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Lidocaine and Tetracaine Patch

North Carolina rates for HCPCS C9285

Lidocaine 70 mg/tetracaine 70 mg, per patch

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lidocaine and Tetracaine Patch cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$17.38 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$17.38 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $36Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $15 to $17
$20facility $19professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Montana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$17.38

MT $79.43ND $16.22

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.