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Preston Memorial Hospital

150 Memorial Drive, Kingwood, WV 26537 · (304) 329-1400

Rural (critical access) hospitalProprietaryEmergency room

Preston Memorial Hospital is a for-profit rural critical-access hospital in Kingwood, West Virginia (Preston County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.67 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical West Virginia hospital ($4.11).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.67listed for every $1 its care costs West Virginia typical $4.11
1 h 52 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
80%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 52 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    20.5%
    COPD
    10.3%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.0%
    Pneumonia
    17.8%

    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

    $60what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $3.0Mnet income, all sources
    −4.3%margin on patient care alone
    $668,137cost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
    $3.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    311full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

    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

    17 miles awayGarrett Regional Medical CenterOakland, MD★★★★★$1.64 listed per $1 of cost17 miles awayMon Health Medical CenterMorgantown, WV★★★★★$5.25 listed per $1 of cost18 miles awayWest Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown, WV★★★★★$3.88 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayGrafton City Hospital, IncGrafton, WVNot rated$1.52 listed per $1 of cost26 miles awayMon Health MarionWhitehall, WVNot rated$4.40 listed per $1 of cost

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