Steven Lee, MD
Facial Plastic Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1992877427
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 43 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 47.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $437, 4.8 times the $91 reported in 2019.
Across 43 payments — averaging $30.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$617
- Baxter Healthcare$146
- Amgen$120
- Axogen$95
- AstraZeneca$59
- Sanofi$58
- plus $209 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,304100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 26 | $617 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $146 |
| Amgen | 1 | $120 |
| Axogen | 1 | $95 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $59 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $58 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $46 |
| Novartis | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $19 |
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.
- UPLIZNA$120
How this compares
$1,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 120 facial plastic surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 21 | $4,240 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 215 | $3,317 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 28 | $3,197 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 250 | $1,724 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 186 | $1,568 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 357 | $1,482 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 221 | $1,436 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 30 | $1,369 |
| Famotidine | 212 | $995 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 109 | $948 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 70 | $764 |
| Cefdinir | 60 | $706 |
| Clarithromycin | 19 | $429 |
| Methylprednisolone | 52 | $296 |
| Mupirocin | 41 | $230 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other facial plastic surgery in Los Angeles
- Kian KarimiLos Angeles$1.2M
- Geoffrey TrenkleLos Angeles$44K
- Behrooz TorkianLos Angeles$15K
- Amit KochharLos Angeles$4K
- Daniel SukatoLos Angeles$2K
- Carlo HonradoLos Angeles$2K
- Anna HsuLos Angeles$2K
- Henry ChenLos Angeles$1K
- Nicholas SchenckLos Angeles$1K
- Andrew ChoiLos Angeles$1K
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.