Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

LEI LU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Pain Medicine

NPI
1255954194
CMS profile
7385616
Location
ASHEVILLE, NC

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$2,910.30

  • Reported across 32 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,317.24

25 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,945.47 22
Travel and Lodging $371.77 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $906.45 10
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $343.19 5
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $311.15 2
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $228.72 2
Vertos Medical, Inc. $179.12 3
Nevro Corp. $127.97 1
SI-BONE, INC. $117.98 1
PAINTEQ LLC $102.66 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $398.91 4
PY2023 $194.15 3
PY2024 $2,317.24 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $140.15 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153859342 CMS
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $171.00 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153859312 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $169.21 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092379932 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $137.52 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092379930 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.89 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092379924 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.70 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092379926 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.87 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092379928 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $289.00 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133338 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $47.55 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133340 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $46.67 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133342 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $83.41 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133344 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $137.91 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133346 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $44.63 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133332 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.44 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133334 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.56 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133336 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.22 08/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133350 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $137.06 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117133348 CMS
Nevro Corp. $127.97 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130781496 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $102.66 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141999113 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $117.98 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120055873 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $81.97 08/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104954709 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $146.75 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104950712 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $127.69 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133344931 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $23.77 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133344935 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $27.66 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133344933 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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