eli5, when you donate your blood and organs, who are you really donating to?

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Hospitals charge people for blood transfusions.. and organs transplants can be tens of thousands of dollars.. i find it hard to believe that the surgery itself would cost that much. My fear is that the institutions that collect them sell them to the hospitals to make money.. in turn forcing the hospital to charge the patient for it as well.. or even just the hospital charging for it for profit. Does anyone know how this works?

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You have to keep in mind there’s a difference between parts and labor. I have no idea how much, if anything, a recipient pays for the actual organ/blood. However, there’s still a lot of work involved in getting it from the donor to the recipient and I understand installation can be especially expensive.

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