The costs will vary for each patient, based on insurance coverage, the type of transplant and the location of the transplant center. Patients will also incur lifetime medical expenses for follow-up care and prescriptions.
Below is a list of average costs for transplants and first-year expenses*. The actual costs may be higher or lower than the figures listed here:
Bone Marrow (autologous): $375,000
Bone Marrow (allogeneic): $925,000
Cornea: $28,000
Heart: $1.2 million
Intestine: $1.5 million
Kidney: $330,000
Liver: $735,000
Lung: $785,000
Double Lung: $1 million
Pancreas: $315,000
Heart/Lung: $2.3 million
Kidney/Pancreas: $550,000
Kidney/Heart: $1.5 million
Liver/Kidney: $1.2 million