Aaron Cross, DO
Pain Medicine · Helena, MTNPI 1053790501
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,206 of the $4,874 with a category attached, or 65.8%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,856 and has fallen 85.5% since, to $415 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $56.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- AbbVie$525
- Nevro Corp.$338
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$268
- Sanofi$76
- plus $222 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,62933%
- Food & beverage$3,20666%
- Education$401%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 27 | $1,841 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $1,602 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $525 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $338 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $268 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $76 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $74 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $35 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,039
- Proclaim IPG$835
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$249
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$113
- ETERNA$112
- PROCLAIM$103
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in Montanato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 12 | $13,393 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 406 | $8,672 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 27 | $8,272 |
| Fentanyl | 83 | $7,977 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 105 | $2,843 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 70 | $1,749 |
| Gabapentin | 116 | $1,741 |
| Pregabalin | 56 | $1,530 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 68 | $848 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $721 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 40 | $600 |
| Baclofen | 27 | $441 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 74 | $440 |
| Methadone Hcl | 14 | $356 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $356 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Helena
- Timothy StrigenzBozeman$10K
- Patrick DanaherMissoula$6K
- Katrina LewisGreat Falls$6K
- Anna ColesKalispell$3K
- S Dante OrienteGreat Falls$2K
- Craig SweeneyGreat Falls$1K
- Steven MartiniAnaconda$934
- Oscar HeymanMissoula$464
- Brett BenderMissoula$273
- Bradley AylorBozeman$184
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.