Blood transfusion cost in West Virginia

Prices at 29 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $632 — 18% below the US median ($772), roughly 13.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $158 $171 103 min 14.9%
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $215 $312 111 min 15.0%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $266 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $294 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $346 $471 ★ 2/5 174 min 16.6%
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $407 $508 108 min
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $423 ★ 1/5 118 min 15.5%
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $440 102 min 15.0%
Webster Memorial Hospital Webster Springs, WV $454 $506 77 min
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $558 $608 110 min 14.7%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $575 $757 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $579 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $603 $312 122 min 15.0%
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $618 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $632 $437 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $646 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $655 $442 ★ 2/5 226 min 16.8%
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $663 $446 ★ 3/5 160 min 15.1%
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $694 $437 ★ 2/5 207 min 15.5%
Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc Ronceverte, WV $706 $530 ★ 2/5 189 min 14.3%
Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV $706 $530 ★ 2/5 181 min 16.7%
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $834 $436 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.0%
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $867 $471 ★ 3/5 137 min 15.3%
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $923 $473 ★ 4/5 206 min 16.3%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $963 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$1,073
Cash / self-pay
$632
Insurer-negotiated
$473
Medicare pays
$47
$288$1,100
Median cash $632  ·  Medicare $47  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $632 — about 13.3× the Medicare rate ($47). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($95).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,073 list price could save about $441 (41%).

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