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West Virginia
7,291 individual providers in 75 specialties, 2024 · 15 metro and micro areas
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Individual providers by data year: 2020: 6,851 · 2021: 6,865 · 2022: 6,980 · 2023: 7,072 · 2024: 7,291.
Specialties practicing in West Virginia, 2024
Metro areas and non-metro West Virginia, 2024
| Area | Type | Individual providers | Physicians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckley, WV | Metro | 390 | 167 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA (crosses a state line) | Micro | 335 | 132 |
| Charleston, WV | Metro | 1,355 | 641 |
| Clarksburg, WV | Micro | 363 | 159 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV (crosses a state line) | Micro | 402 | 147 |
| Elkins, WV | Micro | 135 | 48 |
| Fairmont, WV | Micro | 121 | 42 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (crosses a state line) | Metro | 909 | 432 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (crosses a state line) | Metro | 1,737 | 838 |
| Morgantown, WV | Metro | 1,462 | 795 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | Metro | 405 | 152 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (crosses a state line) | Metro | 20,964 | 11,313 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (crosses a state line) | Metro | 392 | 173 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH (crosses a state line) | Metro | 590 | 260 |
| Winchester, VA-WV (crosses a state line) | Metro | 913 | 410 |
| West Virginia outside metro areas | Non-metro | 799 | 315 |
Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in West Virginia; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.
Largest cities in West Virginia
- Morgantown (1,416 clinicians)
- Charleston (1,001 clinicians)
- Huntington (845 clinicians)
- Wheeling (363 clinicians)
- Parkersburg (303 clinicians)
- Beckley (280 clinicians)
- Bridgeport (267 clinicians)
- South Charleston (227 clinicians)
- Martinsburg (221 clinicians)
- Princeton (147 clinicians)
Largest hospitals in West Virginia
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc (1,755 affiliated clinicians)
- Charleston Area Medical Center (1,360 affiliated clinicians)
- United Hospital Center, Inc (856 affiliated clinicians)
- Wheeling Hospital, Inc (669 affiliated clinicians)
- St Marys Medical Center (659 affiliated clinicians)
- Thomas Memorial Hospital (650 affiliated clinicians)
- Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc (639 affiliated clinicians)
- Camden Clark Medical Center (529 affiliated clinicians)
- Berkeley Medical Center (519 affiliated clinicians)
- Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc (407 affiliated clinicians)
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.