Emergency department visit cost in West Virginia

Prices at 31 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $376 — 35% below the US median ($579), roughly 5.4× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $117 $350 103 min 14.9%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $135 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $135 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $138 $58
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $141 102 min 15.0%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $169 $25 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $170 $25 ★ 1/5 118 min 15.5%
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $192 $279 110 min 14.7%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $197 $529 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $219 $183 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $229 $175 ★ 3/5 217 min 14.8%
Webster Memorial Hospital Webster Springs, WV $237 $204 77 min
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $238 $318 108 min
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $249 $299 111 min 15.0%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $308 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $376 $166 ★ 4/5 206 min 16.3%
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $378 $372 122 min 15.0%
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $396 $278 ★ 3/5 160 min 15.1%
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $402 $280 76 min
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $422 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc Ronceverte, WV $492 $175 ★ 2/5 189 min 14.3%
Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV $492 $175 ★ 2/5 181 min 16.7%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $505 $272 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $572 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%
Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV $599 $264 ★ 4/5 195 min 15.5%

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)
$492
Cash / self-pay
$376
Insurer-negotiated
$274
Medicare pays
$69
$138$644
Median cash $376  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $376 — about 5.4× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($139).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $492 list price could save about $117 (24%).

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