7 Most Expensive Medical Procedures

No. 3: Heart Transplant

Cost estimate: $990,000

A heart transplant is one of the riskiest operations one could undergo, albeit it is sometimes the only way in which a patient can be saved. The huge costs associated with the procedure are related to the high-tech equipment surgeons need to sustain the patient. In addition, people who have just underwent a heart transplant are more likely to spend time in a intensive care unit than other patient, further rising the costs associated with this procedure.