Kidney Price in the Philippines

According to the Department of Health in the Philippines, the average cost of a kidney purchased on the black market was $3,600 (150,000 Philippine Pesos), with the donor of the kidney getting a third of that price and the brokers receiving two-thirds of the amount.

Source:  “Philippine bishops urge halt to organ trafficking,” Reuters, January 28, 2008.

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