HCPCS J9260 · 1,036 hospitals reporting

Methotrexate inj, 50 mg

The same procedure costs $50.77 at one hospital and $701 at another — a 14× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $137.

Cheapest published

$50.77

357 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,036 hospitals

$137

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$701

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

245 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	PA	$172	$137	—	—	5 insurers
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	PA	$172	$137	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$374	$137	$341	$341	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$374	$137	$3.98	$341	5 insurers
SAINT FRANCIS BARTLETT MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$182	$137	—	—	2 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$170	$136	—	—	4 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$139	$139	—	—	2 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$374	$134	$341	$341	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$374	$134	$3.98	$341	5 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$163	$130	—	—	2 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$248	$149	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$187	$150	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$374	$150	$157	$341	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$374	$150	$3.98	$341	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$374	$150	$157	$341	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$374	$150	$3.98	$341	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$433	$152	$95.32	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$433	$152	$1.07	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$433	$152	$95.32	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$433	$152	$1.3	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$433	$152	$95.32	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$433	$152	$1.3	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$433	$152	$95.32	$433	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$433	$152	$1.3	$433	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$175	$123	$2.49	$138	5 insurers
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL	CA	$175	$123	$3.3	$175	5 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$336	$122	$73.92	$276	5 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$336	$122	$2.11	$276	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$304	$122	—	—	0 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$221	$155	—	—	5 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$467	$120	$234	$234	3 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$467	$120	$2.95	$257	5 insurers
CASTLEVIEW HOSPITAL	UT	$283	$155	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$395	$118	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$179	$116	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$374	$159	$273	$341	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$374	$159	$3.98	$341	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LUFKIN	TX	$329	$115	$1.96	$296	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LIVINGSTON	TX	$329	$115	$1.96	$461	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$276	$161	$155	$270	5 insurers