What are the expenditures in a liver transplant?

That rather depends on which country you are in. For purposes of standardization, we will discuss the cost in US$. In the US, a liver transplant will cost in the region of US$ 250,000/- to 500,000/- The cost in UK and Europe seems to be considerably less. About US$ 80,000/-. However, this is the cost to the NHS. read more

Typical costs: For patients covered by health insurance, out-of-pocket costs for a liver transplant typically consist of doctor visit, lab and prescription drug copays as well as coinsurance of 10%-50% for surgery and other procedures, which can easily reach the yearly out-of-pocket maximum. read more

Liver transplant is the operation in which the native liver of diseased person is removed and then replaced with a new functional and healthy liver. This is a very complicated and complex process and so the expenditure related to this treatment is also very high i.e., approximately 20 lakhs per person which includes checking of the liver of both diseased and healthy person. read more