Beckley Area Hospital Prices
Cash and insurance-negotiated prices at hospitals in and around Beckley, WV. Part of all West Virginia hospital prices.
Pillar 1 · The BaseRate™ CompositeHow 1.00× Fair BaseRate Works: Raw price averages unfairly penalize hospitals in high-wage cities or trauma centers treating sicker patients. We adjust for local CMS hospital wage levels and patient complexity first. A 1.00× score means right at the fair price average, 0.85× means 15% cheaper than fair market, and 1.30× means 30% above fair market.Good Deal · Below Fair Market
0.84×vs. Fair Market Price
Position vs. 1.00× Fair Price16% Below Fair Price
1.00× (center of the bar) is the U.S. fair price average after accounting for local hospital wages and patient complexity. Left of center (<1.00×) is below fair price; right of center (>1.00×) is above fair price.
Typical commercial prices here are 16% below the fair benchmark (0.84×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Pillar 2 · VeriRate™ Data TrustHow VeriRate™ (0–100) Works: Hospitals are legally required to publish machine-readable price files, but some bury fake $0.01 numbers or omit cash discounts. VeriRate audits each file across 5 checks (hover any badge below to see what it tests).86/100 · Verified
86/100Hover Any Check Below to See How Prices Were Audited
File Completeness90Provenance (File Completeness): Checks whether the hospital published a complete, up-to-date machine-readable price file with valid CPT and MS-DRG billing codes instead of leaving blanks.
Price Logic88Coherence (Price Logic): Checks whether the hospital’s numbers make basic sense — e.g., self-pay cash price is lower than gross list price, with no fake $0.01 or $999,999 placeholder numbers.
Peer Alignment86Concordance (Peer Alignment): Checks whether reported prices sit in a realistic range compared to Medicare and nearby hospitals rather than wild 100× unit errors.
Clean Billing83Regularity (Clean Billing): Checks whether rates are structured consistently across procedures without erratic statistical spikes or hidden unbundled facility fees.
Real Cash Discount84Cash Honesty (Real Cash Discount): Checks whether the hospital offers a genuine self-pay cash discount that beats or matches commercial insurance rates instead of billing full sticker price.
Pillar 3 · West Virginia Market & Best ValueSummarizes statewide hospital price coverage across West Virginia, the average commercial markup over federal Medicare rates, and the #1 best-value hospital in the state.2 Hospitals · 18 Procedures
Hospitals Priced2 in WVTotal hospitals in West Virginia with verified machine-readable price disclosures indexed in the Crystal.
Avg vs. Medicare1.4× MedicareAverage commercial insurance negotiated rate across West Virginia hospitals compared to what federal Medicare pays for the same procedure.
Best Value in WV0.84× FairLowest confounder-adjusted hospital in West Virginia: Beckley Arh Hospital (Beckley) at 0.84× fair market price.
Most affordable West Virginia hospital: Beckley Arh Hospital (Beckley) at 0.84× the fair price (16% below benchmark).
Behavioral Pricing FingerprintLow Shoppable & Low Captive Rates
Uniform Value Leader · Low-Cost Across Departments
This hospital maintains low, disciplined commercial pricing across both routine shoppable procedures (0.9× Medicare, p50 0.83× Fair BaseRate) and emergency/ancillary services (1.0× Medicare, p75 0.94× Fair BaseRate). Both insured and self-pay patients benefit from below-benchmark rates across departments.
#7 of 28 in WV · 21st State Percentile#413 of 3,385 in U.S. · 12th National Percentile
Advantage
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 16% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.84×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 64% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (63/100 safety score) with 68% patient recommendation
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (29.5% AGB cap)
Watchout
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.1× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (1.3×) & laboratory (3.3×) services average 1.11× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.9×)
- Even at low-cost facilities (0.84× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 6,805) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Front-Door ShoppableElective / Imaging
0.9× Medicare
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Back-Door Captive & ER1.11× Divergence
1.0× Medicare
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Quantile Tail Spread+13% Upper Tail
Q25 0.70× · Q50 0.83× · Q75 0.94×
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Select any lens to inspect department markups, federal cost accounting, or insurer discounts.
Department & Integrity Multiples (vs. CMS Medicare Cost Anchor)
Green ≤1.3× · Teal 1.3–1.8× · Amber 1.8–2.5× · Rose >2.5×
Front-Door Shoppable CareFront-Door Shoppable
0.9× MedicareGood
Outpatient Surgery & ORBack-Door Captive
1.1× MedicareGood
Diagnostic Imaging (CT/MRI)Front-Door Shoppable
1.2× MedicareGood
Back-Door Captive ER VisitsBack-Door Captive
1.3× MedicareGood
Inpatient Lab & PathologyBack-Door Captive
3.3× MedicareElevated
Specialty & Infusion Drugs (J-Codes)Back-Door Captive
0.6× MedicareGood
Self-Pay Cash Honesty & 501(r)Integrity & Outcomes
64% Cash Edge · 99/100Good
CMS Clinical Safety & Star ValueIntegrity & Outcomes
3 CMS · 63/100Elevated
Hospitals in the Beckley area
Ranked by how their prices compare to the fair BaseRate — best value first. The × fair figure is geo-adjusted. Tap any hospital for its full price list.
- Beckley Arh Hospital · Beckley 77/100 86 priced 0.84× fair
- Raleigh General Hospital · Beckley 66/100 23 priced 1.98× fair
Compare prices by procedure in Beckley
Local prices across Beckley-area hospitals for 18 procedures.
- CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast)
- CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)
- CT scan, chest (no contrast)
- CT scan, head (no contrast)
- CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
- CT scan, head (with contrast)
- CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine)
- CT scan, neck (cervical spine)
- CT scan, pelvis
- CT scan, sinuses
- Digestive disorders treatment (inpatient stay)
- Heart stent placement (inpatient stay)
- Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay)
- MRI, brain (no contrast)
- MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
- MRI, knee or other leg joint
- MRI, lower back (no contrast)
- Sepsis treatment (inpatient stay)
No procedures match that search.
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Prices are sourced from each hospital's federally-required public price file, most recently published October 2026. The BaseRate is a modeled fair-price estimate — not a bill or quote. How we build these numbers →