For home use or personal purchase, common local anesthetics (like Lidocaine) are priced as follows:

: Typically cost between ৳25.09 and ৳40 per vial.

Several variables dictate why one clinic might charge more than another for the same numbing service:

He took a piece of paper and a stolen pen from the clinic. He wrote a single line in crooked Bangla: The price of local anesthesia is the price of a child’s silence.

"I lose more if you pass out from pain in my chair," Dr. Alam smiled faintly, though his eyes were sad. "Close your eyes."

When you visit a doctor, the "local anesthesia price" includes the drug, syringe, needle, and the doctor’s skill. Here is what you will actually pay out-of-pocket:

The tooth came out with a soft, wet pop. It was over in forty seconds. Forty seconds of a ten-year-old girl being dismantled from the inside because three hundred taka—roughly $2.70 USD—was too expensive.