Physician profile

Nathan W Lee

Surgery · Richmond, VA

NPI 1336300680

$4,469.95

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

23 companies · $319 in 2025

The $319 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$608.13
Travel and Lodging$18.95

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medtronic, INC. $1,700.12 2021-2025 Signia, Transorb
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $1,271.37 2019
Davol INC. $409.65 2019-2022
Ethicon US, LLC $235.24 2019-2024 Echelon Flex, N/A
Covidien LP $231.43 2019-2020
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $140.55 2019-2023 Gore Enform Preperitoneal Biomaterial
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $110.86 2020
Stryker Corporation $56.36 2023 Pinpoint
Novo Nordisk INC $40.14 2019
Abbvie INC. $34.44 2019-2020
Tela Bio, INC. $24.70 2021
Pfizer INC. $24.62 2025
Misonix INC $24.43 2019
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., INC. $24.05 2020
Hologic Sales and Service, LLC $20.60 2024 Coolseal Generator
Show all 23 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Nuvasive, INC. $18.95 2023 Xlif
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.14 2020
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.90 2019
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition INC. $15.36 2021
Baxter Healthcare $14.18 2020
Smith+Nephew, INC. $13.16 2022
Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. $13.12 2019
Osiris Therapeutics INC. $12.58 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Nathan W Lee

$4,469.95

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medtronic, INC.
Context
The $319 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.