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Iohexol 647mg/ml (Iodine 300mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles

Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) · indicative cost
Data updated April 2026

NHS hospitals in England used £26,933,724 of indicative cost of Iohexol 647mg/ml (Iodine 300mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 13.1% on the previous 12 months.

£26,933,724 +13.1%

Indicative cost · 12 months

76,299,500units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Iohexol 647mg/ml (Iodine 300mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £1.3m £2.6m Apr 2021 Feb 2022 Nov 2022 Aug 2023 May 2024 Feb 2025 Apr 2026 £2.2m Apr 2021: £0m Jun 2021: £2.0m Jul 2021: £2.0m Aug 2021: £1.9m Sep 2021: £2.1m Oct 2021: £1.9m Nov 2021: £2.1m Dec 2021: £2.1m Jan 2022: £1.9m Feb 2022: £1.9m Mar 2022: £2.1m Apr 2022: £2.1m May 2022: £1.8m Jun 2022: £1.4m Jul 2022: £0.7m Aug 2022: £0.9m Sep 2022: £1.5m Oct 2022: £1.6m Nov 2022: £1.7m Dec 2022: £1.5m Jan 2023: £1.5m Feb 2023: £1.7m Mar 2023: £1.8m Apr 2023: £1.4m May 2023: £1.7m Jun 2023: £1.5m Jul 2023: £1.6m Aug 2023: £1.8m Sep 2023: £1.6m Oct 2023: £1.8m Nov 2023: £1.8m Dec 2023: £2.0m Jan 2024: £1.5m Feb 2024: £2.0m Mar 2024: £1.6m Apr 2024: £2.2m May 2024: £2.0m Jun 2024: £1.8m Jul 2024: £2.2m Aug 2024: £1.8m Sep 2024: £2.0m Oct 2024: £1.7m Nov 2024: £1.7m Dec 2024: £2.0m Jan 2025: £2.1m Feb 2025: £2m Mar 2025: £2.3m Apr 2025: £2.1m May 2025: £2.1m Jun 2025: £2.3m Jul 2025: £2.6m Aug 2025: £1.9m Sep 2025: £2.4m Oct 2025: £2.3m Nov 2025: £2m Dec 2025: £2.4m Jan 2026: £2.3m Feb 2026: £2.0m Mar 2026: £2.5m Apr 2026: £2.2m

Source: NHSBSA Secondary Care Medicines Data, to April 2026

Cost is indicative — actual hospital medicine prices are commercially confidential, so these figures are estimated from list prices. See methodology.

NHS trusts using Iohexol 647mg/ml (Iodine 300mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Iohexol 647mg/ml (Iodine 300mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Manchester University Nhs Ft £2,379,573
Barts Health Nhs Trust £1,651,334
King's College Hpl Nhs Foundation Trust £1,554,259
South Tees Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £1,394,880
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £1,387,290
University College London Foundation Tr £1,356,579
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £1,317,396
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust £1,069,590
University Hpls North Midlands Nhs Trust £1,059,706
Luton & Dunstable Hospital Trust £1,016,640

The primary-care picture

No confident match to a community-dispensed medicine was found for this product, so no primary-care comparison is shown. SCMD products are recorded at product level, which does not always map cleanly to a BNF substance.