52/100
#1,184 nationally
Desert Valley Hospital
16850 Bear Valley Rd, Victorville, CA 92395 · (760) 241-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Desert Valley Hospital billed $3.70 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #21
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% 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 |
308 | $70,541 | $19,488 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $60,554 | $17,440 | +10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $40,190 | $13,638 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $16,021 | $3,365 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $26,967 | $3,975 | +7% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $50,040 | $15,894 | -18% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $29,635 | $8,056 | -8% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $34,418 | $13,237 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $38,212 | $12,516 | -21% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $178,026 | $44,969 | about average |
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 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,470 | $12,987 | +69% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,094 | $3,683 | +31% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$53,884 | $10,860 | +26% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$99,740 | $18,945 | +25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$35,929 | $8,051 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,738 | $4,286 | +15% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$306,441 | $66,246 | +14% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$79,493 | $18,019 | +12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$32,292 | $16,218 | -52% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$40,810 | $19,227 | -49% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay |
$27,177 | $9,315 | -41% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$31,691 | $12,949 | -38% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$48,647 | $19,980 | -38% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$30,056 | $10,481 | -37% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$35,871 | $14,527 | -36% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$23,271 | $7,423 | -31% |
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.