Russell Baer
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1275698003
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $98,729 of the $146,386 with a category attached, or 67.4%. Nobel Biocare USA accounts for 89.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $34,954 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $767 in 2025. Among oral and maxillofacial surgery clinicians in IL 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 161 payments — averaging $909.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nobel Biocare USA$131K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$13K
- Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.$903
- Align Technology, Inc.$531
- Ormco Corporation$269
- Kerr Corporation$158
- plus $171 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,75017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$98,72967%
- Travel & lodging$18,45413%
- Food & beverage$4,3963%
- Education$580%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Biocare USA | 116 | $130,953 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 5 | $13,401 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 4 | $903 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 11 | $531 |
| Ormco Corporation | 10 | $269 |
| Kerr Corporation | 10 | $158 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $45 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EDUCATION$87,023
- NOBELACTIVE$54,830
- NOBELPARALLEL$54,716
- NOBELSPEEDY$23,543
- NOBELREPLACE$23,543
- NOBELPROCERA$23,543
- Invisalign$148
How this compares
$146,386 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 294 oral and maxillofacial surgery providers in Illinois.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 71 | $509 |
| Amoxicillin | 56 | $218 |
| Penicillin V Potassium | 17 | $80 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral and maxillofacial surgery in Chicago
- Michael MiloroChicago$97K
- Akanksha SrivastavaChicago$34K
- Jordan LedgerChicago$21K
- David HansonChicago$20K
- Nicholas CallahanChicago$7K
- Michael HanChicago$6K
- Philip MeehanChicago$4K
- Ali Al-QudsiChicago$4K
- David ReisbergChicago$3K
- Jordan ElmowitzChicago$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.