Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BJORN C BALLDIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1366654667
CMS profile
743947
Location
SAN ANTONIO, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$58,089.66

  • Reported across 64 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$14,945.92

6 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $13,686.57 1
Consulting Fee $1,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $259.35 4

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $14,814.67 5
THINK Surgical, Inc. $131.25 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $391.19 6
PY2020 $938.32 10
PY2021 $2,073.14 2
PY2022 $14,082.93 13
PY2023 $12,642.56 13
PY2024 $13,015.60 14
PY2025 $14,945.92 6

Payment records · PY2025 (6)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Stryker Corporation $45.21 01/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227379272 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.68 01/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227379275 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.21 01/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227379279 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13,686.57 11/20/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227379284 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,000.00 12/24/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227379288 CMS
Think Surgical, Inc. $131.25 02/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1188048247 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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