Emergency department visit (level 4) cost in West Virginia

Prices at 30 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $622 — 34% below the US median ($949), roughly 5.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $135 — ★ 3/5 141 min —
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $135 — ★ 2/5 136 min —
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $144 $434 — 105 min —
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $163 $68 — — —
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $169 $25 ★ 1/5 119 min —
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $216 — ★ 3/5 110 min —
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $235 — — 102 min —
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $293 $25 ★ 1/5 173 min —
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $366 $346 ★ 3/5 223 min —
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $392 $570 — 112 min —
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $396 $422 ★ 3/5 167 min —
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $406 $576 — 100 min —
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $422 — ★ 3/5 127 min —
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $552 $202 — 121 min —
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $607 $642 — 102 min —
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $637 $414 ★ 2/5 162 min —
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $638 $478 — 80 min —
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $787 $447 ★ 4/5 212 min —
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $844 $390 ★ 3/5 209 min —
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $888 — ★ 2/5 194 min —
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $949 $448 ★ 2/5 172 min —
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $960 $444 ★ 3/5 133 min —
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $985 $416 ★ 3/5 190 min —
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $1,044 $367 ★ 3/5 219 min —
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $1,056 $414 ★ 2/5 203 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)
$855
Cash / self-pay
$622
Insurer-negotiated
$414
Medicare pays
$118
$161$1,612
Median cash $622  ·  Medicare $118  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $622 — about 5.3× the Medicare rate ($118). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($236).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $855 list price could save about $233 (27%).

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