NIPT prenatal DNA test cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT): from $148.99 to $2,529.91, with a median of $800.00. The lowest price is at St. Mary’s Medical Center (Huntington). The highest price is 17.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $800.00, is 23% below the US median of $1,043.03.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($759.05).
- West Virginia ranks 8th of 40 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 81420. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$148.99St. Mary’s Medical Center
Median$800.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,529.91in West Virginia
Lowest saves$651.01vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary’s Medical Center lowest Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH informaSeq XYLC | $148.99 | $148.99 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $675.00 | $1,350.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $675.00 | $1,350.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $675.00 | $1,350.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Medical Center Ranson · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $800.00 | $1,600.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $800.00 | $1,600.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $800.00 | $1,600.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $800.00 | $1,600.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $800.00 | $1,600.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Jackson General Hospital Ripley · Ripley, WV TEST FOR DETECTING GENES ASSOCIATED WITH FETAL DISEASE; ANEUPLOIDY GENOMIC SEQUENCE ANALYSIS PANEL | $1,200.00 | $2,400.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV FETAL CHRMOML ANEUPLOIDY | $1,390.40 | $1,738.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH informaSeq XYLC | $2,124.25 | $2,124.25 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Stonewall Jackson Hospital Weston · Weston, WV Bill Fetal Chr. Aneu. (informaSeq) | $2,529.91 | $5,059.81 | May 19, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 2 | $148.99 | $1,136.62 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $675.00 | $737.50 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $800.00 | $800.00 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $675.00 | $675.00 |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $800.00 | $800.00 |
| New Martinsville, WV | 1 | $800.00 | $800.00 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $1,390.40 | $1,390.40 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $675.00 | $675.00 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $1,200.00 | $1,200.00 |
| Weston, WV | 1 | $2,529.91 | $2,529.91 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1 | $800.00 | $800.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What NIPT prenatal DNA test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: NIPT prenatal DNA test explained.
Prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT) in other states
- Alabama$1,004.55
- Alaska$1,232.07
- Arizona$1,720.00
- Arkansas$1,222.00
- California$1,736.00
- Colorado$846.55
- Connecticut$3,985.28, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$2,429.05
- District of Columbia$2,888.94, 2 hospitals
- Florida$387.50
- Georgia$899.50
- Hawaii$2,110.50, 1 hospital
- Idaho$695.30
- Illinois$879.90
- Indiana$850.92
- Iowa$789.30
- Kansas$2,277.15
- Kentucky$1,287.72
- Louisiana$451.08
- Maine$1,049.17
- Maryland$395.01
- Massachusetts$2,583.00
- Michigan$300.00
- Minnesota$1,387.54
- Mississippi$802.40
- Missouri$1,166.10
- Montana$926.25, 1 hospital
- Nebraska$3,026.95, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$775.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$2,290.80, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$834.96
- New Mexico$701.96, 3 hospitals
- New York$1,140.78
- North Carolina$852.34
- North Dakota$1,277.70
- Ohio$1,456.00
- Oklahoma$1,178.78
- Oregon$1,376.40
- Pennsylvania$2,336.04
- Rhode Island$759.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$1,807.66
- South Dakota$998.40, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$998.58
- Texas$870.00
- Utah$1,531.19
- Vermont$1,581.58, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$1,032.80
- Washington$766.08
- Wisconsin$1,206.81
- Wyoming$1,294.90
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.