Ungraded
#1,845 nationally
Wetzel County Hospital
#3 East Benjamin Drive, New Martinsville, WV 26155 · (304) 455-8000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wetzel County Hospital billed $6.22 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 6
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WV
- #20
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $7,244 | $1,690 | -36% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $76,396 | $10,342 | +64% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $54,774 | $13,081 | -16% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $80,605 | $7,585 | +93% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $49,181 | $8,392 | +13% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $65,599 | $11,742 | +19% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$80,605 | $7,585 | +93% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$76,396 | $10,342 | +64% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$65,599 | $11,742 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$49,181 | $8,392 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$54,774 | $13,081 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,244 | $1,690 | -36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,244 | $1,690 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$54,774 | $13,081 | -16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$49,181 | $8,392 | +13% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$65,599 | $11,742 | +19% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$76,396 | $10,342 | +64% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$80,605 | $7,585 | +93% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.