The short version
33 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $0.1611 per gram over the past year.
Market view
lidocaine · Ointment
104 marketed package NDCs · 33 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 50 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 35.44 g in 1 tube · 50 mg/g · Ointment · #50 g/jar · 4 g/100g · Patch · #5 patchs/carton / 9 g in 1 patch · 50 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 30 g in 1 tube
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.1611 · middle half $0.1442–$0.1615 · full range $0.1378–$0.1615 · 21 products · 33 companies
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
- CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
- CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
- FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method
Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.
Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for lidocaine, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- LidocaineSep 3, 2026Mfr enteredMoehs Bcn Sl. · lidocaine
- Lidocaine CreamSep 3, 2026Mfr enteredInvaDerm Corporation · lidocaine
- AnievaLCSep 3, 2026Mfr enteredBlackstone Products, LLC · lidocaine
- AnievaLCSep 3, 2026New productBlackstone Products, LLC
- Foot Pain Relief PadsSep 3, 2026New productShanghai Chuangshi Medical Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.
- LidocaineSep 3, 2026New productMoehs Bcn Sl.
- Lidocaine CreamSep 3, 2026New productInvaDerm Corporation
- Lidocaine CreamSep 3, 2026New productInvaDerm Corporation
- LidocaineSep 3, 2026New productA-S Medication Solutions
- lidocaine pain relief patchesSep 2, 2026Mfr exitedChangsha Maocheng Trading Co., Ltd · lidocaine
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Amide Local Anesthetic, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.
- bupivacaine hydrochloride in dextrose· in shortage
- bupivacaine hydrochloride and epinephrine· in shortage
- lidocaine hydrochloride anhydrous and dextrose monohydrate· in shortage
- lidocaine hydrochloride anhydrous· in shortage
- bupivacaine hydrochloride and epinephrine bitartrate· in shortage
- lidocaine hydrochloride,epinephrine bitartrate· in shortage
- lidocaine hydrochloride and epinephrine· in shortage
- bupivacaine· in shortage
- ropivacaine hydrochloride· in shortage
- bupivacaine hydrochloride· in shortage
- lidocaine hydrochloride· in shortage
- 0.25% bupivacaine hcl· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Lidocaine in shortage right now?
- Yes. FDA currently lists Lidocaine in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
- Who makes Lidocaine?
- 273 companies have marketed Lidocaine in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Lidocaine cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1615 per gram, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
All marketed products
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.