Joint aspiration or injection (mid-size joint) cost in West Virginia

Prices at 27 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $351 — 15% below the US median ($411), roughly 6.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $77 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $79 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $100 $423 110 min 14.7%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $110 $255 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $122 $95 76 min
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $140 $133 ★ 3/5 217 min 14.8%
Grafton City Hospital, Inc Grafton, WV $142 $159 66 min
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $166 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $270 $296 108 min
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $330 $289 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $344 $326 ★ 3/5 137 min 15.3%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $350 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $351 $302 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.0%
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $358 $306 ★ 2/5 207 min 15.5%
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $412 102 min 15.0%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $413 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $442 $329 ★ 4/5 206 min 16.3%
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $451 $302 ★ 2/5 226 min 16.8%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $466 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $529 $310 ★ 3/5 160 min 15.1%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $535 $295 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $549 $314 ★ 2/5 174 min 16.6%
Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc Ronceverte, WV $914 $314 ★ 2/5 189 min 14.3%
Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV $914 $314 ★ 2/5 181 min 16.7%
Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV $1,117 $297 ★ 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)
$700
Cash / self-pay
$351
Insurer-negotiated
$302
Medicare pays
$57
$92$914
Median cash $351  ·  Medicare $57  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $351 — about 6.1× the Medicare rate ($57). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($114).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $700 list price could save about $350 (50%).

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