NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Bakersfield, CA

Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1598868549, issued on Sep 6, 2006. Check the license (California 20A 9349, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1598868549
Name
Arnold Kyung Lim
Credential
D.O.
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
20A 9349 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
300 Old River RD Ste 200, Bakersfield, CA 93311
Phone
(661) 664-2300
Enumerated
Sep 6, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 21, 2022
Fax
(661) 665-1364
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140224001875); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, 1999
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 300 Old River RD Ste 200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Phuc Dang, M.D.Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1396057477
  2. Timothy Galan, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1528324043
  3. Pavel Moldavskiy, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1942623582
  4. Berkay Unal, M.D.Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1285079608

Verify Arnold Kyung Lim in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

60 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 44 claims were for opioids.

  1. Arnold Lim60
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen39 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $2,639.43

16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cornerstone Medical Associates, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arnold Lim$2,639
  2. Specialty average$23,023

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Yosemite Bone And Joint, Inc.Manteca, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Arnold Kyung Lim among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California

Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O. is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. P Chandrasekaran, MBBS MD FACS FAAOSBakersfield, CA 933111437123601
  2. Alfred Coppola, MDBakersfield, CA 933111679578090
  3. Timothy Galan, MDBakersfield, CA 933111528324043
  4. James Grimes, MDBakersfield, CA 933111215040845
  5. Pavel Moldavskiy, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933111942623582
  6. Rahul Samtani, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933111336535111
  7. Karan SrivastavaBakersfield, CA 933111932528908
  8. Sami Srour, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933111063403756

Common questions

What is Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O.'s NPI number?

Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598868549, issued on Sep 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Old River RD Ste 200, Bakersfield, CA, 93311. Phone: (661) 664-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 20A 9349, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arnold Kyung Lim, D.O. had 60 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.