,242, 4.7 times the $14,620 reported in 2019. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 367 payments — averaging $716.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Terumo Medical Corporation$91K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$51K
- Cook Incorporated$47K
- Philips North America LLC$39K
- Baylis Medical Technologies Inc.$17K
- Cook Medical LLC$4K
- plus $13K from 27 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $9911.62 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.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$47K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$188,78072%
- Speaking & faculty fees$54,94521%
- Travel & lodging$8,2003%
- Food & beverage$11,0754%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 94 | $91,186 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 49 | $51,101 |
| Cook Incorporated | 23 | $46,866 |
| Philips North America LLC | 34 | $39,132 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 4 | $16,850 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 38 | $4,449 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 21 | $3,863 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $2,755 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $2,519 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 15 | $1,001 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $841 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $301 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $236 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 9 | $232 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $222 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $201 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $175 |
| Abbott | 3 | $157 |
| Stryker | 5 | $141 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $125 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 6 | $105 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $99 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| BD | 2 | $43 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GlideWire$37,075
- Azur CX Detachable$34,892
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$34,300
- Navicross$28,375
- Rosch-Uchida$25,821
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$24,000
- Cook Celect$10,334
- TR Band$8,575
- Glidesheath$8,575
- Zilver Vena$6,696
- AZUR$6,300
- US Und$4,750
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$4,500
- Cook Medical Stents$4,000
- Image Guided Therapy Devices Service Undivided$2,700
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$2,500
- Indigo System$2,296
- IGT D Peripheral$2,250
- IVUS Systems$2,250
- Optitorque$1,750
How this compares
$263,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,085 diagnostic radiology providers in North Carolina.
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.
Other diagnostic radiology in Charlotte
- Eric WangCharlotte$194K
- Jay PattiCharlotte$99K
- Michael MeuseCharlotte$69K
- Casey BohlCharlotte$54K
- Andrew HinesCharlotte$41K
- Maribel UrrutiaCharlotte$37K
- Robert RaibleCharlotte$30K
- Edward KouriCharlotte$8K
- Andrew GriffinCharlotte$7K
- Rendon NelsonDurham$1.4M
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.