Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,263 | 53 | 68.5% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,003 | 5 | 30.4% |
| Education | $36.49 | 1 | 1.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,550 | 23 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $415.02 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $311.30 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $297.43 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $179.67 | 6 | $0 (2023) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $176.23 | 5 | $0 (2022) |
| Halyard Health, Inc. | $125.00 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | $109.42 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $57.44 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | $23.56 | 1 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,798 | 20 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,261) |
| 2023 | $363.66 | 8 | ATRICURE, INC. ($139.32) |
| 2022 | $514.79 | 17 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($167.59) |
| 2021 | $275.77 | 6 | ABIOMED ($169.69) |
| 2020 | $93.23 | 5 | Abbott Laboratories ($50.71) |
| 2019 | $115.13 | 1 | Abbott Laboratories ($115.13) |
| 2018 | $16.61 | 1 | Chiesi USA, Inc. ($16.61) |
| 2017 | $125.00 | 1 | Halyard Health, Inc. ($125.00) |
All Payment Transactions
59 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.20 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/02/2024 | Inari Medical, Inc. | FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $109.42 | General |
| Category: VTE | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $137.31 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.59 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $252.51 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $94.80 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.88 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.61 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.79 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/12/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.75 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.42 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $232.59 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/08/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.95 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.24 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $238.92 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $184.67 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.74 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 08/07/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $141.61 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/02/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.79 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 07/16/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.56 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 09/07/2023 | KLS-Martin L.P. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.55 | General |
| 09/01/2023 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.88 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 06/20/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | ENDO GIA ULTRA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.57 | General |
| Category: Surgical Stapling | ||||||
| 06/06/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.14 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/13/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | SIGNIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.42 | General |
| Category: Surgical Stapling | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | 348 | 397 | $724,903 | $42,072 |
| 2022 | 11 | 289 | 320 | $460,283 | $26,218 |
| 2021 | 12 | 373 | 401 | $607,069 | $37,922 |
| 2020 | 13 | 331 | 343 | $715,523 | $46,681 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
47 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00567 | Anesthesia for heart artery bypass grafting on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $183,264 | $11,987 | 6.5% |
| 00562 | Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels using heart-lung machine (1 year or older) | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $124,998 | $8,207 | 6.6% |
| 00560 | Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $83,664 | $5,470 | 6.5% |
| 01926 | Anesthesia for x-ray on artery of brain, heart, or chest | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 20 | $78,933 | $4,544 | 5.8% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 42 | $45,822 | $3,439 | 7.5% |
| 36556 | Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | Facility | 2023 | 45 | 48 | $42,512 | $3,099 | 7.3% |
| 93503 | Insertion of tube in pulmonary artery for monitoring | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $58,900 | $2,092 | 3.6% |
| 36620 | Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | Facility | 2023 | 48 | 48 | $30,888 | $1,643 | 5.3% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2023 | 51 | 92 | $15,286 | $1,006 | 6.6% |
| 93320 | Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | Facility | 2023 | 36 | 37 | $31,774 | $505.05 | 1.6% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 33 | 34 | $28,862 | $80.58 | 0.3% |
| 00560 | Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels | Facility | 2022 | 27 | 27 | $164,589 | $11,025 | 6.7% |
| 01926 | Anesthesia for x-ray on artery of brain, heart, or chest | Facility | 2022 | 23 | 23 | $97,608 | $5,766 | 5.9% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 28 | $30,548 | $2,365 | 7.7% |
| 36556 | Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 30 | $26,828 | $1,974 | 7.4% |
| 36620 | Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | Facility | 2022 | 41 | 41 | $26,380 | $1,419 | 5.4% |
| 93503 | Insertion of tube in pulmonary artery for monitoring | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $32,300 | $1,175 | 3.6% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2022 | 42 | 71 | $12,070 | $761.97 | 6.3% |
| 64447 | Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $22,100 | $704.30 | 3.2% |
| 76942 | Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 28 | $13,780 | $680.83 | 4.9% |
| 93320 | Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $19,800 | $307.48 | 1.6% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $14,280 | $38.93 | 0.3% |
| 00567 | Anesthesia for heart artery bypass grafting on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 18 | 19 | $196,212 | $13,089 | 6.7% |
| 00560 | Anesthesia for procedure on heart and great blood vessels | Facility | 2021 | 22 | 22 | $133,464 | $9,054 | 6.8% |
| 93312 | Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report | Facility | 2021 | 44 | 45 | $49,494 | $3,870 | 7.8% |
About Dr. Arnold Gee, MD
Dr. Arnold Gee, MD is a Anesthesiology healthcare provider based in Tucson, Arizona. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/26/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1750374450.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Arnold Gee, MD has received a total of $3,303 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,798 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 59 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,263).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Gee has provided services to 1,341 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,461 services with total Medicare billing of $152,892. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 47 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Anesthesiology
- Location Tucson, AZ
- Active Since 08/26/2005
- Last Updated 02/25/2020
- Taxonomy Code 207L00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1750374450
Products in Payments
- PASCAL (Device) $1,229
- Impella (Device) $311.30
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $252.91
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $229.99
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $162.11
- WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $131.38
- PNB AND ACCESSORIES (Device) $125.00
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $115.13
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $109.42
- XIENCE SIERRA (Device) $89.82
- ENDO GIA ULTRA (Device) $86.57
- LifeVest (Device) $57.44
- WATCHMAN (Device) $44.85
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $36.52
- SIGNIA (Device) $34.42
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve (Device) $32.05
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $31.59
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System (Device) $23.56
- KONECT RESILIA (Device) $22.40
- EPIC (Device) $20.82
Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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