This Is How Much Your Body Parts Are Actually Worth

Y'know, just in case...

In 2012, MedicalTranscription.net, an online resource for aspiring medical transcriptionists, created an infographic quoting how much certain organs and limbs would sell for (based on black market value and medical demand). The graph also explains why corpse listings on the black market is not as creepy or absurd as we might think.

If you were at all curious (or short on rent this month... JUST KIDDING), this is what your body is worth:

Infograph by medicaltranscription.net /Creative Commons / Via geekosystem.com

Pair of Eyeballs: $1,525

Skull with Teeth: $1,200

Scalp: $607

Shoulder: $500

Coronary Artery: $1,525

Heart: $119,000

Liver: $157,000

Hand and Forearm: $385

Spleen: $508

Stomach: $508

Small Intestine: $2,519

Kidney: $262,000 (in the U.S.)

Pint of Blood: $337 (in the U.S.)

Gallbladder: $1,219

Skin: $10 per square inch (on average we have about 264 square inches of flesh, so cash that in at ~$2640)

Grand total: $551, 473 *

*will vary based on how much skin you have

h/t geekosystem.com