Ketorolac (Toradol) Pain Shot, 15 mg at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center

3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$38.74

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$48.42

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2.28 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $6.23 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $2.28 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2.52 ↓ -93%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2.71 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2.73 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2.73 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2.73 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2.73 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2.73 ↓ -93%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2.78 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $3.55 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3.55 ↓ -91%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3.65 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4.18 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4.18 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $4.58 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Commercial $5.37 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $5.54 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $5.76 ↓ -85%
Ucare Commercial $5.83 ↓ -85%
Medica Choice $5.83 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial $5.97 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Commercial $5.97 ↓ -85%
Healthez Commercial $5.97 ↓ -85%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $5.97 ↓ -85%
Medica Elect $6.23 ↓ -84%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ketorolac (Toradol) Pain Shot, 15 mg at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $38.74 $2.28 – $5.97
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.40 $18.24 – $67.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $62.36 $18.31 – $68.06
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $50.62 $14.72 – $54.71
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.22 $7.38 – $27.44
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.20 $18.31 – $68.08
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $50.40 $0.28 – $50.35
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.54 $0.28 – $68.05

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