Carl Baker, MD
Retina Specialist · Hilton Head Island, SCNPI 1154398253
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 223 payments — averaging $1589.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$169K
- Novo Nordisk AS$82K
- Novartis$53K
- Novo Nordisk$28K
- Shire North American Group Inc$10K
- Mylan Technologies Inc.$5K
- plus $8K from 21 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1716.17 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.
- Novo Nordisk$9K
- Novo Nordisk AS$799
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 31 | $168,610 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 23 | $82,410 |
| Novartis | 17 | $52,947 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $27,754 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $9,682 |
| Mylan Technologies Inc. | 3 | $4,672 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $3,799 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 50 | $1,251 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $869 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 15 | $610 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $477 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $277 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $267 |
| Alimera Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $192 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $157 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $128 |
| Alcon | 2 | $114 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Biogen | 2 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $40 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $39 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $26 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $6 |
How this compares
$354,546 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 20 retina specialist providers in South Carolina.
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.
Other retina specialist in Hilton Head Island
- David JohnsonWest Columbia$1.4M
- Hao TangCharleston$66K
- Nitin NigamWest Columbia$35K
- Adam PflugrathGreenville$13K
- Jeffrey GrossColumbia$7K
- Arman FarrRock Hill$5K
- Stephen HypesWest Columbia$5K
- James HallGreenville$4K
- Robert PrinziLittle River$4K
- Jeffrey BliceCharleston$3K
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.