Brian Cross, DO
Orthopaedic Trauma · Fort Lauderdale, FLNPI 1275564064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Synthes GmbH at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,226 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $7,247 in 2025.
Across 129 payments — averaging $466.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$29K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$23K
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Citieffe, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$375
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,87740%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,50029%
- Travel & lodging$10,68818%
- Food & beverage$7,94213%
- Other$1810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 28 | $29,209 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 16 | $22,817 |
| Stryker | 27 | $1,959 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $1,911 |
| Citieffe, Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $375 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 3 | $355 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 2 | $330 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $330 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $271 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $201 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 2 | $182 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $160 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $159 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Axogen | 1 | $45 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
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.
- HAMMERLOCK$9,115
- NA$1,354
- AXSOS$423
- TFN-Advance$391
- VA-LCP$266
- INSIGNIA$247
- INTEGRA$181
- OsteoMed$160
- Irrisept$159
- VARIAX$150
- MOTOBAND$150
- EVOS SMALL$149
- T2$149
- BIOFIX$149
- BIODRESTORE$149
- BIODFACTOR$149
- BIODOPTIX$149
- MEDIHONEY$149
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$145
- Photodynamic Bone Stabilization Procedure Pack$143
How this compares
$60,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 65 orthopaedic trauma providers in Florida.
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.
Other orthopaedic trauma in Fort Lauderdale
- Jason GouldFort Lauderdale$129K
- Jorge RochaFort Lauderdale$26K
- Bradley RothFort Lauderdale$26K
- Sein LwinFort Lauderdale$1K
- J Dean ColeOrlando$4.2M
- Vuong NguyenOrlando$1.4M
- Edward PerezFt Lauderdale$981K
- Hassan MirTemple Terrace$877K
- Daniel SeginaMelbourne$330K
- Kenneth KovalOrlando$321K
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.