Desert Regional Medical Center billing

1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262

  • Proprietary
  • Acute Care Hospitals
  • CMS rating 2 of 5

1. Call billing

Have your account number ready. Ask for an itemized bill and ask whether you can apply for financial assistance.

Main hospital line
(760) 323-6511
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2. See if you qualify for free or discounted care

Hospitals that aren't nonprofit don't have to offer financial assistance, but many do. Ask billing for their policy, and check your income below.

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3. Send it in writing

A written request creates a record. Fill in your details, then print, email or mail it to Desert Regional Medical Center billing.

  • Request an itemized bill
    Every charge, with its billing code. Start here.
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  • Apply for financial assistance
    Cover letter for the hospital's application, with a request to pause collections.
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  • Dispute a charge
    For duplicate lines, services you didn't get, or prices you want explained.
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Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California is a Proprietary hospital. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars for overall quality. BillKarma was unable to compute a billing grade for this hospital because their published price transparency file contains only 3 procedures — insufficient for a representative markup analysis.

Common procedure prices

Last updated: 2026-10-21

Code Description Hospital charge Cash price Medicare pays Markup
11042 Wound Debridement $8425.41 $2661.17 $55.78 151.0×
10060 Abscess Drainage $3089.16 $1710.44 $100.54 30.7×
20610 Joint Injection (drainage) $491.25 $491.25 $39.75 12.4×

Highlighted: charged at 5× or more what Medicare pays for the same code.

How to dispute a bill from Desert Regional Medical Center

Last updated: 2026-10-21

DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER does not have enough pricing data in their published file for BillKarma to compute a billing grade. However, you can still dispute individual charges using Medicare rates as your benchmark. Request the self-pay or cash discount rate from billing — most hospitals offer significant reductions off their list prices for uninsured or high-deductible patients. Request an itemized bill with CPT codes from their billing department, then use the BillKarma calculator to look up the Medicare rate for each code.

Location

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Map shows Desert Regional Medical Center at 1150 NORTH INDIAN CANYON DRIVE, Palm Springs, California, 92262. Nearby hospitals within 50 miles include Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp, Anaheim Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal.

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