Dr. Daniel Rhead Cottam, MD

Dr. Cottam practices at CommonSpirit - Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, Utah, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Cottam's NPI, 1760574776, was assigned on September 28, 2006. Dr. Cottam graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1997. Dr. Cottam holds Utah license 6655906-1205.

Dr. Cottam's primary practice is CommonSpirit - Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake, at 1050 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 in Salt Lake County. The practice phone is (801) 350-4111.

Dr. Cottam's primary practice is CommonSpirit - Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake in Salt Lake City, Utah, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Cottam is also affiliated with St. Mark's Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cottam to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cottam practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Cottam's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Cottam's licenses on file in 2 states: Utah and Nevada.

CMS data shows 255 Medicare services from Dr. Cottam across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 71 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $19,029 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 71 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cottam in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 42 patients. 70% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cottam's median patient age at 52, with 75% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cottam wrote 164 Medicare Part D claims for 36 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 83 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,276 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Cottam accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cottam as offering telehealth.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 63 papers to Dr. Cottam, published from 2008 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 13. The most frequent topics are Obesity, Morbid, Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Cottam has published most often in Obes Surg. Dr. Cottam's most frequent co-authors are Legrand P. Belnap, MD, Mitchell S. Roslin, MD and Ramsey Michael Dallal, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Cottam to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Obesity, Morbid and Obesity.

CMS Open Payments shows 537 general payments to Dr. Cottam from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $192,617.

Dr. Cottam graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1997.