Haemodialysis is expensive, costing approximately N150,000:00 to N250,000:00 every month excluding Erythropoietin injections weekly and other medications. There are very few centres with adequate number of dialysis machines in Nigeria. Most families cannot afford this expensive temporary treatment and the ultimate cure of CKD is always a renal transplant.

The cost of Kidney transplant world-wide varies according to countries and across centers. In Nigeria it cost N3.5million in AKTH and between N8-12 million in some private hospitals in Lagos and Abuja. However Kidney transplant is free for indigenes in some African countries such as Sudan, Egypt and South Africa. It is also free in some Asian countries such as some hospitals in Pakistan. Dialysis and Kidney transplant are free in developing countries.