Dr. Ching-Feng Lai, DO

  • Cleveland, OH
  • General surgeon
NPI1568627081PAC ID8123269875
Medicare services, 2024
211
Medicare patients, 2024
210
Part D claims, 2024
119
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$802
Practice address
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195
Practice phone
Call (216) 952-9829
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Hospital · Cleveland, Ohio

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Dr. Ching-Feng Lai is a general surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio

Dr. Lai practices at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Dr. Lai's NPI, 1568627081, was assigned on July 24, 2008. Dr. Lai holds Ohio license 34.010927.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8123269875
NPI enumeration date
July 24, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(216) 952-9829
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
44
Medical school graduation
2008

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai practices at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio

Dr. Lai's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, at 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 in Cuyahoga County. The practice phone is (216) 952-9829.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Lai's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Lai is also affiliated with Avon Hospital at Richard E. Jacobs Campus. The medical group on file is Cleveland Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lai to 2 more clinical labs and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Lai's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lai practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cleveland Clinic Main CampusAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ching-Feng Lai is one of 1,056 general surgeons in Ohio

Surgery is Dr. Lai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Lai is licensed in Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, OhioPrimaryLicense 34.010927 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Lai

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai billed Medicare for 211 services in 2024

CMS data shows 211 Medicare services from Dr. Lai across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 210 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,324 for them.

Medicare services, 2024211
Medicare patients210
Paid by Medicare$20,324
Procedure codes8

Dr. Lai's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1032024: 1129%
Surgery
2023: 462024: 7665%
Other services
2023: 312024: 2326%

Where Dr. Lai's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office11253%
  • In a facility9947%

Dr. Lai compared with the Ohio median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Lai
  • Ohio median
Medicare services
211vs 16826% above
Medicare patients
210vs 12765% above
Part D claims
75vs 4663% above

Medians across 1,031 general surgeons in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lai's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai treated 210 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 112 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lai's median patient age at 58, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024210
Average age74
Average risk score1.19
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Lai's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Lai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9847%
  • Men11253%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Lai's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease27%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Cancer22%
  7. Chronic kidney disease22%
  8. Anxiety21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Lai's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 58

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lai wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims for 96 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 75 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $301 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 45 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024119
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$301
Part D patients96

Dr. Lai's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic117 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims2%

Dr. Lai's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Lai's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids59%70 of 119 claims
  • Antibiotics23%27 of 119 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 452024: 7567%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai ranks in the 94th percentile for hernia repair - groin (open) in Medicare

Dr. Lai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 16 procedures of hernia repair - groin (open) by Dr. Lai, more than 94% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Lai ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
58th percentile39 procedures
Hernia repair - groin (open)
94th percentile16 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Ching-Feng Lai received $802 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Lai from 3 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $735.

General payments to Dr. Lai by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lai by kind, 2018 to 2025

$802in total
  • Travel and lodging$55569%
  • Food and beverage$24731%

Companies that paid Dr. Lai the most, 2018 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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Frequently asked questions about Dr. Ching-Feng Lai

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What is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's NPI number?

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's NPI number is 1568627081. It was assigned on July 24, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai?

Dr. Ching-Feng Lai is a general surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Ching-Feng Lai practice?

Dr. Lai practices at 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195. Dr. Lai's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lai to 2 clinical labs and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lai is (216) 952-9829.

What is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai's medical license number?

Dr. Lai holds Ohio license 34.010927.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai affiliated with?

Dr. Lai practices at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Lai is also affiliated with Avon Hospital at Richard E. Jacobs Campus.

What medical group is Dr. Ching-Feng Lai part of?

Dr. Lai is linked to Cleveland Clinic.

Does Dr. Ching-Feng Lai accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lai billed Medicare for 211 services in 2024, and Dr. Lai accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ching-Feng Lai see?

CMS counts 210 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lai in 2024, with an average age of 74.

What services does Dr. Ching-Feng Lai bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lai's most billed Medicare services were surgery: digestive system (45380), office visit, new patient (99203) and office visit, established patient (99213).

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What drugs does Dr. Ching-Feng Lai prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Tramadol HCl and Gavilyte-G.

Has Dr. Ching-Feng Lai received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $802 in general payments to Dr. Lai from 3 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Ching-Feng Lai been practicing?

Dr. Lai graduated from medical school in 2008, 18 years ago.

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