LIDOCAINE 5% PATCH

What it is

LIDOCAINE 5% PATCH is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as lidocaine.

FDA gives its dosage form as patch and its route as “topical” and “cutaneous”.

Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are Actavis Pharma, Inc., Par Health USA, LLC and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC.

FDA lists it under 2 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Amide Local Anesthetic and Antiarrhythmic.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 10 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 4 of them.

NADAC classes it as a generic drug (rate-setting class G), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $2.00 for 1 patch (1 × $1.99779 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-09-23. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation codes for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey; 6, the CMS Covered Outpatient Drug Product File S/I/N drug category was not applied when grouping drugs for the calculation.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes

The 3 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

11 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name lidocaine with LIDOCAINE 5% PATCH.

Part D is one average per brand and generic name, over every strength and form.

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv · eff. 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · as of 2026-06-25 · retrieved 2026-10-18

Compared with its class

The middle of its 10 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $1.99779 per EA filed.

Of the 11 other products in FDA’s Amide Local Anesthetic class priced per EA, 1 has a higher middle NADAC price and 7 a lower one; 3 have the same. The one in the middle is LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEF 4% PATCH, at $1.10004 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 43 other products in FDA’s Antiarrhythmic class priced per EA, 4 have a higher middle NADAC price and 36 a lower one; 3 have the same. The one in the middle is MEXILETINE 250 MG CAPSULE, at $0.38721 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Prices are compared per unit, whatever the strength or dose, and a class is not a list of substitutes.

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

How the class comparison works

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $2.25 for 1 patch, at an average of $2.24885 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Lidocaine”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 1,671,489 Part D claims (fills, including refills) for 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, across every maker, strength and form under the name.

2 of the product’s 10 NDCs have this Medicare figure; the other 8 do not, and the interactive card says why for each.

Medicare's price is not your price.

What Part D spending measures · Which Medicare figure OpenBill compares · How the spread is worked out

What to ask at the counter

None of these figures is your price: what you pay depends on your pharmacy, your insurance, coupons and discounts.

• What is your cash price for 1 patch? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• If you have Medicare Part D: what is my plan’s copay or coinsurance for it? The Part D average on this page is not what you pay.
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.