Physician
Christopher C Lai MD a Professional Corporation
Christopher C Lai MD a Professional Corporation was paid $8K by Medicaid between Jun 2023 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is J7321, Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose — 91% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHRISTOPHER C LAI MD A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
BRAWLEY, CA 92227
BRAWLEY, CA 92227
33aNPI1235312216assigned 12/12/2007
33bProvider typeSurgery Physician
28Total paid$8K
24GClaims3,790
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJun 2023 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#282 of 437
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median0.4×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,120 | $250.13 | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,670 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J7321 | Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 91% | 488 | 234 | $7K |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | 3.7% | 117 | 109 | $300.81 |
| 20611 | 2.0% | 1,017 | 601 | $164.46 | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 1.9% | 1,259 | 815 | $150.00 |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.1% | 529 | 504 | $85.52 |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 43 | 42 | $44.97 |
| 73562 | <1% | 150 | 146 | $11.68 | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 0% | 187 | 187 | $0.00 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialLAI, CHRISTOPHER (OWNER)