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Not that I spend a lot of time shopping the black market for human body parts, but if this price list was true a LOT more people would be selling their blood on the black market if it was $297/pint. US Red Cross says you can donate whole blood (which is one pint) 6 times a year. That would be a nice $1782 cash infusion (pun intended) for most folk's bank account.
Yeah I forgot to ask my local shady organ harvester what the current rates are. I'll try to remember to bring it up when I see them at the farmer's market tomorrow~
When I donate blood, I get 21.5€ compensation, I'm pretty sure the receptionist, the doctor and the nurse that are (in total) occupied for half an hour probably cost another 50€ pre-tax/social insurance. The equipment, lab-testing, transport etc. will probably cost another 50€. And I get a free lunch, that's probably worth 5.22€. In total that's 126.72€ or 148.5 USD. Double that for the blackness of the market to get to 297$ doesn't seem too far off. I assume the prices in the image are retail prices, and not wholesale, so post-extraction.
Lots of people selling their blood plasma for a lot less.