Marlon Lee, MD
Vascular Surgery · Plymouth, MNNPI 1861637522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,803 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $200 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $3,317.
Across 46 payments — averaging $72.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Philips North America LLC$589
- Abbott$230
- Z-medica, LLC$203
- Medtronic$164
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$148
- plus $208 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1214%
- Travel & lodging$1,40442%
- Food & beverage$1,79254%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 11 | $1,775 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $589 |
| Abbott | 2 | $230 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 6 | $203 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $164 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 6 | $148 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Venturemed Group, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$3,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 84 vascular surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 50 | $47,417 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 16 | $770 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 51 | $680 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $147 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 21 | $111 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Plymouth
- Christopher McAninchPlymouth$6K
- Todd RasmussenRochester$561K
- Matthew MelinRochester$196K
- Jesse ManungaMinneapolis$95K
- Joseph KaramMinneapolis$88K
- Derrick GreenMinneapolis$37K
- Fahad ShujaRochester$34K
- Christopher LevilleSaint Cloud$30K
- Mohammad KhasawnehRochester$30K
- Yauhen TarbunouSt. Cloud$26K
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.