Total Payments
$532,323
2024 Payments
$27,086
Companies
22
Transactions
226
Medicare Patients
10,430
Medicare Billing
$1.6M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Royalty/License$331,508 (62.3%)
Consulting$99,875 (18.8%)
Travel$85,590 (16.1%)
Food & Beverage$10,351 (1.9%)
Research$5,000 (0.9%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $331,508 | 27 | 62.3% |
| Consulting Fee | $99,875 | 41 | 18.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $85,590 | 36 | 16.1% |
| Food and Beverage | $10,351 | 114 | 1.9% |
| Unspecified | $5,000 | 8 | 0.9% |
Payments by Type
General
$527,323
218 transactions
Research
$5,000
1 transactions
Ownership
$0
7 transactions
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPINEART SA | $198,044 | 23 | $0 (2023) |
| Choice Spine, LLC | $180,070 | 35 | $0 (2024) |
| SPINEART USA INC | $131,326 | 96 | $0 (2024) |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | $6,945 | 16 | $0 (2023) |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | $5,000 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Renovis Surgical Technologies, Inc. | $5,000 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $4,356 | 15 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $450.84 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $341.29 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Organogenesis Inc. | $176.21 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27,086 | 17 | Choice Spine, LLC ($18,031) |
| 2023 | $97,332 | 24 | Choice Spine, LLC ($44,426) |
| 2022 | $103,948 | 44 | SPINEART SA ($45,031) |
| 2021 | $79,623 | 26 | Choice Spine, LLC ($41,046) |
| 2020 | $62,974 | 14 | Choice Spine, LLC ($32,269) |
| 2019 | $73,771 | 28 | Spineart USA Inc ($34,297) |
| 2018 | $60,402 | 48 | Spineart USA Inc ($25,861) |
| 2017 | $27,187 | 25 | Spineart USA Inc ($16,228) |
All Payment Transactions
226 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 10
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/01/2024 | SPINEART USA INC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $8,288.00 | General |
| 10/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | APOLLO ESG System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.33 | General |
| Category: APOLLO ESG System_ENDO | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | APOLLO ESG System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $233.70 | General |
| Category: APOLLO ESG System_ENDO | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | FLOSEAL (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.22 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 09/10/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $137.77 | General |
| Category: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) | ||||||
| 08/19/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.77 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.12 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 07/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.36 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 06/29/2024 | Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.69 | General |
| 06/28/2024 | Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $4.13 | General |
| 06/02/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.51 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 04/22/2024 | Choice Spine, LLC | BLACKHAWK CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM (Device), THUNDERBOLT MINIMALLY INVASIVE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS, VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $453.09 | General |
| Category: Spinal implant | ||||||
| 04/15/2024 | Choice Spine, LLC | TIGERSHARK C (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,839.15 | General |
| Category: Spinal implant | ||||||
| 04/15/2024 | Choice Spine, LLC | BOOMERANG (Device) | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,853.82 | General |
| Category: Spinal implant | ||||||
| 04/07/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $52.76 | General |
| Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional) | ||||||
| 02/14/2024 | Integrity Implants Inc. dba Accelus | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.40 | General |
| 01/10/2024 | Choice Spine, LLC | BOOMERANG (Device), TIGERSHARK C | Royalty or License | Cash or cash equivalent | $10,885.15 | General |
| Category: Spinal implant | ||||||
| 10/19/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | FLOSEAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.45 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 10/02/2023 | Choice Spine, LLC | VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,908.89 | General |
| Category: Spinal implant | ||||||
| 09/30/2023 | Spineart USA Inc | PERLA C (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $617.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 09/07/2023 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Vemlidy (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $124.78 | General |
| Category: HBV | ||||||
| 09/01/2023 | Spineart USA Inc | PERLA C (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,911.20 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 09/01/2023 | Spineart USA Inc | PERLA C (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $5,568.90 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 09/01/2023 | Spineart USA Inc | PERLA C (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $30.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
| 09/01/2023 | Spineart USA Inc | PERLA C (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $30.00 | General |
| Category: Orthopedics | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALIF | Renovis Surgical Technologies, Inc. | $5,000 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32 | 2,549 | 3,584 | $2.4M | $381,900 |
| 2022 | 36 | 2,729 | 3,911 | $2.9M | $441,136 |
| 2021 | 36 | 2,881 | 4,142 | $3.2M | $481,459 |
| 2020 | 39 | 2,271 | 3,365 | $2.2M | $330,554 |
Total Patients
10,430
Total Services
15,002
Medicare Billing
$1.6M
Procedure Codes
144
All Medicare Procedures & Services
144 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 530 | 1,016 | $198,120 | $73,440 | 37.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 357 | 573 | $169,035 | $59,646 | 35.3% |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 24 | 24 | $321,600 | $35,000 | 10.9% |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $177,900 | $19,506 | 11.0% |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 28 | $159,600 | $16,977 | 10.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 135 | 135 | $61,425 | $16,965 | 27.6% |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 32 | $262,400 | $16,916 | 6.4% |
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 126 | 149 | $81,503 | $16,686 | 20.5% |
| 72110 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views | Office | 2023 | 351 | 369 | $64,944 | $16,446 | 25.3% |
| 72148 | Mri scan of lower spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 137 | 140 | $201,880 | $15,457 | 7.7% |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 48 | $144,000 | $15,052 | 10.5% |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 68 | $115,600 | $13,945 | 12.1% |
| 72100 | X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 194 | 360 | $46,080 | $12,082 | 26.2% |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | Facility | 2023 | 25 | 39 | $76,635 | $6,677 | 8.7% |
| 72141 | Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast | Office | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $67,206 | $5,269 | 7.8% |
| 63052 | Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 24 | 24 | $32,712 | $5,043 | 15.4% |
| 22634 | Fusion of additional segment of spine with partial removal of spine bone and disc | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 14 | $61,600 | $5,008 | 8.1% |
| 72040 | X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views | Office | 2023 | 110 | 128 | $15,360 | $4,377 | 28.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $13,892 | $4,021 | 28.9% |
| 64479 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into upper or middle spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 29 | $17,980 | $3,960 | 22.0% |
| 64484 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | Facility | 2023 | 65 | 76 | $25,916 | $3,303 | 12.7% |
| 20939 | Aspiration of bone marrow for spine bone graft | Facility | 2023 | 36 | 36 | $18,000 | $3,036 | 16.9% |
| 63053 | Partial removal of bone of additional segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 14 | $14,280 | $2,608 | 18.3% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $16,537 | $2,023 | 12.2% |
| 27096 | Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 21 | $7,392 | $1,956 | 26.5% |
About Dr. Joe Lee, MD
Dr. Joe Lee, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Arcadia, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/14/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1437313095.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Joe Lee, MD has received a total of $532,323 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $27,086 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 226 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($331,508).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lee has provided services to 10,430 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 15,002 services with total Medicare billing of $1.6M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 144 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
- Other Specialties Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
- Location Arcadia, CA
- Active Since 07/14/2008
- Last Updated 03/07/2023
- Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1437313095
Products in Payments
- Juliet PO (Device) $55,102
- PERLA C (Device) $51,546
- Tiger Shark C (Device) $40,851
- BOOMERANG (Device) $33,446
- JULIET Ti OL - POSTERIOR Ti CAGES (Device) $31,730
- TIGERSHARK C (Device) $28,769
- PERLA TL (Device) $27,641
- Boomerang (Device) $27,586
- SCARLET AL-T - SECURED LUMBAR ANTERIOR CAGE (Device) $25,481
- ROMEO 2 - CROSSLINK (Device) $19,550
- Tiger Shark-C (Device) $14,634
- Juliet Ti PO (Device) $14,023
- VEO Lateral Interbody Fusion System (Device) $13,266
- Juliet Ti OL (Device) $12,589
- VEO LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM (Device) $7,021
- THUNDERBOLT MINIMALLY INVASIVE PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS (Device) $5,558
- FlareHawk (Device) $4,922
- SCARLET AL-T (Device) $4,318
- BLACKHAWK CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM (Device) $2,689
- TLIF (Device) $2,000
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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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