April Elaine Cotton, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Hudson, NC
April Elaine Cotton, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Hudson, North Carolina, and NPI 1710922398, issued on Jun 18, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2007-01798, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- April Elaine Cotton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2007-01798 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 270 Pine Mountain RD, Hudson, NC 28638
- Phone
- (828) 757-6330
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 757-6349
- Medicaid ID
- 5909277 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080703000026); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 270 Pine Mountain RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sally Baird, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1710153515
- Brooke Bost, PA-CPhysician Assistant1306518014
- Kristy Loftis, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1811758543
Verify April Elaine Cotton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2007-01798Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,673 Medicare Part D claims for 574 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 207 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium524 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate423 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium406 claims
- Lisinopril332 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate323 claims
- Omeprazole301 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $595.60
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Caldwell Memorial Hospital IncLenoir, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
April Elaine Cotton among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
April Elaine Cotton, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
6 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Hudson
They are 6 of the 62 NPPES records with a practice address in Hudson, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 4,953 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hudson → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Abernethy, MDHudson, NC 286381790785798
- David Kays, D.O.Hudson, NC 286381104285030
- Richard McBurney, MDHudson, NC 286381790763795
- Kirsten McBurney, FNP-BCHudson, NC 286381114632395
- Allison Sharp, DOHudson, NC 286381821385659
- Jesse Rey Consing, M.DHildebran, NC 286371396785028
- Gary Martin, M.D.Hildebran, NC 286371750329918
- Aaron Swisher, M.D.Hildebran, NC 286371255331609
Common questions
What is April Elaine Cotton, MD's NPI number?
April Elaine Cotton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710922398, issued on Jun 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is April Elaine Cotton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 270 Pine Mountain RD, Hudson, NC, 28638. Phone: (828) 757-6330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify April Elaine Cotton, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2007-01798, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does April Elaine Cotton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, April Elaine Cotton, MD had 9,673 Medicare Part D claims for 574 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.