Curtis Albers, MD
Anesthesiology · Grand Island, NENPI 1942273644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,500 of the $1,902 with a category attached, or 78.9%. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,213 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $458 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 14 payments — averaging $135.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$1K
- Stryker$458
- Medtronic$88
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$57
- Abbott$33
- Boston Scientific$25
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,50079%
- Food & beverage$40221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $1,213 |
| Stryker | 3 | $458 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $88 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Abbott | 1 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
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.
- IOVERA SYSTEM$1,164
- mild Device Kit$396
How this compares
$1,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 281 anesthesiology providers in Nebraska.
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 anesthesiology in Grand Island
- Merlin WehlingKearney$2.7M
- Kenneth GrossLincoln$153K
- Myles GartNorfolk$115K
- Douglas SpurgeonLincoln$101K
- Travis TeetorOmaha$82K
- Burt McKeagKearney$13K
- Redgy FullerOmaha$9K
- Peter PellegrinoOmaha$9K
- Robert MuellemanOmaha$9K
- Kristina BirchOmaha$7K
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.