I am unable to list a price for this procedure on a web page which may not be updated frequently enough to keep pace with rising costs. Serious inquiries about kidney transplantation should be made at the contacts listed below and an estimate of current prices can be given to you. The University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital prices its care by computerized itemization of materials used and services performed. As such, costs will be somewhat dependent on the course of events during the patient's hospital stay and development of complications, if any. The other primary consideration in the cost of the procedure is the cost of maintaining the cat.
Immunosuppressive drugs are expensive.
The actual cost of these drugs depends on the drug regimen used and the amount of drug an individual cat requires to attain the target blood levels. There is also the need for laboratory blood testing and clinic visits. These will be most frequent in the first year and are fewer thereafter so the costs associated with this monitoring will decrease somewhat over time. In addition, since some cats live to be extremely old, it is impossible to know how long any individual cat may live after transplantation. For this reason, we do not limit the AGE at which a cat may receive a transplant but use only the animal's health status to decide if a cat should be excluded as a candidate for a kidney transplant.