Zung le, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Washington, DCNPI 1437268224
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.9% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $626 and has fallen 95.8% since, to $26 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in DC, where the typical reported total is $3,977.
Across 31 payments — averaging $51.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$293
- Reapplix Inc.$253
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$197
- Paragon 28, Inc.$150
- Bioventus LLC$132
- Smith+Nephew$130
- plus $455 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1157%
- Food & beverage$1,49493%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $293 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 4 | $253 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $197 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $132 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $130 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $78 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $41 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PHANTOM Hindfoot$150
- TENOGLIDE$136
- Exogen$132
- Stravix$119
- Grafix$119
- GrafixPL$119
- Apligraf$115
- Dermagraft$115
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$115
- 3C Patch Kit - Box$107
How this compares
$1,609 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 23 foot & ankle surgery providers in District of Columbia.
See all foot & ankle surgery providers in District of Columbia →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 75 | $1,279 |
| Ciclopirox | 24 | $717 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 12 | $337 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 17 | $232 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Washington
- Paul CooperWashington$186K
- John SteinbergWashington$166K
- Ali Rahnama VaghefWashington$132K
- Jayson AtvesWashington$24K
- Shelton McKenzieWashington$22K
- Bilal LouzatiWashington$18K
- Ali QadriWashington$17K
- Alex MattiaWashington$13K
- Emily DurranceWashington$9K
- Selin RuggieriWashington$7K
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.