Earl Cottrell, MD
Vascular Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1194804211
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (28.9%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Centinel Spine, LLC at 52.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,189 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $1,615 in 2025.
Across 34 payments — averaging $873.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Centinel Spine, LLC$16K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$14K
- Globus Medical$176
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$134
- Endologix LLC$51
- Biom'up France SAS$45
- plus $73 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,50025%
- Food & beverage$8,59229%
- Education$7,20024%
- Other$6,40022%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 9 | $15,613 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $13,600 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $176 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 8 | $134 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 2 | $45 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VenaCure 1470 Pro$8,800
- STALIF L$7,000
- EVLT$4,800
- PRODISC L$4,270
- STALIF M$4,000
- MIDLINE II$343
- XLIF$156
- ALIF$156
How this compares
$29,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 28 vascular surgery providers in Nevada.
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 vascular surgery in Las Vegas
- George PliagasLas Vegas$211K
- Sai KottapalliLas Vegas$53K
- Eddy LuhLas Vegas$34K
- Bruce HirschfeldLas Vegas$28K
- Alvancin LouisLas Vegas$17K
- Amir GhaffarianLas Vegas$14K
- Rohan KulkarniLas Vegas$9K
- Alexander GidayaLas Vegas$9K
- Alex LallLas Vegas$8K
- Peter LeeLas Vegas$8K
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.