Christopher Baggott, MD
Neurological Surgery · Madison, WINPI 1871818609
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,410, more than ten times the $1,329 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 106 payments — averaging $185.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$18K
- Stryker$1K
- Imperative Care, Inc$150
- B. Braun Medical Inc.$20
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,05051%
- Travel & lodging$3,95820%
- Food & beverage$5,62129%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 96 | $18,244 |
| Stryker | 8 | $1,216 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- UNID_PASS$1,699
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$998
- TREVO$975
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$504
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$416
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$337
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$334
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$150
- SPACE-D SYSTEM 5.5/6.0 VOYAGER INSTRUMENT SET$144
- RIALTO SI FUSION SYSTEM$140
- CASCADIA$126
- TRITANIUM$126
- MazorX - Renaissance$113
- Catalyft$110
- UNiD$104
How this compares
$19,630 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 neurological surgery in Madison
- Azam AhmedMadison$35K
- Mustafa BaskayaMadison$23K
- Daniel BurkettMadison$19K
- Brian SnyderMadison$9K
- Sanjay BhatiaMadison$9K
- William KempMadison$8K
- Gregory TrostMadison$5K
- Michael KoltzMadison$5K
- Laura McGuireMadison$4K
- David NiemannMadison$4K
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.