C. diff test cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 31 hospitals publish a cash price for C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR): from $40.50 to $1,557.00, with a median of $113.60. The lowest price is at Reynolds Memorial Hospital (Glen Dale). The highest price is 38.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $113.60, is 17% below the US median of $136.79.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($37.27).
- West Virginia ranks 16th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 4 of 31 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 87493. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$40.50Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Median$113.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,557.00in West Virginia
Lowest saves$73.10vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital lowest Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $40.50 | $81.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $44.50 | $89.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $44.50 | $89.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway · Gassaway, WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $49.50 | $99.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV EPI STRAIN | $54.60 | $91.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Summers County Arh Hospital Hinton · Hinton, WV EPI STRAIN | $54.60 | $91.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $64.00 | $80.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $65.00 | $130.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville · Grantsville, WV .C-DIFF 027/NAP1/B1 STRAIN | $69.00 | $69.00 | Nov 12, 2025 source file |
| Rivers Health Point Pleasant · Point Pleasant, WV C DIFFCLE | $71.22 | $222.55 | Nov 22, 2025 source file |
| Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi · Philippi, WV C. DIFFICILE TOXIN (PCR) W/REFLEX TOXIN | $89.04 | $127.20 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $92.50 | $185.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $100.50 | $201.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital White Hall · Fairmont, WV C. difficle-Epi by PCR | $110.62 | $221.23 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown · Morgantown, WV PCR, C diff Toxin B/Epi | $110.62 | $221.23 | Apr 10, 2026 source file |
| Raleigh General Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Clostridium difficile, toxin gene(s), amplified probe technique | $113.60 | $284.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Weirton Medical Center Weirton · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $115.50 | $231.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville · Summersville, WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $117.50 | $235.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $121.00 | $242.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye · Buckeye, WV CDIFF TOXIN AMP.PROB | $124.60 | $178.00 | Nov 13, 2025 source file |
| St. Mary’s Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH C. diff DNA AMP | $127.75 | $127.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Jackson General Hospital Ripley · Ripley, WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $130.50 | $261.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon · Buckhannon, WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $147.00 | $294.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $158.00 | $316.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Medical Center Ranson · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $158.50 | $317.00 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood · Morgantown, WV C DIFFICILE TOXIN GENE, NAA | $166.00 | $332.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston · Charleston, WV DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE | $205.50 | $411.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Sistersville General Hospital Sistersville · Sistersville, WV Clostridium Difficle By Pcr | $293.60 | $489.34 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Potomac Valley Hospital of WV Keyser · Cumberland, MD-WV C DIFF AMPLIFIED PROBE | $371.00 | $742.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH C. diff DNA AMP | $401.70 | $401.70 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH C DIFFICILE AMP PROBE | $1,557.00 | $1,557.00 | Apr 1, 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 | 3 | $127.75 | $401.70 |
| Morgantown, WV | 3 | $65.00 | $110.62 |
| Beckley, WV | 2 | $54.60 | $84.10 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $40.50 | $70.50 |
| Buckeye, WV | 1 | $124.60 | $124.60 |
| Buckhannon, WV | 1 | $147.00 | $147.00 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 1 | $121.00 | $121.00 |
| Charleston, WV | 1 | $205.50 | $205.50 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $44.50 | $44.50 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 1 | $371.00 | $371.00 |
| Fairmont, WV | 1 | $110.62 | $110.62 |
| Gassaway, WV | 1 | $49.50 | $49.50 |
| Grantsville, WV | 1 | $69.00 | $69.00 |
| Hinton, WV | 1 | $54.60 | $54.60 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $158.00 | $158.00 |
| New Martinsville, WV | 1 | $92.50 | $92.50 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 |
| Philippi, WV | 1 | $89.04 | $89.04 |
| Point Pleasant, WV | 1 | $71.22 | $71.22 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $44.50 | $44.50 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $130.50 | $130.50 |
| Sistersville, WV | 1 | $293.60 | $293.60 |
| Summersville, WV | 1 | $117.50 | $117.50 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1 | $158.50 | $158.50 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 1 | $115.50 | $115.50 |
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 C. diff test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: C. diff test explained.
C. difficile toxin gene test (stool PCR) in other states
- Alabama$98.00
- Alaska$234.00
- Arizona$72.90
- Arkansas$88.90
- California$152.88
- Colorado$293.42
- Connecticut$146.48
- Delaware$409.92
- District of Columbia$210.35, 3 hospitals
- Florida$113.60
- Georgia$88.35
- Hawaii$299.65
- Idaho$166.00
- Illinois$185.40
- Indiana$133.00
- Iowa$116.46
- Kansas$111.85
- Kentucky$99.80
- Louisiana$74.72
- Maine$108.24
- Maryland$327.75
- Massachusetts$169.81
- Michigan$116.00
- Minnesota$139.42
- Mississippi$55.60
- Missouri$152.01
- Montana$168.51
- Nebraska$166.18
- Nevada$92.53
- New Hampshire$208.32
- New Jersey$42.86
- New Mexico$149.60
- New York$126.45
- North Carolina$125.61
- North Dakota$192.00
- Ohio$130.40
- Oklahoma$96.00
- Oregon$156.71
- Pennsylvania$207.60
- Puerto Rico$1,003.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$104.40
- South Carolina$193.50
- South Dakota$208.00
- Tennessee$89.61
- Texas$175.50
- Utah$160.40
- Vermont$233.99
- Virginia$126.09
- Washington$175.50
- Wisconsin$151.80
- Wyoming$155.25
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.