Corneal transplant cost in West Virginia

Prices at 12 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,245 — 74% below the US median ($4,799), roughly 1.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $1,170 102 min 15.0%
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $1,170 ★ 1/5 118 min 15.5%
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $1,170 ★ 1/5 161 min 14.5%
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $1,170 ★ 3/5 142 min 16.4%
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $1,245 ★ 3/5 133 min 14.8%
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $1,245 ★ 2/5 140 min 15.1%
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $1,872 ★ 3/5 105 min 15.4%
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $10,830 $1,794 ★ 3/5 219 min 15.2%
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $11,034 $4,118 ★ 3/5 177 min 15.2%

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)
$2,340
Cash / self-pay
$1,245
Insurer-negotiated
$1,007
Medicare pays
$1,066
$1,170$10,871
Median cash $1,245  ·  Medicare $1,066  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,245 — about 1.2× the Medicare rate ($1,066). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($2,133).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,340 list price could save about $1,094 (47%).

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