1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA, 92262 · (760) 323-6511
Beds
326
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$654.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$43.1M
Patient care margin 6.3%
Discharges
18,097
Occupancy 82.1%
Clinicians
486
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $654.8M | $613.4M | 6.3% | $43.1M | 18,097 | $8.9M | 19.0% | 13.8% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 10.6% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 13.9% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13.7% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $654.2M | $567.5M | 13.3% | $88.2M | 16,882 | $7.4M | 17.1% | 12.3% |
| 2023 | $610.1M | $547.0M | 10.3% | $64.9M | 16,894 | $8.2M | 17.5% | 11.9% |
| 2022 | $607.5M | $518.2M | 14.7% | $111.4M | 15,952 | $8.5M | 17.8% | 14.8% |
| 2021 | $600.9M | $503.0M | 16.3% | $119.5M | 16,112 | $9.5M | 17.9% | 16.3% |
| 2020 | $561.0M | $494.2M | 11.9% | $67.4M | 17,511 | $9.9M | 18.5% | 16.3% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 10.7% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.5% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.1% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.77 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.40 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.29 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.02 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.14 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.90 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 70% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 40% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 63% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 66% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 62% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 178 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 50% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 57% | US median 79% |
| 72 |
| $324,517.00 |
| $19,852.60 |
| $15,695.20 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 63 | $290,116.62 | $21,339.54 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 59 | $171,266.49 | $12,872.88 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 52 | $144,645.54 | $9,922.33 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 50 | $341,626.82 | $21,406.18 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 48 | $183,164.94 | $8,990.52 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 46 | $134,592.65 | $8,710.57 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 45 | $255,809.49 | $17,873.49 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 43 | $504,570.37 | $32,289.33 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 41 | $229,286.78 | $18,912.15 | $14,301.50 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 41 | $190,720.34 | $10,085.17 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 40 | $154,089.63 | $8,032.78 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 39 | $157,022.82 | $10,152.15 | $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 223 | 217 | $2,665.08 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 98 | 72 | $1,563.38 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 36 | 33 | $13,700.95 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 36 | 36 | $2,872.12 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 29 | 27 | $3,115.82 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 27 | 15 | $2,769.47 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 27 | 27 | $26,423.50 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 23 | 20 | $11,870.96 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 22 | 21 | $1,531.97 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | 18 | $7,160.40 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 17 | 17 | $5,641.49 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 16 | 16 | $6,376.52 | $4,981.95 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Desert Regional Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Palm Springs, CA with 326 beds, part of Tenet Healthcare and a 2-star overall rating.
Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, CA has 326 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 385 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 18,097 inpatients that year, with 82.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-05-31), Desert Regional Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $654.8M and operating expenses of $613.4M, a margin on patient care of 6.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was $43.1M (6.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Desert Regional Medical Center is part of Tenet Healthcare (listed company, ticker THC), a health system with 60 hospitals based in Dallas, TX. It is a for-profit hospital.
Desert Regional Medical Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Desert Regional Medical Center provides emergency services.
486 Medicare clinicians list Desert Regional Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Family Practice.
In 2024, Desert Regional Medical Center had 2,127 Medicare inpatient stays in 75 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 263 stays; Medicare paid $20,100.61 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $6,708 in payments to Desert Regional Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($2,381 general and $4,326 for research) from 5 companies.