Eric Cotter, MD
Sports Medicine · Madison, WINPI 1346746021
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (36.3%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 63.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $17,615 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $3,043 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 84 payments — averaging $390.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$21K
- Stryker$4K
- Great Lakes Orthopedics$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- plus $944 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5005%
- Grants$9,50029%
- Travel & lodging$5,85818%
- Food & beverage$4,05012%
- Education$11,90036%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 13 | $20,736 |
| Stryker | 29 | $3,712 |
| Great Lakes Orthopedics | 2 | $2,400 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $2,176 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,563 |
| Arthrex | 19 | $1,276 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $271 |
| Enduromed, LLC | 4 | $198 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $176 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $150 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
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.
- DJO SURGICAL$4,300
- Q-FIX$1,837
- SPATIAL FRAME$1,190
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$978
- ALPHAVENT$562
- SALVATION$480
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$429
- INSPACE$410
- ICONIX$299
- TORNIER PERFORM REVERSED AUGMENTED GLENOID$169
- REVERSE SHOULDER$159
- MACI$150
- AETOS Shoulder System$149
- ROSA$149
- FAST-FIX$124
- NA$124
- LENS 4K$124
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$124
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$123
How this compares
$32,808 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 93 sports medicine providers in Wisconsin.
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 sports medicine in Madison
- Andrea SpikerMadison$228K
- Brian GroganMadison$71K
- Haley SmithMadison$65K
- Molly DayMadison$46K
- Geoffrey BaerMadison$12K
- Alexandria ChrumkaMadison$10K
- Jake EnosMadison$8K
- Brenden RonnaMadison$6K
- Tamara ScerpellaMadison$2K
- Brian ReederMadison$2K
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.