Dr. Daniel E. Lee, MD

  • San Diego, CA
  • Anesthesiologist
NPI1578503132PAC ID2466646724
Medicare services, 2024
36
Medicare patients, 2024
94
Part D claims, 2016
11
Publications
6
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
Practice phone
Call (619) 543-6222
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Primary practice

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center

San Diego, California

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Dr. Daniel E. Lee is an anesthesiologist in San Diego, California

Dr. Lee practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Lee's NPI, 1578503132, was assigned on June 8, 2006. Dr. Lee graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1997. Dr. Lee holds California license A68580.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2466646724
NPI enumeration date
June 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 543-6222
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Daniel E. Lee practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California

Dr. Lee's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

  • UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
    200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Daniel E. Lee is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Lee's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Lee is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Daniel E. Lee's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSD Hillcrest Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Daniel E. Lee is one of 6,593 anesthesiologists in California

Anesthesiology is Dr. Lee's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207L00000X. Dr. Lee is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Lee is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Anesthesiology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A68580 · 1999 to 2027 · taxonomy 207L00000X

Anesthesiologists near Dr. Lee

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Dr. Daniel E. Lee billed Medicare for 36 services in 2024

CMS data shows 36 Medicare services from Dr. Lee across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 94 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,057 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202436
Medicare patients94
Paid by Medicare$3,057
Procedure codes2

Dr. Lee's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Anesthesia
2023: 502024: 3628%

Dr. Lee compared with the California median for anesthesiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Lee
  • California median
Medicare services
36vs 7250% below
Medicare patients
94vs 14334% below
Part D claims
11vs 2352% below

Medians across 5,562 anesthesiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lee's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Daniel E. Lee treated 94 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 69

CMS counts 94 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lee in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 39 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 54% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.81, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lee's median patient age at 51, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 202494
Average age69
Average risk score2.81
Also on Medicaid54%

Dr. Lee's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Lee's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4750%
  • Men4750%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Lee's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes53%
  4. Chronic kidney disease48%
  5. Arthritis46%
  6. Mood disorders45%
  7. Depression39%
  8. Anxiety37%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Lee's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 51

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Daniel E. Lee wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims in 2016

In 2016, Dr. Lee wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $443 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 201611
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$443

Dr. Lee's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2016

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

Dr. Daniel E. Lee scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Lee for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lee accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Lee's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 84.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Daniel E. Lee has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Lee, published from 2019 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Internship and Residency and Physicians. Dr. Lee's most frequent co-authors are Nancy Swerdlow Downs, MD, Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD and Sidney Zisook, MD.

Papers6
Years published2019 to 2024

Dr. Lee's papers by year, 2019 to 2024

Topics Dr. Lee writes about most

  • Internship and Residency
  • Physicians

Dr. Lee's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Lee

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Daniel E. Lee received $99,368 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 196 general payments to Dr. Lee from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 45% of the total. ViiV Healthcare Company paid the most, $91,257.

General payments to Dr. Lee by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lee by kind, 2016 to 2025

$99.4Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$44,22045%
  • Consulting fees$36,23136%
  • Travel and lodging$13,87314%
  • Food and beverage$4,9825%
  • Education$620%

Companies that paid Dr. Lee the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Daniel E. Lee has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Lee, most recently Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award in 2017.

Awards and honors for Dr. Lee

  1. 2017
    • Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel E. Lee graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Lee graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolUT Southwestern Medical Center
  2. Board certified in anesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
  3. Board certified in pediatric anesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
  4. Board certified in pediatricsAmerican Board of Pediatrics

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Daniel E. Lee accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Lee is in network with 15 carriers, including United Healthcare, Elevance and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Molina
  • Regence Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Lee accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare6
  4. EPO3
  5. Medicaid1
  6. POS1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Daniel E. Lee's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Daniel E. Lee's NPI number?

Dr. Daniel E. Lee's NPI number is 1578503132. It was assigned on June 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Daniel E. Lee?

Dr. Daniel E. Lee is an anesthesiologist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Anesthesiology Physician (taxonomy code 207L00000X).

Where does Dr. Daniel E. Lee practice?

Dr. Lee practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Dr. Lee's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

What is Dr. Daniel E. Lee's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lee is (619) 543-6222.

What is Dr. Daniel E. Lee's medical license number?

Dr. Lee holds California license A68580.

Which hospitals is Dr. Daniel E. Lee affiliated with?

Dr. Lee is affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Daniel E. Lee part of?

Dr. Lee is linked to UC San Diego Health.

Does Dr. Daniel E. Lee accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lee billed Medicare for 36 services in 2024, and Dr. Lee accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Daniel E. Lee's MIPS score?

Dr. Lee's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Daniel E. Lee see?

CMS counts 94 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lee in 2024, with an average age of 69.

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Is Dr. Daniel E. Lee board certified?

Yes. Dr. Lee is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

What services does Dr. Daniel E. Lee bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lee's most billed Medicare services were anesthesia (00104) and anesthesia (00520).

Where did Dr. Daniel E. Lee go to medical school?

Dr. Lee graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. Daniel E. Lee prescribe most?

In 2016 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lee's most prescribed drugs by claims were Mercaptopurine.

Has Dr. Daniel E. Lee received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $99,368 in general payments to Dr. Lee from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from ViiV Healthcare Company.

How long has Dr. Daniel E. Lee been practicing?

Dr. Lee graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

Does Dr. Daniel E. Lee do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Lee, published from 2019 to 2024.

Who does Dr. Daniel E. Lee publish with?

Dr. Lee's most frequent co-authors are Nancy Swerdlow Downs, MD (3 shared papers), Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD (2 shared papers) and Sidney Zisook, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Daniel E. Lee accept?

Dr. Lee is in network with 15 carriers, including United Healthcare, Elevance and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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