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Lidocaine and Tetracaine Patch

South 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 South 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 $25.12 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$16.60 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$24.55 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $50Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $17 to $17
$20$50facility $25professional $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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
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
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
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 South 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.

South Carolina· 19th 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.