Cristina Baker
Infectious Disease · Saint Louis Park, MNNPI 1457384299
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $489 of the $613 with a category attached, or 79.8%. Abbott accounts for 89.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $548, more than ten times the $32 reported in 2020.
Across 7 payments — averaging $87.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$548
- Insmed, Inc.$65
Across 10 payments — averaging $94,070 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$941K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$48980%
- Food & beverage$5910%
- Education$6511%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 3 | $548 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
How this compares
$613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 157 infectious disease providers in Minnesota.
Other infectious disease in Saint Louis Park
- Tze-Chiang MengLino Lakes$132K
- Frank RhameMinneapolis$132K
- Zelalem TemesgenRochester$46K
- Nathan CumminsRochester$44K
- Andrew BadleyRochester$22K
- Raymund RazonableRochester$20K
- Marisa AzadRochester$17K
- Priya SampathkumarRochester$13K
- Paschalis VergidisRochester$10K
- William HenryMinneapolis$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.