Thinh le, MD
Anesthesiology · Surprise, AZNPI 1497723456
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $3,865 of the $5,530 with a category attached, or 69.9%. Aesculap, Inc. accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,907 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $348 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AZ 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 80 payments — averaging $69.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap, Inc.$4K
- AbbVie$380
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$311
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$225
- Johnson & Johnson$154
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$134
- plus $462 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,64730%
- Education$180%
- Gifts$3,86570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $3,865 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $380 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $311 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $225 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $154 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $134 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 3 | $37 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $33 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$5,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,166 anesthesiology providers in Arizona.
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 anesthesiology in Surprise
- George GellertPrescott$1M
- Steven BarkerTucson$471K
- Anita RamaiahScottsdale$193K
- Kevin EvansTucson$91K
- Tyler DunnScottsdale$71K
- Todd BertochPrescott$63K
- Claire KauraGilbert$63K
- Travis WarnerChandler$51K
- Robert ShullScottsdale$40K
- John LeslieScottsdale$28K
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.