article_snippet.sent: This despite the fact 10,000 organs are transplanted in China every year, yet there are only a tiny number of people on the official donor register.
article_snippet.sent: Transplants range from about US$60,000 to over US$170, 000 depending on the operation, so there is a lot of money to be made there.
article_snippet.sent: Orient Organ Transplant Centre in Tianjin reported revenue of at least 100 million yuan (approximately US$16 million) on liver transplant alone in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: That's the number in one hospital, for one kind of transplant in one year only.
article_snippet.sent: Transplants range from about US$60,000 to over US$170, 000 depending on the operation .