Patty Lee, MD
Otolaryngology · Fairfax, VANPI 1942266044
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 70.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,918 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $588 in 2025.
Across 42 payments — averaging $152.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$509
- Medtronic$477
- Acclarent, Inc$278
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$232
- GSK$110
- plus $289 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,90230%
- Food & beverage$1,94630%
- Education$2,56040%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $4,512 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $509 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $477 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $278 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $232 |
| GSK | 1 | $110 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Stryker | 1 | $63 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $44 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 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.
- DA VINCI SP$2,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,842
- PTEYE PARATHYROID DETECTION SYSTEM$317
- Acclarent Aera$162
- Inspira Air$162
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$162
- TruDi Probe$162
- PROPEL$135
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$124
- DUPIXENT$118
- NUCALA$110
How this compares
$6,408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 241 otolaryngology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 28 | $754 |
| Nystatin | 19 | $573 |
| Clotrimazole | 13 | $502 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 14 | $387 |
| Famotidine | 25 | $369 |
| Ofloxacin | 14 | $352 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $237 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $157 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $135 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $40 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Fairfax
- Laurence OhalloranAnnandale$2.9M
- Joseph HanNorfolk$1.8M
- Ryan NordRichmond$454K
- Paul LenkowskiRoanoke$282K
- Nipun ChhabraLeesburg$178K
- Kent LamNorfolk$127K
- Spencer PayneCharlottesville$45K
- Jose MattosCharlottesville$24K
- Craig DerkayNorfolk$21K
- Heath DreyfussMc Lean$19K
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.