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lidocaine hcl

106 marketed package NDCs · 34 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 4 g/100g · Cream · #1 bottle, plastic/carton / 76.5 g in 1 bottle, plastic · LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 4 g/100g · Cream · #1 bottle/carton / 76.5 g in 1 bottle · LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 4 g/100g · Cream · #1 jar/carton / 28 g in 1 jar · LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 4 g/100g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 28 g in 1 tube

All formsGel (30)Cream (29)Powder (17)Liquid (10)Injection, Solution (9)Spray (7)Ointment (3)Solution (1)

The short version

34 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $0.0517 per gram over the past year.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug

Every 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.

$0$0.02$0.04$0.06Jan 2022Sep 2026058companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.0517 · middle half $0.0517–$0.0517 · full range $0.0517–$0.0517 · 3 products · 58 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per gramⓘSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ 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 hcl, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • Lidocaine HCLAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.05103 → $0.05171 per unit (+1.33%)
  • LeaderAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.05103 → $0.05171 per unit (+1.33%)
  • GNP Lidocaine Maximum StrengthAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.05103 → $0.05171 per unit (+1.33%)
  • Lidocaine HClAug 7, 2026
    Mfr entered
    Topco Associates LLC · lidocaine hcl
  • Lidocaine HClAug 7, 2026
    New product
    Topco Associates LLC
  • GNP Lidocaine Maximum StrengthJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.05142 → $0.05103 per unit (-0.76%)
  • Lidocaine HCLJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.05142 → $0.05103 per unit (-0.76%)
  • LeaderJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.05142 → $0.05103 per unit (-0.76%)

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.

Common questions

Is Lidocaine hcl in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Lidocaine hcl in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
Who makes Lidocaine hcl?
59 companies have marketed Lidocaine hcl in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Lidocaine hcl cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0517 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.