What you should know

Let’s say you donate a kidney to a stranger, either in exchange for a kidney for a loved one as part of a swap, or as a “Good Samaritan” donor, at one of NKR’s 90-odd centers across the country (there’s at least one in most major metro areas). You need to take two to four weeks off work to recover, and make under $62,000 a year, then your lost wages will be reimbursed. The hotel room your mom or dad or wife or husband or partner stays in while you’re in the hospital? That will be covered too, up to $2,000. Same with your flights if you’re coming from far away. A huge share of the costs associated with donating your kidney are gone.