Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Wilson C. Lai, MD

Individual provider Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician · NPI 1689231425

Dr. Wilson C. Lai, MD practises Sports Medicine in Santa Cruz, California. Graduated from University of California, Geffen School of Medicine in 2018, 8 years ago. Practices with Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, a 3,762-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
8
Trained at
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2019
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

2907 Chanticleer Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1815
Phone: (831) 477-2325
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Specialties & licences

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XX0005X · Licence A181781 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1689231425
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 28, 2019
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 8, 2025
Certification dateSeptember 8, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtySPORTS MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2018 (8 years in practice)
Group practice Sutter Bay Medical Foundation — 3762 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations5 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 14 times · 53rd percentile
Hip replacement 1–10 times
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Travel and Lodging $2,700 15 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Grant $1,667 1 payment · funding for a project or programme, not a fee for the clinician’s time
Food and Beverage $1,614 32 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $690 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3762 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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