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Iohexol 755mg/ml (Iodine 350mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles

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

NHS hospitals in England used £60,963,310 of indicative cost of Iohexol 755mg/ml (Iodine 350mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.2% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 6.7% on the previous 12 months.

£60,963,310 +6.7%

Indicative cost · 12 months

148,691,000units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.2%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Iohexol 755mg/ml (Iodine 350mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £2.9m £5.8m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £5.2m Apr 2021: £0m May 2021: £0m Jun 2021: £3.1m Jul 2021: £3.1m Aug 2021: £2.6m Sep 2021: £3.1m Oct 2021: £2.9m Nov 2021: £3.2m Dec 2021: £3.4m Jan 2022: £2.6m Feb 2022: £3.2m Mar 2022: £3.7m Apr 2022: £3.1m May 2022: £3.1m Jun 2022: £3.4m Jul 2022: £4.6m Aug 2022: £4.9m Sep 2022: £3.9m Oct 2022: £4.1m Nov 2022: £4.6m Dec 2022: £4.1m Jan 2023: £3.7m Feb 2023: £3.6m Mar 2023: £4.6m Apr 2023: £3.8m May 2023: £4.2m Jun 2023: £4.5m Jul 2023: £4.4m Aug 2023: £4.7m Sep 2023: £4.4m Oct 2023: £4.8m Nov 2023: £4.9m Dec 2023: £4.6m Jan 2024: £4.5m Feb 2024: £4.3m Mar 2024: £4.8m Apr 2024: £4.4m May 2024: £4.8m Jun 2024: £4.3m Jul 2024: £4.7m Aug 2024: £4.8m Sep 2024: £4.3m Oct 2024: £5.1m Nov 2024: £4.7m Dec 2024: £5.1m Jan 2025: £5.2m Feb 2025: £4.7m Mar 2025: £4.6m Apr 2025: £5.0m May 2025: £4.7m Jun 2025: £4.7m Jul 2025: £5.8m Aug 2025: £4.7m Sep 2025: £5.1m Oct 2025: £5.3m Nov 2025: £4.9m Dec 2025: £5.6m Jan 2026: £4.6m Feb 2026: £4.8m Mar 2026: £5.6m Apr 2026: £5.2m

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 755mg/ml (Iodine 350mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Iohexol 755mg/ml (Iodine 350mg/ml) solution for injection 500ml plastic bottles most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Southend Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £2,988,695
Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £2,587,920
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £2,098,380
Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust £2,057,790
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £1,892,970
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £1,856,070
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust £1,631,185
Co.durham & Darlington Nhs Foundation Tr £1,591,620
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £1,565,790
Frimley Health Nhs Foundation Trust £1,469,235

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.