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Pocahontas Memorial Hospital

150 Duncan Road, Buckeye, WV 24924 · (304) 799-7400

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Pocahontas Memorial Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Buckeye, West Virginia (Pocahontas County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.39 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical West Virginia hospital ($4.11).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.39listed for every $1 its care costs West Virginia typical $4.11
1 h 45 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
84%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 45 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    COPD
    9.2%

    US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $72what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $1.6Mnet income, all sources
    0.6%margin on patient care alone
    $595,198cost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
    $1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    128full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

    This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

    Nearby hospitals

    21 miles awayBath Community HospitalHot Springs, VANot rated$1.12 listed per $1 of cost25 miles awayWebster Memorial HospitalWebster Springs, WVNot rated$1.33 listed per $1 of cost31 miles awayLewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor, VA★★★★★$8.69 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayCamc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, IncRonceverte, WV★★★★★$4.06 listed per $1 of cost40 miles awaySummersville Regional Medical CenterSummersville, WV★★★★★$2.84 listed per $1 of cost

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