Ungraded
#2,590 nationally
Hi-Desert Medical Center
6601 White Feather Road, Joshua Tree, CA 92252 · (760) 366-3711
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hi-Desert Medical Center billed $7.26 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
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #225
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $39,567 | $3,365 | +104% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $142,638 | $21,726 | +119% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $96,215 | $15,260 | +107% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $77,936 | $15,049 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $77,529 | $3,919 | +306% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,529 | $3,919 | +306% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$142,638 | $21,726 | +119% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$96,215 | $15,260 | +107% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,567 | $3,365 | +104% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$77,936 | $15,049 | +80% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$77,936 | $15,049 | +80% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,567 | $3,365 | +104% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$96,215 | $15,260 | +107% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$142,638 | $21,726 | +119% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,529 | $3,919 | +306% |
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.