Christopher Baker, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Temple Terrace, FLNPI 1679775167
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $390,000 of the $574,784 with a category attached, or 67.9%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Anika Therapeutics, Inc. at 51.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $176,427 and has fallen 58.9% since, to $72,588 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 665 payments — averaging $864.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$295K
- Zimmer Biomet$205K
- Stryker$63K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$4K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$390
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 59 payments — averaging $3081.55 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$114K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$68K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$68,45512%
- Consulting fees$390,00068%
- Speaking & faculty fees$66,09311%
- Travel & lodging$36,5426%
- Food & beverage$13,6942%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 165 | $295,266 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 343 | $204,793 |
| Stryker | 55 | $63,272 |
| Smith+Nephew | 39 | $5,198 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 13 | $3,563 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $390 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 3 | $335 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 6 | $333 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $326 |
| Dunamis Medical, LLC | 1 | $255 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $179 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $163 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $102 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $61 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Medela LLC | 5 | $59 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $55 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AccuFill$143,781
- Integrity implant$79,076
- Integrity$78,415
- TACTOSET$49,308
- RevoMotion$41,833
- INSPACE$27,025
- Quatro Link$23,375
- Parcus Suture Anchors$20,000
- HYALOFAST$19,501
- Juggerknot$19,119
- OMEGA$17,500
- NA$16,512
- Biowick$16,500
- Quatro Bolt$12,500
- Inlay Glenoid 2.0$12,064
- SHOULDER IMPLANT$11,840
- COBRA$9,870
- Subchondroplasty$9,000
- SCP Bone Substitute$8,125
- ICONIX$8,000
How this compares
$574,784 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 78 | $1,110 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 84 | $803 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 29 | $278 |
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $76 |
| Gabapentin | 80 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Temple Terrace
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Kenneth GustkeTemple Terrace$5.2M
- Mark MighellTemple Terrace$4.3M
- Michael GarciaTemple Terrace$1.1M
- John SmallTemple Terrace$467K
- Brian PalumboTemple Terrace$414K
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
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.