Flu test cost in West Virginia

Prices at 30 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $60 — about the US median ($61), roughly 3.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $13 $17 ★ 2/5 207 min 15.5%
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $28 $12
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $29 102 min 15.0%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $30 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $33 $23 76 min
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $35 $33 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $40 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $41 $15 122 min 15.0%
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $47 $17 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.0%
Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV $49 $76 ★ 4/5 195 min 15.5%
Mon Health Marion Whitehall, WV $49 $76 90 min 15.1%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $53 $17 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $54 $66 108 min
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $55 $67 103 min 14.9%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $59 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $62 $17 ★ 2/5 174 min 16.6%
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $63 $17 ★ 3/5 137 min 15.3%
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $64 $22 110 min 14.7%
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $68 $103 111 min 15.0%
Webster Memorial Hospital Webster Springs, WV $72 $87 77 min
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $74 $40 ★ 3/5 217 min 14.8%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $75 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $79 $17 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $118 $17 ★ 4/5 206 min 16.3%
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $121 ★ 1/5 118 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)
$98
Cash / self-pay
$60
Insurer-negotiated
$22
Medicare pays
$17
$30$128
Median cash $60  ·  Medicare $17  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $60 — about 3.6× the Medicare rate ($17). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($33).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $98 list price could save about $38 (39%).

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