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

JOSHUA BAKER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1972623692
CMS profile
43972
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$34,083.87

  • Reported across 60 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,229.24

13 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
Travel and Lodging $1,863.82 4
Food and Beverage $365.42 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $198.49 10
PY2019 $500.01 12
PY2020 $25.22 1
PY2021 $141.88 6
PY2022 $30,717.13 10
PY2023 $271.90 8
PY2024 $2,229.24 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.48 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816233 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,137.46 10/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816447 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $254.79 10/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816467 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $138.18 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138862129 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $178.36 10/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816329 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.39 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816333 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $31.46 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816337 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $39.19 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816445 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $293.21 12/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138816471 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $18.59 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150254094 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $52.16 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148146059 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $31.13 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148146162 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $21.84 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155002865 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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