Price of Human Body in Usd & Rs

Introduction

While it may seem morbid to think of human bodies and body parts having actual monetary values or price tags, there does exist an underground market trafficking organs and other elements that fetch significant sums based on medical, research or recreational demand. Understanding this complex market necessitates a broader lens.

Average Pricing Breakdown

While putting exact dollar amounts feels indecent, reviewing the economics behind pricing dynamics for body parts traded illegally offers revealing insights. Broad estimates suggest:  

- Heart: $557,000 to $1 million+ (46,224,066- 8.5 Cr Inr)

Given lengthy transplant waitlists, hearts command premium six to seven-figure sums depending on tissue matching intricacies on the black market from shady brokers. At those prices, many financially challenged sellers in developing countries have considered transactions.

- Kidneys: $262,000 (21,742,738 Inr)

With kidneys having the highest demand for organ replacement needs, average quoted prices approach a quarter of a million dollars though reports of cases closing below $100,000 also exist. Kidneys attract the most trafficking.

- Liver: $157,000 (13,029,045 inr)

Livers are the second most commonly transplanted organs globally after kidneys. But liver transfers require finding more compatible matches between donor and recipient. Pricing varies based on the complexity of tissue typing needed and other biological suitability factors. 

- Pancreas: $42,000 (3,485,477 inr)

Since the pancreas produces insulin critical for diabetes regulation, its value comes from medical needs. However, pancreas transplants are one of the least performed which limits pricing leverage for illegal sellers targeting broker network buyers.

- Lungs: $312,000 (25,892,116 inr)

Given pollution and smoking trends, lungs have a reasonably strong black market. But since lung viability outside the body rapidly declines with time compared to other extractable organs, average pricing has not reached extreme highs. 

- Cornea: $30,000 (2,489,626 inr)

The transparent protective eye tissue called the cornea is cheaper but finds consistent demand for use in restorative eye surgeries since it does not require anti-rejection immunosuppression. Easy storage also aids trafficking.  

Thus, while hearts, kidneys and livers command the highest premiums based on chronic replacement needs, even smaller parts like the cornea carry value for brokers in the body bazaar. Let's review additional elements.  

Variations in Pricing

Beyond vital organs, pricing in the illicit human body parts economy contains many peculiarities like:

- Skin: $10 per square inch  80 Rs

Human skin, processed into PARTICLE formats has wound healing applications that makes it lucrative especially for extensive burn cases. Fair quality skin fetches at least $500 wholesale.

- Bones: $2,500  ( 200000 Rs)

Bone grafts utilizing human tissue perform better than synthetic substitutes, fetching suitable pricing in the thousands for brokers trading illicitly in this niche market.

- Blood: $337 per litre 28000

While monetary blood donation is banned in developed nations, less scrupulous clinics in some countries illegally pay tapped donors still assuring safety. Price varies based on blood type rarity.  

- Hair: $4,000 for over 25 inches 320000 Rs

The hair extension industry leverages real human hair sourced dubiously from temple donations or sale agreements in strained parts of Asia. Customized wigs use such hair as base materials for premium natural hair replacement procedures.

Total cost of Human Body

Based on the pricing estimates provided for individual organs and body parts, we can attempt to calculate the total potential value of the components of the human body in the black market:

• Heart:  $1 million
• Kidneys: $262,000 (for both)
• Liver: $157,000
• Pancreas: $42,000
• Lungs: $312,000
• Corneas: $60,000 (for both eyes)

Skin: The skin surface area of an average adult is about 20 square feet or around 1800 square inches. At $10 per square inch according to black market rates, the entire skin would be valued at $18,000.

Bones: Priced at $2,500 on average per bone graft procedure, and estimating about 30 such major procedures feasible per body, the bones value could amount to around $75,000.

Blood: The average adult body contains around 1.2 to 1.5 gallons of blood. Taking 1.3 gallons or 5 liters as average, at a black market rate of $337 per liter, the total blood value would equate to 5 * $337 = $1685.

Hair: Assuming very long premium hair of 30 inches harvested from a body, at market rates of $4000 per 25 inches of hair extensions material, the value of 30 inches could be around $4800.

In total, the aggregate value of harvested organs and human material from a single body in the illegal trade could potentially fetch between $1.8 million to $2.5 million (15 Crore-20 Crore Rupees or possibly even higher for persons with rare, premium quality tissues and blood type. Of course, any actual price realized would rely on black market supply dynamics, access to shady dealer networks trafficking in human body components, availability of viable preservation and transport channels, and geographical market variations in classes of desperate medical buyers.

Some facts about human body

Human Body Water Content: The human body is approximately 60% water, with variations depending on age, sex, and hydration levels

Costliest Body Organ: On the black market, kidneys are among the most expensive organs, valued at approximately $200,000 due to high demand4. Legally, the heart transplant is one of the most expensive, averaging around $1.4 million

Human Body 90% Water: No, the human body is not 90% water; it’s closer to 60%

Body 97% Water: No, the human body is not 97% water; this is a misconception

Lightest Organ: The lightest organ in the human body is the pineal gland, located near the center of the brain

Softest Organ: The brain is considered the softest organ in the human body

Largest Organ: The skin is the largest organ in the human body, covering an area of about 1.5-2 square meters for an average adult

Smallest Organ of Life: The smallest organ is the pineal gland, which produces the hormone melatonin

Conclusion  

From organs like the heart and kidneys to body products like blood and bones, human tissue retains surprising financial value outside legal channels that attracts exploitation. Though morbid, understanding the pricing constructs in illegal body part trafficking helps societies reflect on how we can uphold the dignity of even the deceased by stamping out unscrupulous underground networks dealing behind closed doors. Our shared humanity obliges us to have this difficult conversation on the uncomfortable economics behind the body as it gets reduced to a commodity when ethics fail.