Laura Bauman
Pediatric Gastroenterology · San Diego, CANPI 1255697850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,033 of the $7,615 with a category attached, or 92.3%. Albireo Pharma, Inc. accounts for 94.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,219 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $36 in 2025.
Across 22 payments — averaging $346.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Albireo Pharma, Inc.$7K
- AbbVie$216
- Gilead$101
- QOL Medical, LLC$36
- Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.$24
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$23
- plus $19 from 2 others
Across 64 payments — averaging $6727.77 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.
- Albireo Pharma, Inc.$290K
- Gilead$130K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,03392%
- Food & beverage$5788%
- Education$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $7,195 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $216 |
| Gilead | 1 | $101 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $4 |
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.
How this compares
$7,615 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 220 pediatric gastroenterology providers in California.
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Other pediatric gastroenterology in San Diego
- Amber HildrethSan Diego$67K
- Ariel FeldsteinSan Diego$60K
- Kathleen SchwarzSan Diego$58K
- Andrew DickersonSan Diego$58K
- Mary Abigail GarciaSan Diego$51K
- Joel LavineSan Diego$19K
- Tom LinSan Diego$10K
- Christopher ChuSan Diego$8K
- Maria Ordonez NaranjoSan Diego$5K
- Jeffrey SchwimmerSan Diego$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.