Brian Baggott, MD
Gastroenterology · Augusta, MENPI 1407813306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 12 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Braintree Laboratories, Inc. at 30.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in ME, where the typical reported total is $670.
Across 12 payments — averaging $39.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$144
- Boston Scientific$142
- AbbVie$65
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$52
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$19
- Advanced Accelerator Applications$18
- plus $31 from 2 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $11,120 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS$67K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$470100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $142 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $65 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $19 |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | 1 | $18 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$470 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 68 gastroenterology providers in Maine.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 14 | $1,570 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 37 | $386 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $315 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 18 | $166 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Augusta
- Joan KhederAugusta$7K
- George DavisAugusta$135
- Douglas HowellPortland$1.2M
- Martin MoehlenPortland$340K
- Tahira SaifuddinBangor$84K
- Brian BerberianBangor$70K
- Janese LasterBangor$57K
- Fernando CalmetPortland$51K
- Marina KimPortland$33K
- Winoah HenryLewiston$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.