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Piperacillin 4g / Tazobactam 500mg powder for solution for infusion vials

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

NHS hospitals in England used £103,350,321 of indicative cost of Piperacillin 4g / Tazobactam 500mg powder for solution for infusion vials in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.4% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 5.0% on the previous 12 months.

£103,350,321 -5%

Indicative cost · 12 months

6,954,613units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.4%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Piperacillin 4g / Tazobactam 500mg powder for solution for infusion vials: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £5.2m £10.3m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £8.8m Apr 2021: £6.6m May 2021: £4.5m Jun 2021: £4.8m Jul 2021: £4.8m Aug 2021: £4.9m Sep 2021: £6.9m Oct 2021: £6.4m Nov 2021: £6.9m Dec 2021: £7.0m Jan 2022: £6.3m Feb 2022: £5.4m Mar 2022: £5.1m Apr 2022: £7.1m May 2022: £7.1m Jun 2022: £6.6m Jul 2022: £6.8m Aug 2022: £7.1m Sep 2022: £6.6m Oct 2022: £7m Nov 2022: £6.6m Dec 2022: £7.9m Jan 2023: £7.6m Feb 2023: £5.5m Mar 2023: £7.4m Apr 2023: £6.7m May 2023: £3.7m Jun 2023: £3.7m Jul 2023: £2.7m Aug 2023: £9.1m Sep 2023: £7.8m Oct 2023: £8.9m Nov 2023: £8.9m Dec 2023: £9.2m Jan 2024: £9.6m Feb 2024: £8.5m Mar 2024: £8.8m Apr 2024: £9.3m May 2024: £9.4m Jun 2024: £8.6m Jul 2024: £8.3m Aug 2024: £8.6m Sep 2024: £8.5m Oct 2024: £9.4m Nov 2024: £9.2m Dec 2024: £10.3m Jan 2025: £9.6m Feb 2025: £8.7m Mar 2025: £9.1m Apr 2025: £9.3m May 2025: £9m Jun 2025: £8.8m Jul 2025: £9.2m Aug 2025: £8.4m Sep 2025: £5.6m Oct 2025: £8.9m Nov 2025: £8.3m Dec 2025: £9.8m Jan 2026: £9.2m Feb 2026: £8.4m Mar 2026: £9m Apr 2026: £8.8m

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 Piperacillin 4g / Tazobactam 500mg powder for solution for infusion vials most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Piperacillin 4g / Tazobactam 500mg powder for solution for infusion vials most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £3,612,361
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £2,748,981
Derby Teaching Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £2,631,578
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £2,484,276
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £2,071,559
Colchester Hospital University Nhs Ft £2,061,663
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £2,033,476
Manchester University Nhs Ft £1,837,574
University Hpls North Midlands Nhs Trust £1,761,051
Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust £1,742,500

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.