National Provider Identifier
Kafai Lai, M.D
Kafai Lai, M.D is listed in the NPPES registry with a primary specialty of Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Lewiston, NY and a listed phone number of (716) 297-1701.
Source: public NPPES record, last updated April 11, 2018. This profile is informational and is not medical advice, a quality rating, or a provider recommendation.
Profile Overview
- NPI
- 1316243603
- Provider Type
- Individual
- Primary Specialty
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
- Enumeration Date
- February 03, 2011
- Last Updated
- April 11, 2018
Practice Location
- 5320 Military RD Ste 107
- Lewiston, NY 14092-2149
Phone: (716) 297-1701
Mailing Address
- 5300 Military RD
- Lewiston, NY 14092-1903
Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (207X00000X)
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Medicare Part B Activity
Reported 248 Medicare fee-for-service service lines in 2023.
Peer comparison
Compared to Orthopaedic Surgery providers in the Buffalo, NY metro area.
This provider is in the 25th percentile for Medicare service volume.
Lower volume than many peers.
Performs 48% fewer Medicare services than the peer median.
Higher than 20 of 79 peers.
- Activity Percentile
- 25.3%
- Rank by Services
- 59 of 79
- Total Services
- 248
- Est. Allowed Value
- $15,912.89
- 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 Orthopaedic Surgery 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 Orthopaedic Surgery across the Buffalo, NY metro area. Taller bars indicate higher service-volume bands. Highlighted bar marks this provider's percentile band.
Observed service range: 12 to 4,547 total Medicare services.
Top Clinical Services
- 20610: Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
73 services | $3,564.53
- 99214: Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes
61 services | $5,728.37
- 99203: New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes
48 services | $3,866.49
- 99213: Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes
39 services | $2,512.16
- 73562: X-ray of knee, 3 views
27 services | $241.34
Biography
Kafai Lai, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with Catholic Health in Lewiston and Lockport, where his listed areas include orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, and foot and ankle surgery. He has also served on the faculty for the University of Toledo Medical Center’s orthopaedic surgery elective, and he has co-authored peer-reviewed research on knee osteoarthritis, with earlier published work on prosthetic joint infection.
Full Record
- NPI
- 1316243603
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Last Name
- Lai
- First Name
- Kafai
- Name Prefix
- Dr.
- Credential
- M.D
- Mailing Street Address
- 5300 Military RD
- Mailing City
- Lewiston
- Mailing State
- NY
- Mailing ZIP Code
- 14092-1903
- Mailing Country
- US
- Mailing Phone
- (716) 297-4800
- Practice Street Address
- 5320 Military RD Ste 107
- Practice City
- Lewiston
- Practice State
- NY
- Practice ZIP Code
- 14092-2149
- Practice Country
- US
- Practice Phone
- (716) 297-1701
- Enumeration Date
- February 03, 2011
- Last Updated
- April 11, 2018
- Sex
- Male
- Sole Proprietor
- No
- updated_by_file
- npidata_pfile_20050523-20260308.csv
- Taxonomies
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (207X00000X)