Transplant tourism begs the question, how much are your organs worth?

You carry a fortune around with you every day, but one that you're likely never realize. Why? Because unlocking the value of your kidneys or liver or other valuable organs would most likely kill you. For the poor in some impoverished countries, however, selling an organ on the black market is an increasingly popular choice, which has created the field of transplant tourism.

How much money is on the [operating] table? A World Health Organization report suggested that in India, where an estimated 2,000 people sell one of their kidneys each year, such a sale could bring an end-market price of $20,000. The same could bring $40,000 in China. A grade-A kidney from Israel could bring as much as $160,000. According to one study, by 2006, two out of every three kidney transplants done in Pakistan put those good kidneys into the body of foreigners.