Nancy Cross, MD
Pain Medicine · Fairbanks, AKNPI 1174537674
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 63.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $174 and has fallen 82.1% since, to $31 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in AK, where the typical reported total is $707.
Across 24 payments — averaging $29.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$445
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$135
- Nevro Corp.$45
- Vertex$31
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$21
- Pfizer$16
- plus $12 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$707100%
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 | 16 | $445 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $45 |
| Vertex | 1 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- Qutenza$135
How this compares
$707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 20 pain medicine providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 18 | $14,697 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 36 | $9,860 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 58 | $1,146 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $468 |
| Pregabalin | 34 | $391 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $360 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $315 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $311 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $242 |
| Methadone Hcl | 12 | $189 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $53 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $29 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $18 |
| Lorazepam | 11 | $9 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Fairbanks
- Stephen MarkewichWasilla$57K
- Renee MarchegianiWasilla$10K
- Derek BradleyJber$9K
- Kimpreet KaurElmendorf Afb$7K
- James PricePalmer$7K
- Nichelle RenkAnchorage$5K
- Jon HinmanWasilla$2K
- Benjamin EkstromAnchorage$910
- Leon ChandlerAnchorage$836
- Shawn JohnstonAnchorage$663
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.