Jeffrey Baker, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1215935739
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (27.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 38.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,265, more than ten times the $175 reported in 2019.
Across 96 payments — averaging $163.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$177
- Bioventus LLC$176
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80011%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,01219%
- Travel & lodging$4,38328%
- Food & beverage$4,11726%
- Education$2,40015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 12 | $6,075 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 14 | $2,847 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 25 | $2,806 |
| Medwest Associates | 4 | $2,449 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $176 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $170 |
| Abbott | 3 | $165 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $135 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $126 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $124 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $104 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $86 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $58 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- LAPIPLASTY SYSTEM 1$1,800
- PRIME SERIES$829
- Lapiplasty System$799
- HOFFMANN$507
- ORTHOLOC 2 LAPIFUSE$175
- AXS INFINITY LS$169
- ICONIX$169
- OMEGA$169
- BIOSTEON INTERFERENCE SCREWS$169
- BIOSTEON INTRALINE$169
- INFINITY$165
- PROPHECY$127
- EXPAREL$124
- VersaWrap$114
How this compares
$15,712 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 555 foot & ankle surgery providers in Illinois.
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 foot & ankle surgery in Chicago
- Edgardo Rodriguez CollazoChicago$755K
- Stephanie OexemanChicago$206K
- Jeffrey AlexanderChicago$158K
- Matthew GaroufalisChicago$151K
- George HolmesChicago$134K
- Milap PatelChicago$52K
- Theodore PolizosChicago$47K
- Simon LeeChicago$34K
- Wonyong LeeChicago$23K
- Kamran HamidChicago$19K
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.