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Vaitheeswaran Ganesa Lalgudi, MD
Vaitheeswaran Ganesa Lalgudi, MD is listed in the NPPES registry with a primary specialty of Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician in Buffalo, NY and a listed phone number of (716) 881-7916.
Source: public NPPES record, last updated November 21, 2022. This profile is informational and is not medical advice, a quality rating, or a provider recommendation.
Profile Overview
- NPI
- 1093424715
- Provider Type
- Individual
- Primary Specialty
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician
- Enumeration Date
- November 21, 2022
- Last Updated
- November 21, 2022
Practice Location
- 1176 Main St
- Buffalo, NY 14209-2102
Phone: (716) 881-7916
Mailing Address
- 85 Bauman RD
- Amherst, NY 14221-3803
Specialties
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (207WX0120X)
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Medicare Part B Activity
Reported 416 Medicare fee-for-service service lines in 2023.
Peer comparison
Compared to Ophthalmology providers in the Buffalo, NY metro area.
This provider is in the 16th percentile for Medicare service volume.
Lower volume than many peers.
Performs 66% fewer Medicare services than the peer median.
Higher than 10 of 62 peers.
- Activity Percentile
- 16.1%
- Rank by Services
- 52 of 62
- Total Services
- 416
- Est. Allowed Value
- $48,586.28
- Dataset Year
- 2023
- Drug Code Share
- 0.0%
Estimated allowed value reflects Medicare fee-for-service allowed amounts only. It does not include Medicare Advantage, commercial insurance, cash-pay services, or employment compensation.
Peers are grouped by the broader Ophthalmology classification rather than the exact subspecialty label shown elsewhere on the page.
Percentile distribution
Each bar represents a 10-point percentile band of peers by total Medicare services for Ophthalmology across the Buffalo, NY metro area. Taller bars indicate higher service-volume bands. Highlighted bar marks this provider's percentile band.
Observed service range: 50 to 18,931 total Medicare services.
Top Clinical Services
- 99214: Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes
72 services | $8,617.10
- 99213: Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes
54 services | $4,527.14
- 76514: Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness
50 services | $533.98
- 92136: Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye
48 services | $2,156.01
- 92012: Established patient problem focused exam of visual system
43 services | $3,697.25
Procedure Cost Comparisons
This provider appears in MedCostCompare procedure price pages built from Medicare fee-for-service data. Follow the links to compare local provider prices for the listed procedures.
Prices are Medicare-approved amounts from public provider-service records, not private insurance rates, cash-pay quotes, or a promise of what any patient will pay.
Cataract surgery | Buffalo, NY
Provider price$515.61
Around the middle of included providers on the linked MedCostCompare page, at the 46th price percentile.
Biography
Vaitheeswaran Ganesan Lalgudi, MD, is an ophthalmologist with UBMD Ophthalmology at the Ross Eye Institute and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. His academic profile highlights work in cornea-focused research, including publications on keratoconus, corneal collagen cross-linking, and corneal transplantation, and notes his induction into the Cornea Society as a Member with Thesis.
Full Record
- NPI
- 1093424715
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Last Name
- Lalgudi
- First Name
- Vaitheeswaran Ganesa
- Name Prefix
- Dr.
- Credential
- MD
- Mailing Street Address
- 85 Bauman RD
- Mailing City
- Amherst
- Mailing State
- NY
- Mailing ZIP Code
- 14221-3803
- Mailing Country
- US
- Mailing Phone
- (716) 418-6254
- Practice Street Address
- 1176 Main St
- Practice City
- Buffalo
- Practice State
- NY
- Practice ZIP Code
- 14209-2102
- Practice Country
- US
- Practice Phone
- (716) 881-7916
- Practice Fax
- (716) 887-2991
- Enumeration Date
- November 21, 2022
- Last Updated
- November 21, 2022
- Sex
- Male
- Sole Proprietor
- No
- Certification Date
- November 21, 2022
- updated_by_file
- npidata_pfile_20050523-20260308.csv
- Taxonomies
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (207WX0120X)