Ronald Wade Cottle, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Elizabethtown, NC
Ronald Wade Cottle, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, and NPI 1558334201, issued on Feb 10, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 30015, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ronald Wade Cottle
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 30015 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 103 S Owen St, Elizabethtown, NC 28337
- Phone
- (910) 862-2900
- Enumerated
- Feb 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (910) 862-2900
- Medicaid ID
- 7924670 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081021000729); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 103 S Owen St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sarah Johnson, RN, BSN, IBCLCLactation Consultant (Registered Nurse)1700708104
- Jenny Ownbey, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife1851041636
Verify Ronald Wade Cottle in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 30015Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,181 Medicare Part D claims for 108 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis131 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium63 claims
- Famotidine47 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium34 claims
- Divalproex Sodium34 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate34 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: $122.70
6 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
- Southeastern Regional Physician ServicesLumberton, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ronald Wade Cottle among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Ronald Wade Cottle, 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
- Graduated1983 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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 Elizabethtown
They are 6 of the 124 NPPES records with a practice address in Elizabethtown, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Ronald Wade Cottle, MD's NPI number?
Ronald Wade Cottle, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558334201, issued on Feb 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ronald Wade Cottle, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 103 S Owen St, Elizabethtown, NC, 28337. Phone: (910) 862-2900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ronald Wade Cottle, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 30015, 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 Ronald Wade Cottle, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ronald Wade Cottle, MD had 1,181 Medicare Part D claims for 108 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.