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

BENJAMIN LEE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1871784967
CMS profile
957661
Location
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,897.46

  • Reported across 119 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,628.06

22 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 $845.75 17
Travel and Lodging $782.31 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $1,451.88 19
Kerecis Limited $132.62 1
Amgen Inc. $22.91 1
Abbott Laboratories $20.65 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $506.39 19
PY2019 $450.91 18
PY2020 $147.84 8
PY2021 $3,959.92 23
PY2022 $1,382.58 19
PY2023 $821.76 10
PY2024 $1,628.06 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Abbott Laboratories $20.65 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125315896 CMS
Amgen Inc. $22.91 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111631210 CMS
Kerecis Limited $132.62 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120091859 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.90 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526794 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.89 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526796 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $142.03 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526798 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $35.71 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526800 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $145.71 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526806 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.88 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526802 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1.06 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526804 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $4.84 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526808 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $560.67 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526810 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526812 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.01 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526816 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.24 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526822 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $39.20 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112067994 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $129.62 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526824 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.57 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526826 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.78 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526814 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $83.33 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526818 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.40 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526820 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $161.79 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119526828 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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