Emergency department visit (level 2) cost in West Virginia

Prices at 31 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $237 — 32% below the US median ($351), roughly 5.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $47 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $53 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $72 $221 103 min 14.9%
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $90 $25 ★ 1/5 118 min 15.5%
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $93 $39
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $95 102 min 15.0%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $123 $25 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $125 $137 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $138 $212 110 min 14.7%
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $151 $219 111 min 15.0%
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $163 $151 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $180 $155 ★ 3/5 160 min 15.1%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $192 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $229 $146 ★ 3/5 217 min 14.8%
Webster Memorial Hospital Webster Springs, WV $237 $99 77 min
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $237 $161 108 min
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $272 $165 ★ 4/5 206 min 16.3%
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $274 $168 76 min
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $279 $102 122 min 15.0%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $307 $154 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $308 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $326 $152 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.0%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $328 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $346 $163 ★ 3/5 137 min 15.3%
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $388 $165 ★ 2/5 174 min 16.6%

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)
$359
Cash / self-pay
$237
Insurer-negotiated
$152
Medicare pays
$40
$90$433
Median cash $237  ·  Medicare $40  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $237 — about 5.9× the Medicare rate ($40). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($81).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $359 list price could save about $122 (34%).

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