Flu test cost in West Virginia

Prices at 29 hospitals in West Virginia, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $59 — 5% below the US median ($62), roughly 3.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Wheeling Hospital, Inc Wheeling, WV $13 $17 ★ 2/5 203 min —
Williamson Memorial Inc Williamson, WV $28 $12 — — —
Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc Gassaway, WV $29 — — 102 min —
St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc Buckhannon, WV $30 — ★ 3/5 141 min —
Minnie Hamilton Health System Grantsville, WV $33 $23 — 80 min —
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc Huntington, WV $35 $33 ★ 3/5 223 min —
Raleigh General Hospital Beckley, WV $40 — ★ 2/5 194 min —
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton, WV $41 $15 — 121 min —
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc Glen Dale, WV $47 $17 ★ 2/5 162 min —
Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown, WV $49 $76 ★ 4/5 185 min —
Mon Health Marion Whitehall, WV $49 $76 — 86 min —
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $53 $17 ★ 3/5 219 min —
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye, WV $55 $67 — 105 min —
Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi, WV $57 $60 — 102 min —
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $59 — ★ 3/5 110 min —
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc Princeton, WV $62 $17 ★ 2/5 172 min —
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $63 $17 ★ 3/5 133 min —
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV $64 $22 — 100 min —
Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV $68 $103 — 112 min —
St Marys Medical Center Huntington, WV $74 $40 ★ 3/5 209 min —
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $75 — ★ 3/5 127 min —
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV $79 $17 ★ 3/5 190 min —
United Hospital Center, Inc Bridgeport, WV $118 $17 ★ 4/5 212 min —
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser, WV $121 — ★ 1/5 119 min —
Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc Ronceverte, WV $123 $41 ★ 2/5 186 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)
$98
Cash / self-pay
$59
Insurer-negotiated
$20
Medicare pays
$17
$30$133
Median cash $59  ·  Medicare $17  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $59 — about 3.6× the Medicare rate ($17). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($33).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $98 list price could save about $39 (40%).

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