3/100
#2,560 nationally
Desert Regional Medical Center
1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 · (760) 323-6511
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Desert Regional Medical Center billed $12.61 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 12.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #222
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
263 | $270,514 | $22,268 | +315% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
223 | $71,372 | $3,353 | +267% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $19,189 | $1,977 | +90% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $178,804 | $15,490 | +312% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $324,517 | $23,017 | +325% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $290,117 | $23,349 | +248% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $171,266 | $15,016 | +268% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $144,646 | $11,546 | +250% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $341,627 | $23,245 | +299% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $183,165 | $13,168 | +369% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,246 | $4,686 | +429% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$238,580 | $15,548 | +392% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$236,038 | $12,585 | +383% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,877 | $1,976 | +380% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$146,677 | $10,228 | +379% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$166,577 | $9,849 | +375% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$326,610 | $21,708 | +370% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$183,165 | $13,168 | +369% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,752 | $12,064 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,189 | $1,977 | +90% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,386 | $2,339 | +90% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,071 | $3,494 | +104% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$272,424 | $28,097 | +105% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,573 | $4,013 | +128% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,550 | $7,027 | +133% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,022 | $3,919 | +136% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.