Michael Lee, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1366536807
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vericel Corporation at 31.4% of the total.
Across 73 payments — averaging $75.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vericel Corporation$2K
- Impactortho, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$215
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$151
- plus $534 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,93535%
- Food & beverage$2,40043%
- Education$1,20022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vericel Corporation | 10 | $1,738 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 6 | $1,640 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $1,103 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $215 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $155 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $151 |
| Abbott | 2 | $137 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $68 |
| Stryker | 3 | $60 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $41 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- MACI$1,634
How this compares
Too few orthopedic surgery providers in Arizonato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 25 | $210 |
| Ibuprofen | 25 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Phoenix
- Christopher YeungPhoenix$2.7M
- Michael WengPhoenix$2K
- Sepein ChiangPhoenix$0
- Leonard BodellPhoenix$0
- Sherif DabashTucson$11K
- Gregory PeareYuma$4K
- Christopher HamiltonScottsdale$4K
- Randall HardisonChandler$1K
- Andre MatthewsMesa$180
- Janet WhirlowScottsdale$0
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.