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Methotrexate blood level

CPT 80204the billing code this page is about

A blood test that measures the amount of the drug methotrexate in the body.

Hospitals typically charge $98 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,889 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $105. Most fall between $44 and $200 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,889
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,889 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$34$51$98$173$305

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $305).

How the prices are spread

$23 – $31: 76 hospitals$23$31 – $42: 175 hospitals$42 – $57: 187 hospitals$42$57 – $78: 261 hospitals$78 – $107: 226 hospitals$78$107 – $146: 238 hospitals$146 – $199: 260 hospitals$146$199 – $272: 142 hospitals$272 – $371: 97 hospitals$272$371 – $507: 45 hospitals$371median $98price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,707 of 1,889 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$23$3176
$31$42175
$42$57187
$57$78261
$78$107226
$107$146238
$146$199260
$199$272142
$272$37197
$371$50745

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $98.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $85 across 16 hospitalsME$85Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $81 across 11 hospitalsNH$81Washington: median $94 across 43 hospitalsWA$94Idaho: median $175 across 14 hospitalsID$175Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $89 across 14 hospitalsND$89Minnesota: median $58 across 58 hospitalsMN$58Illinois: median $120 across 79 hospitalsIL$120Wisconsin: median $140 across 75 hospitalsWI$140Michigan: median $80 across 59 hospitalsMI$80New York: median $51 across 63 hospitalsNY$51Massachusetts: median $79 across 31 hospitalsMA$79Oregon: median $50 across 22 hospitalsOR$50Nevada: median $57 across 10 hospitalsNV$57Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $66 across 41 hospitalsIA$66Indiana: median $107 across 40 hospitalsIN$107Ohio: median $77 across 95 hospitalsOH$77Pennsylvania: median $130 across 90 hospitalsPA$130New Jersey: median $42 across 41 hospitalsNJ$42Connecticut: median $139 across 15 hospitalsCT$139Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $82 across 101 hospitalsCA$82Utah: median $175 across 29 hospitalsUT$175Colorado: median $89 across 42 hospitalsCO$89Nebraska: median $119 across 31 hospitalsNE$119Missouri: median $124 across 42 hospitalsMO$124Kentucky: median $46 across 26 hospitalsKY$46West Virginia: median $189 across 24 hospitalsWV$189Virginia: median $92 across 59 hospitalsVA$92Maryland: median $58 across 26 hospitalsMD$58Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $55 across 12 hospitalsAZ$55New Mexico: median $71 across 12 hospitalsNM$71Kansas: median $165 across 28 hospitalsKS$165Arkansas: median $125 across 17 hospitalsAR$125Tennessee: median $69 across 45 hospitalsTN$69North Carolina: median $110 across 67 hospitalsNC$110South Carolina: median $185 across 35 hospitalsSC$185Oklahoma: median $128 across 34 hospitalsOK$128Louisiana: median $64 across 33 hospitalsLA$64Mississippi: median $35 across 22 hospitalsMS$35Alabama: median $44 across 18 hospitalsAL$44Georgia: median $90 across 64 hospitalsGA$90Hawaii: median $42 across 10 hospitalsHI$42Texas: median $149 across 148 hospitalsTX$149Florida: median $108 across 108 hospitalsFL$108
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $98. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
West Virginia WV24$189+92%$63 – $323
South Carolina SC35$185+88%$72 – $322
Idaho ID14$175+78%$77 – $297
Utah UT29$175+78%$175 – $205
Kansas KS28$165+68%$77 – $219
Texas TX148$149+51%$73 – $448
Wisconsin WI75$140+42%$64 – $168
Connecticut CT15$139+41%$41 – $156
Pennsylvania PA90$130+32%$44 – $267
Oklahoma OK34$128+30%$83 – $162
Arkansas AR17$125+28%$60 – $140
Missouri MO42$124+26%$58 – $227
Illinois IL79$120+22%$63 – $200
Nebraska NE31$119+21%$58 – $229
North Carolina NC67$110+12%$58 – $178
Florida FL108$108+10%$27 – $287
Indiana IN40$107+9%$74 – $168
Washington WA43$94−4%$45 – $137
Virginia VA59$92−6%$49 – $439
Georgia GA64$90−8%$38 – $155
Colorado CO42$89−9%$73 – $228
North Dakota ND14$89−9%$62 – $228
Maine ME16$85−14%$43 – $163
California CA101$82−16%$39 – $121
New Hampshire NH11$81−17%$49 – $451
Michigan MI59$80−19%$38 – $160
Massachusetts MA31$79−19%$57 – $214
Ohio OH95$77−21%$40 – $173
New Mexico NM12$71−28%$58 – $87
Tennessee TN45$69−30%$45 – $101
Iowa IA41$66−32%$63 – $128
Louisiana LA33$64−35%$32 – $102
Minnesota MN58$58−41%$41 – $128
Maryland MD26$58−41%$41 – $78
Nevada NV10$57−42%$38 – $176
Arizona AZ12$55−45%$38 – $207
New York NY63$51−48%$39 – $153
Oregon OR22$50−49%$46 – $117
Kentucky KY26$46−53%$16 – $202
Alabama AL18$44−55%$28 – $96
New Jersey NJ41$42−57%$39 – $46
Hawaii HI10$42−57%$35 – $192
Mississippi MS22$35−65%$18 – $149
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $98.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,520$96$42 – $201
Children’s44$140$55 – $289
Critical access317$102$49 – $178
Ownership
For-profit248$122$38 – $482
Government227$91$46 – $168
Non-profit1,406$94$44 – $185
System affiliation
Part of a system1,686$100$44 – $201
Independent203$85$44 – $168

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$171
Median cash price$98
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,358 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $99 and the average of the middle 60% is $105; most fall between $46 and $192.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,358 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$33$53$99$168$282

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($33 vs $282).

Of the 1,494 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,358 gave a usable cash price; 86 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,889 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,052 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,889
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here109
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded52
Hospitals that filed this code2,052

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Methotrexate; Quant.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Methotrexate blood level (CPT 80204) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-80204-methotrexate-blood-level