Strep throat test cost in West Virginia

Prices at 30 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $41 — 29% below the US median ($58), roughly 2.5× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $18 $17 ★ 2/5 207 min 15.5%
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $19 $17 ★ 3/5 218 min 14.9%
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $19 $10 122 min 15.0%
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $21 $34 111 min 15.0%
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $27 102 min 15.0%
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $29 $22 110 min 14.7%
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $30 $29 108 min
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $31 $17 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $32 ★ 1/5 118 min 15.5%
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $35 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $36 $34 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $38 $41 103 min 14.9%
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $39 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.7%
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $41 $17 ★ 3/5 160 min 15.1%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $41 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $41 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $43 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Webster Memorial Hospital Webster Springs, WV $47 $57 77 min
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $48 $36 ★ 3/5 217 min 14.8%
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%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $51 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $56 $17 ★ 3/5 137 min 15.3%
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $57 $17 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.0%
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $60 $17 ★ 2/5 226 min 16.8%

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 August 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)
$68
Cash / self-pay
$41
Insurer-negotiated
$26
Medicare pays
$17
$21$62
Median cash $41  ·  Medicare $17  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $41 — about 2.5× the Medicare rate ($17). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($33).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $68 list price could save about $27 (40%).

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