Total Payments
$50,314
2024 Payments
$40,456
Companies
27
Transactions
231
Medicare Patients
852
Medicare Billing
$207,114

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$22,832 (45.4%)
Travel$15,437 (30.7%)
Food & Beverage$12,031 (23.9%)
Other$14.18 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $22,832 13 45.4%
Travel and Lodging $15,437 41 30.7%
Food and Beverage $12,031 176 23.9%
Long term medical supply or device loan $14.18 1 0.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $45,054 132 $0 (2024)
Stryker Corporation $3,220 50 $0 (2024)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $346.06 11 $0 (2024)
Skeletal Dynamics Inc $317.05 2 $0 (2024)
Bone Support Inc. $229.43 2 $0 (2024)
UOC USA INC $224.27 2 $0 (2023)
KCI USA, Inc. $121.41 3 $0 (2023)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $119.70 1 $0 (2023)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $99.22 1 $0 (2022)
MEDACTA USA, INC. $83.96 1 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $40,456 89 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($39,430)
2023 $3,693 54 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($2,678)
2022 $5,024 67 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($2,947)
2021 $1,124 20 Stryker Corporation ($950.49)
2020 $16.32 1 Allergan, Inc. ($16.32)

All Payment Transactions

231 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 10

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/30/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $576.11 General
Category: Hips
12/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $96.95 General
Category: Knees
12/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $83.78 General
Category: Knees
12/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ROSA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.44 General
Category: Knees
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $663.71 General
Category: Hips
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $420.97 General
Category: Hips
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $132.29 General
Category: Knees
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $83.78 General
Category: Knees
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ROSA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $57.08 General
Category: Knees
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ROSA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $55.10 General
Category: Knees
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $35.00 General
Category: Hips
12/06/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Arcos (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: Hips
11/27/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $2,400.00 General
Category: Knees
11/14/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. EVOS (Device), POLARCUP, POLARSTEM Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.34 General
Category: Trauma Plates, Screws, and Nails
11/13/2024 Skeletal Dynamics Inc Geminus (Device), Align, IJS Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $149.28 General
Category: Orthopedic
11/12/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.66 General
11/08/2024 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $171.01 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
11/08/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.02 General
11/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,390.07 General
11/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $854.04 General
11/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $473.48 General
11/07/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $35.00 General
10/16/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $122.82 General
09/27/2024 Stryker Corporation INBONE (Device), INVISION, PROPHECY Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $170.13 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
09/19/2024 Bone Support Inc. CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER (Device), CERAMENT G Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $142.67 General
Category: Bone void and fracture

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 17 653 953 $717,905 $165,092
2022 10 181 202 $220,936 $38,704
2021 1 18 18 $34,839 $3,318
Total Patients
852
Total Services
1,173
Medicare Billing
$207,114
Procedure Codes
28

All Medicare Procedures & Services

28 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27487 Revision of thigh and lower leg bone components of total knee joint prosthesis Facility 2023 21 25 $148,443 $33,218 22.4%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 31 32 $146,303 $30,539 20.9%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 27 27 $111,014 $25,562 23.0%
27134 Revision of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis Facility 2023 11 19 $117,590 $23,977 20.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 93 109 $37,387 $12,702 34.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 67 87 $22,098 $7,773 35.2%
27495 Stabilization of thigh bone with device Facility 2023 15 16 $49,744 $6,821 13.7%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 33 33 $16,236 $5,288 32.6%
20985 Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure Facility 2023 30 31 $11,160 $3,398 30.4%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 42 49 $8,428 $3,244 38.5%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views Office 2023 70 124 $8,715 $2,841 32.6%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 44 60 $13,462 $2,767 20.6%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 57 91 $9,464 $2,747 29.0%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 35 51 $4,922 $1,694 34.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 18 18 $7,020 $1,409 20.1%
97605 Therapy procedure using a special bandage and vacuum pump, surface area 50.0 sq cm or less Facility 2023 39 53 $5,406 $1,009 18.7%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 20 128 $512.00 $104.56 20.4%
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2022 29 29 $82,134 $13,113 16.0%
27487 Revision of thigh and lower leg bone components of total knee joint prosthesis Facility 2022 18 20 $66,774 $9,841 14.7%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2022 18 18 $42,452 $5,390 12.7%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 36 40 $13,720 $5,378 39.2%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 15 15 $3,810 $1,366 35.8%
20985 Computer-assisted surgery for muscle and bone procedure Facility 2022 12 12 $4,320 $1,311 30.3%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2022 16 20 $2,080 $675.40 32.5%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 11 12 $2,796 $615.45 22.0%

About James Baker

James Baker is a Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Louisville, Kentucky. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/29/2016. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1346603321.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, James Baker has received a total of $50,314 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $40,456 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 231 transactions from 27 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($22,832).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Baker has provided services to 852 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,173 services with total Medicare billing of $207,114. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 28 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Persona (Device) $17,893
  • ROSA (Device) $9,954
  • Arcos (Device) $7,567
  • Affixus (Device) $1,635
  • MAKO (Device) $1,566
  • Avenir (Device) $761.42
  • ACCOLADE (Device) $551.58
  • EXETER (Device) $387.48
  • Geminus (Device) $317.05
  • CERAMENTBONE VOID FILLER (Device) $229.43
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $228.13
  • USTAR II (Device) $224.27
  • EVOS (Device) $221.52
  • RESTORATION (Device) $191.19
  • OSSEOTI RECONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM (Device) $191.13
  • Gel-One Cross-linked Hyaluronate (Device) $179.79
  • INBONE (Device) $170.13
  • Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) $135.78
  • mymobility Platform (Device) $128.72
  • PREVENA (Device) $121.41

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Doctors in Louisville