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Short-term acute care hospital · Joshua Tree, California · 55 beds · CMS certification number 050279

Hi Desert Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS July 31, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$87.3M
$87,281,852 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$85.4M
$85,373,174 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$1.9M
$1,908,678 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
2.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $32.1M in its first year on file (1997) to $87.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $3.0M (2023), $1.7M (2024), $1.9M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 4.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 20.4%.
  • TENET CALIFORNIA INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled with audit
$32.1M
$31.9M
1998
reopened
$32.0M
$32.6M
1999
settled with audit
$33.3M
$33.8M
2000
settled
$33.9M
$34.6M
2001
settled
$33.7M
$35.5M
2002
settled
$35.7M
$38.3M
2003
settled
$36.3M
$42.2M
2004
settled
$42.4M
$45.6M
2005
settled
$50.8M
$47.8M
2006
reopened
$46.6M
$48.7M
2007
reopened
$47.6M
$50.8M
2008
reopened
$51.3M
$54.0M
2009
reopened
$54.8M
$53.1M
2010
reopened
$57.5M
$57.4M
2011
reopened
$58.5M
$59.6M
2012
reopened
$58.5M
$62.5M
2013
settled
$55.7M
$60.7M
2014
settled
$59.3M
$65.7M
2015
settled
$65.2M
$79.5M
2016
settled
$58.3M
$58.7M
2017
reopened
$59.6M
$63.6M
2018
settled
$71.8M
$63.8M
2019
settled
$70.2M
$65.0M
2020
settled
$69.2M
$73.2M
2021
settled
$75.7M
$73.1M
2022
settled
$84.0M
$79.5M
2023
settled with audit
$80.4M
$77.5M
2024
amended
$83.5M
$81.9M
2025
as submitted
$87.3M
$85.4M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in California with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Hi Desert Medical Center55$87,281,852$85,373,1742.2%
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, Ukiah50$184,104,153$284,359,530−54.5%
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco58$103,222,391$157,288,139−52.4%
Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma58$85,620,140$109,966,662−28.4%
Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson52$120,830,155$119,177,4881.4%
Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis57$208,007,915$189,443,9698.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,178
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
6,968
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
19.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
34.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
20.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
4.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • TENET CALIFORNIA INC100%

Indirect owners: HEALTH SERVICES NETWORK HOSPITALS, INC.; TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

Related organizations on its own cost report: TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, parent company; CONIFER, credit and collection; GLOBAL BUSINESS CENTER, accounting support.

Other hospitals with the same owner: St. Mary's Hospital (AZ), St. Joseph's Hospital (AZ), Abrazo Central Campus (AZ), Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (AZ), Abrazo Arrowhead Campus (AZ), Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (AZ), Abrazo West Campus (AZ), Arizona Specialty Hospital (AZ), HCH Tucson Holdings (AZ).

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, hospital district.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 050279. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read July 31, 2026.