Physician profile
Christopher S Lee
NPI 1053512558
$86,008.99
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
12 companies · $4,804 in 2025
The $4,804 reported for 2025 was more than what 80% of Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $686).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $6,018 · 2020: $9,332 · 2021: $13K · 2022: $27K · 2023: $3,576 · 2024: $22K · 2025: $4,804.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $24K · Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program: $3,600 · Travel and Lodging: $1,796 · Food and Beverage: $1,398.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $23,976.41 |
| Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program | $3,600.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,796.12 |
| Food and Beverage | $1,398.09 |
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.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, INC. | $52,901.93 | 2020-2025 | Global, Trumatch, Inhance |
| Linvatec Corporation | $19,797.42 | 2019-2024 | Biobrace 23mm, Allograft Tissue, Linvatec Arthroscopy |
| Vericel Corporation | $4,857.12 | 2019-2025 | Maci |
| Depuy Synthes Products, INC. | $3,590.40 | 2024 | Trumatch, Global |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | $1,446.74 | 2022 | |
| Micromed INC | $1,431.00 | 2019 | |
| Smith+Nephew, INC. | $842.80 | 2019-2021 | |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. | $445.61 | 2024 | |
| Stryker Corporation | $381.79 | 2021-2024 | Aequalis Perform Reversed, Blueprint Patient Specific Instrumentation, Aequalis Ascend Flex |
| Anika Therapeutics, INC. | $159.87 | 2019-2020 | |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $114.34 | 2019-2021 | |
| Globus Medical, INC. | $39.97 | 2023 | Distal Radius Plate |
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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- "I saw Christopher Lee listed in the CMS Open Payments database. Can you tell me about your work with those companies?"
- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
These are normal questions. A good clinician will welcome them.
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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.