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

CHIHUA LEE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1437544137
CMS profile
7228596
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$15,165.69

  • Reported across 44 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,956.55

31 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
Grant $4,166.67 1
Food and Beverage $1,409.88 20
Travel and Lodging $380.00 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $4,166.67 1
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $770.48 18
Stryker Corporation $721.55 8
Medtronic, Inc. $126.74 2
ORTHALIGN INC $126.63 1
OMNIlife science, Inc $44.48 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,768.00 1
PY2020 $932.99 2
PY2023 $4,508.15 10
PY2024 $5,956.55 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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

Program year 2024 201920202023 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
Medtronic, Inc. $16.24 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119319540 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $110.50 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119319542 CMS
OMNIlife science, Inc $44.48 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154157513 CMS
ORTHALIGN INC $126.63 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126500590 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $4,166.67 01/25/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149596981 CMS
Stryker Corporation $158.69 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890874 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.16 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890876 CMS
Stryker Corporation $47.40 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890878 CMS
Stryker Corporation $170.35 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890880 CMS
Stryker Corporation $12.18 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890882 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.86 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890884 CMS
Stryker Corporation $160.36 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890886 CMS
Stryker Corporation $138.55 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119890888 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $135.86 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007217 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.90 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007249 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10.35 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007251 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $10.35 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007253 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007255 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $11.72 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007415 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007417 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $11.72 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007419 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007421 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.07 09/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007423 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.92 09/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007259 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $219.68 09/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007257 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $13.00 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007283 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $18.00 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007285 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $25.13 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007287 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $26.78 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007289 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $21.04 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007291 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $23.75 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155007293 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
2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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