Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

ROBERT T BALDWIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1154321487
CMS profile
278832
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$12,390.79

  • Reported across 212 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,057.83

23 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $632.62 21
Education $425.21 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,514.54 26
PY2019 $2,191.71 28
PY2020 $865.84 18
PY2021 $2,324.68 49
PY2022 $2,749.76 36
PY2023 $1,686.43 32
PY2024 $1,057.83 23

Payment records · PY2024 (23)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AngioDynamics, Inc. $15.21 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095066591 CMS
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. $18.20 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128474195 CMS
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. $14.33 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128474203 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $31.48 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150737906 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $22.17 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138812755 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $19.64 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140060674 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $15.98 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140060676 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.38 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086353 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.83 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086355 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $36.17 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086357 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $102.81 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086359 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $19.97 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151257379 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $27.00 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149595793 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.39 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149595791 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $25.68 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531566 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $7.22 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531564 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $25.65 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531568 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $33.87 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531572 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $20.60 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531574 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $19.62 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128531570 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $220.62 02/04/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148105346 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $204.59 03/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148105358 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $67.42 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148105397 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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