If you were ever curious as to how much body parts can fetch on the black market, Medical Transcription created a snazzy infographic to show you. Some parts are shockingly cheap! Like would you want a new shoulder or a new iPad? Both cost 500 bucks.
Other organs are prohibitively expensive, like a kidney. That little sucker costs $262,000 in the US (other countries have it for cheaper)! Here's the full list of body parts and their cost:
- Pair of Eyeballs: $1,525
- Scalp: $607
- Skull with Teeth: $1,200
- Shoulder: $500
- Coronary Artery: $1,525
- Heart: $119,000
- Liver: $157,000
- Hand and Forearm: $385
- Pint of Blood: $337
- Spleen: $508
- Stomach: $508
- Small Intestine: $2,519
- Kidney: $262,000
- Gallbladder: $1,219
- Skin: $10 per square inch
-gizmodo
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