CT scan of the chest with and without contrast cost in West Virginia

Prices at 29 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,304 — 25% below the US median ($1,736), roughly 6.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $455 — — 102 min —
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $478 — ★ 1/5 119 min —
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $528 — ★ 1/5 173 min —
Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV $674 $674 ★ 4/5 185 min —
Mon Health Marion Whitehall, WV $674 $674 — 86 min —
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $730 — ★ 3/5 110 min —
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $757 $242 — 100 min —
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $984 $413 — — —
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $1,006 $751 — 80 min —
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $1,121 — ★ 3/5 127 min —
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $1,211 $495 ★ 2/5 194 min —
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $1,221 $177 ★ 3/5 167 min —
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $1,236 $188 ★ 4/5 212 min —
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $1,287 $186 ★ 3/5 133 min —
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $1,304 $171 ★ 2/5 203 min —
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $1,348 $172 ★ 2/5 162 min —
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $1,433 $2,085 — 112 min —
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $1,507 — ★ 2/5 136 min —
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $1,514 $1,676 — 105 min —
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $1,532 $174 ★ 2/5 226 min —
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $1,694 $174 ★ 3/5 190 min —
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $1,700 — ★ 3/5 141 min —
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $2,022 $135 — 102 min —
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $2,422 $147 ★ 3/5 209 min —
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $2,900 $1,281 — 121 min —

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 October 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)
$2,574
Cash / self-pay
$1,304
Insurer-negotiated
$431
Medicare pays
$196
$645$3,204
Median cash $1,304  ·  Medicare $196  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $1,304 — about 6.7× the Medicare rate ($196). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($391).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,574 list price could save about $1,270 (49%).

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