§413.402. Organ acquisition costs. — Inbound Citations

(b) Kidney acquisition costs include allowable costs incurred in the acquisition of a kidney from a living or a deceased donor by the hospital, or from a deceased donor by an organ procurement organization. These costs are listed in § 413.402(b) of this chapter.

(D) Costs that may be used to develop the living donor SAC include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Costs of tissue typing services, including those furnished by independent laboratories.

(2) Costs of physician pre-admission transplant evaluation services.

(3) Registry fees as specified at § 413.402(b)(6) of this subpart.

(4) Costs for donor and recipient evaluations and workups furnished prior to admission for transplantation.

(5) Other costs associated with procurement, for example, general routine and special care services (for example, intensive care unit or critical care unit services), related to the donor.

(6) Costs of operating room and other inpatient ancillary services related to the donor.

(7) Organ preservation and perfusion costs.

(8) Transportation costs of the excised organ as specified in § 413.402(b)(8)(i) of this subpart.

(C) Costs that may be used to develop the deceased donor SAC include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Costs of organs acquired from other THs or OPOs.

(2) Costs of transportation as specified in § 413.402(b)(8).

(3) Surgeons' fees for excising deceased donor organs (currently limited to $1,250 for kidneys).

(4) Costs of tissue typing services, including those furnished by independent laboratories.

(5) Organ preservation and perfusion costs.

(6) General routine and special care service costs (for example, intensive care unit or critical care unit services related to the donor).

(7) Operating room and other inpatient ancillary service costs.

(D) Costs that may be used to develop the living donor SAC include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Costs of tissue typing services, including those furnished by independent laboratories.

(2) Costs of physician pre-admission transplant evaluation services.

(3) Registry fees as specified at § 413.402(b)(6) of this subpart.

(4) Costs for donor and recipient evaluations and workups furnished prior to admission for transplantation.

(5) Other costs associated with procurement, for example, general routine and special care services (for example, intensive care unit or critical care unit services), related to the donor.

(6) Costs of operating room and other inpatient ancillary services related to the donor.

(7) Organ preservation and perfusion costs.

(8) Transportation costs of the excised organ as specified in § 413.402(b)(8)(i) of this subpart.