This is really hard question. Clearly, to a recipient especially those in dire need of it is worth a lot. Further, given that with the exception of Iran no country allows the sale of kidneys. But here are some data points.
- Kidney trafficking in the US: A kidney trafficker was convicted for trying to sell a kidney for $120,000
- Kidney prices in Iran: According to Wikipedia reference it varies between $2000 to $4000.
- Disqus: This is a blog devoted to kidney sale where there is a post about 9 days ago offering donors $150,000. The doctor and hospital appear to be legitimate.
- Kidney for sale for $500,000 on blogger.
Here is an indepth article on the same topic. http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/50996688256/the-price-of-a-human-kidney
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