Transplant Information

Layton Matthew Schmitz

Diagnosis: Bilaterial Displasia / End Stage Renal Failure

Transplant Date: Unknown

Hospital:  Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Layton’s serious condition, End Stage Renal Failure, is long-term, permanent, and will eventually result in death unless a kidney transplant is performed. Recipients of a living donor kidney have better long-term graft survival than those who receive kidneys from deceased donors.

•  Layton, like most other kidney transplant patients, has private insurance to cover some of his medical expenses.  However, many unseen expenses are adding up such as prescriptions, out of pocket deductible and travel expenses.

 General Facts About Transplants

·          At any given moment, more than 90,000 children and adults are awaiting organ transplants, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.

·           A Typical Transplant costs between $300,000 and $500,000.  Even great insurance plans will often only cover 80% of the transplant, leaving the family to shoulder up to $100,000 in transplant expenses.

·          Following a successful transplant operation, lifetime prescription costs are often in excess of $100,000·                    

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