Published news articles have reported of individuals paying between $100,000 to $150,000 for a trafficked kidney.
Source: Abraham McLaughlin, Ilene R. Prusher, and Andrew Downie, “What is a kidney worth?” ,Christian Science Monitor, June 9, 2004,(last accessed: January 19, 2006), and Larry Rohther, “Tracking the Sale of a Kidney on a Path of Poverty and Hope” , New York Times, May 23, 2004.