Thomas Lee, MD
Pain Medicine · Annapolis, MDNPI 1659357911
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,847 of the $15,242 with a category attached, or 71.2%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 26.6% of the total.
Across 237 payments — averaging $64.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$3K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$905
- plus $3K from 29 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $10,201 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$133K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,39629%
- Food & beverage$10,84771%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 85 | $4,048 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 17 | $3,183 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 18 | $1,799 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $1,190 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $1,084 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 8 | $905 |
| Globus Medical | 17 | $740 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 15 | $350 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $337 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $276 |
| Stryker | 6 | $250 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $86 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $60 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Native Surgical, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, 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.
- SPRINT PNS System$2,952
- Intracept$2,628
- Senza$1,113
- Iovera$1,016
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$789
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$599
- Omnia$572
- iFuse Implant$541
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$232
- Nimbus$146
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$123
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$108
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$103
How this compares
$15,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 144 pain medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 155 | $4,765 |
| Pregabalin | 79 | $2,347 |
| Gabapentin | 107 | $1,454 |
| Celecoxib | 27 | $682 |
| Lidocaine | 15 | $479 |
| Methylprednisolone | 49 | $424 |
| Methocarbamol | 44 | $302 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $148 |
| Prednisone | 57 | $123 |
| Meloxicam | 23 | $71 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $60 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $56 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Annapolis
- Leeann RhodesAnnapolis$3K
- Janet AscioneAnnapolis$3K
- Vipul MangalOxon Hill$764K
- Randy DavisBaltimore$169K
- Paul ChristoBaltimore$137K
- Kunal SoodGermantown$70K
- Ali TurabiBethesda$47K
- Behnam JafarpourBaltimore$45K
- Eric FinkelsteinOwings Mills$37K
- Ankush JainBethesda$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.