Joshua Tree, California: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Hi-Desert Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 168th highest registered nurse average of 260 California hospitals. It is Tenet Healthcare's, hiring on this site.
Hi-Desert Medical Center: common questions
How much does Hi-Desert Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, CA reported an average of $71.20 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 168th highest of 260 California hospitals. California's hospitals together averaged $85.20 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Hi-Desert Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $35.45 an hour (California $42.49). Nursing aide hours averaged $23.91 an hour (California $27.98). Medical assistant hours averaged $18.21 an hour.
What is Hi-Desert Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
2 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 72% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 56% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a government hospital (every California hospital by rating).
Is Hi-Desert Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Tenet Healthcare's, and Tenet Healthcare's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in California.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 050279. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Hi-Desert Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/california/hi-desert-medical-center