Emergency department visit (level 5) cost in West Virginia

Prices at 30 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $876 — 37% below the US median ($1,395), roughly 5.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $196 — ★ 3/5 141 min —
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville, WV $196 — ★ 2/5 136 min —
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $210 $475 — 105 min —
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $236 $25 ★ 1/5 119 min —
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $245 $103 — — —
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $314 — ★ 3/5 110 min —
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $349 — — 102 min —
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $440 $25 ★ 1/5 173 min —
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $536 — ★ 3/5 127 min —
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $545 $821 — 100 min —
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $591 $559 ★ 3/5 223 min —
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $623 $906 — 112 min —
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $636 $672 — 102 min —
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $643 $602 ★ 3/5 167 min —
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $814 $597 ★ 2/5 162 min —
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $938 $654 — 80 min —
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $1,139 $638 ★ 4/5 212 min —
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $1,298 $561 ★ 3/5 209 min —
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $1,328 — ★ 2/5 194 min —
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $1,370 $596 ★ 2/5 203 min —
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $1,373 $597 ★ 2/5 226 min —
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $1,376 $573 — 121 min —
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $1,410 $639 ★ 2/5 172 min —
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $1,452 $636 ★ 3/5 133 min —
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $1,645 $602 ★ 3/5 190 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)
$1,291
Cash / self-pay
$876
Insurer-negotiated
$588
Medicare pays
$171
$233$2,321
Median cash $876  ·  Medicare $171  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $876 — about 5.1× the Medicare rate ($171). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($343).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,291 list price could save about $415 (32%).

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