Jason William Cotter, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Bluffton, SC
Jason William Cotter, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Bluffton, South Carolina, and NPI 1801859640, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina TL31669, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jason William Cotter
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- TL31669 SC
200300326 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 75 Baylor Dr, Bluffton, SC 29910
- Phone
- (843) 705-8919
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 16, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (843) 705-7024
- Medicaid IDs
- 89134Y8 NC
316697 SC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090612000437); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Hahnemann University College Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 75 Baylor Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Meredith Mitchell, MDSpecialist1831356898
- Kayo Perley, MDFamily Medicine Physician1699330092
- Claude Tolbert, MDGynecology Physician1922026350
Verify Jason William Cotter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license TL31669Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
88 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gavilyte-G30 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen12 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 23.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $648.60
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Hilton Head Regional Physician Group LLCBluffton, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jason William Cotter among 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina
Jason William Cotter, M.D. is one of 647 surgery physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 74% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 335 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in South Carolina
There are 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina.
All 647 in South Carolina → Every provider in Bluffton → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Brockman, MDBluffton, SC 299101174621767
- Joel Bayer, M,D.Okatie, SC 299091083888242
- Edward Burrus, MDBeaufort, SC 299021780656595
- Gordon Krueger, MDBeaufort, SC 299021821062423
- Joel Myers, D.O.Beaufort, SC 299021215929716
- Holton Pearce, MDBeaufort, SC 299021174595961
- Stephen Sisco, MDBeaufort, SC 299021952373763
- Taylor Turnbull, MDBeaufort, SC 299021255991410
Common questions
What is Jason William Cotter, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jason William Cotter, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801859640, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jason William Cotter, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 75 Baylor Dr, Bluffton, SC, 29910. Phone: (843) 705-8919. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jason William Cotter, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number TL31669, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jason William Cotter, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jason William Cotter, M.D. had 88 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jason William Cotter, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 23.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.