Ziho Lee, MD
Urology · Chicago, ILNPI 1588076624
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (34.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerecis Limited at 46.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,081, more than ten times the $871 reported in 2019. Among urology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 281 payments — averaging $205.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$27K
- Boston Scientific$18K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Mesh Suture Inc$2K
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$216
- Conmed Corporation$125
- plus $337 from 8 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $18,500 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.
- Kerecis Limited$19K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,60013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,65027%
- Travel & lodging$4,3858%
- Food & beverage$10,02217%
- Education$19,99135%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 73 | $26,939 |
| Boston Scientific | 169 | $18,403 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 23 | $9,478 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 3 | $2,150 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $216 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $90 |
| Stryker | 1 | $75 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $50 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $45 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$99,192
- Kerecis GraftGuide$24,798
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,391
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$5,107
- Piranha$3,600
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$2,216
- Duramesh$2,150
- DA VINCI SP$1,800
- GEMINI$1,600
- AMS 800 Artificial Urinary Sphincter$1,108
- AMS 700 CXR RTE KIT$1,000
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$489
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION$303
- Optilume BPH Drug Coated Balloon Catheter$131
- CONMED SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL$125
- AIRSEAL$125
- AMS 700$122
How this compares
$57,648 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 550 urology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 124 | $76,327 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 21 | $12,546 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 103 | $1,156 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 32 | $361 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $267 |
| Cephalexin | 45 | $225 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 17 | $131 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 42 | $92 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $90 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $85 |
| Finasteride | 15 | $48 |
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $21 | $76,327124 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 550 urology providers in Illinois.
Other urology in Chicago
- Gary SteinbergChicago$529K
- Simone CrivellaroChicago$526K
- Brian HelfandChicago$517K
- Ashley RossChicago$404K
- Amy KrambeckChicago$356K
- Kevin ZornChicago$274K
- Joshua MeeksChicago$248K
- Edward SchaefferChicago$209K
- Paul YonoverChicago$179K
- Omer RaheemChicago$148K
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.