The invention discloses a preparation method for cefotaxime acid, and belongs to the technical field of medicine. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly mixing dichloromethane with ethanol, purified water and isopropyl alcohol, and then adding 7-ACA (aminocephalosporanic acid), AE-active ester and antioxygen to obtain mixed liquor; dropwise adding triethylamine into the mixed liquor in 2 to 3 hours for a reaction, and when HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) is adopted to detect that 7-ACA residual amount is less than 1 percent, regarding as a complete reaction; adding sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution of which the mass concentration is 1 percent to 5 percent for extraction, after reduced pressure suction filtration on an aqueous phase, adding acetone and mixing, dropwise adding hydrochloric acid of which the mass concentration is 10 percent to 25 percent under temperature of 10 to 15 DEG C until a pH (potential of hydrogen)value is 2.5 to 3.0, and cultivating crystals for 1 to 3 hours; centrifuging, spin-drying, leaching, and drying after spin-drying to obtain the cefotaxime acid. The cefotaxime acid prepared by the invention has uniform particle size distribution and stable performance; mass yield reaches more than 170 percent, and product purity can reach more than 99 percent.