Living kidney donation in
Missouri
Verified centers in Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeBarnes-Jewish's living-donor page says the hospital is enrolled in national paired-kidney exchange programs and also runs its own internal paired-kidney exchange program with Washington University.
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedCardinal Glennon's pediatric kidney transplant page says it offers both living-donor and non-living-donor kidney transplants for children, with a living donor usually a relative or close friend of the recipient.
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's Mercy's kidney transplant page says living-donor transplantation can shorten wait times and may improve outcomes for some children with kidney failure, and its team works closely with families through the process.
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHCA Midwest's transplant institute page for Research Medical Center says its living donor program includes a dedicated team that works with your potential donor and referring physician throughout the process.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSSM Health's kidney transplant page for Saint Louis University Hospital says candidates meet with a transplant surgeon, nephrologist, coordinator, and social worker, and undergo extensive medical testing before transplant.
St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSaint Luke's living-kidney-donation page says a coordinator guides donors through the evaluation process, and donors who live outside the area can complete most of their testing at a location convenient for them.
St. Louis Children's Hospital at Washington University Medical Center
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedWashington University pediatric nephrology's transplant page says St. Louis Children's Hospital's pediatric kidney program, run jointly with WashU transplant surgery, offers both living-donor and deceased-donor transplants.
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics
Columbia, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMU Health Care's living kidney donor program page says each donor is supported by a coordinator, an advocate, and a care team throughout evaluation, surgery, and recovery.
Living donors in Missouri: grade C
Missouri has 2 of the seven protections tracked. Worth checking exactly which before you plan time off — the fact sheet below has the detail, and your transplant center's donor advocate will know it too.
What the American Kidney Fund tracks, in every state
- Insurance companies cannot deny you life, disability or long-term care cover, or charge you more, because you donated
- Job-protected leave if you work for the state
- Job-protected leave if you work for a private employer
- Paid leave for living donors
- A tax credit or deduction for your donation costs
- Direct reimbursement of donation expenses
- A tax credit for employers who give donors paid leave
This is the full list AKF scores every state against — not a claim about which of these Missouri has. The fact sheet below has that detail, and it is more current than anything cached here.
Federal family leave can already cover donation. A law written for living donors has not passed yet.
The Department of Labor's position, set out in a formal opinion letter, is that donation surgery and the recovery after it count as a serious health condition under the Family and Medical Leave Act whenever they involve an overnight hospital stay, as donation surgery commonly does. So if you are eligible under that Act, you can take leave to donate and recover, come back to the same or an equivalent job, and keep your group health cover while you are away. The leave itself is unpaid, though paid leave your employer offers can run alongside it. Eligibility depends on the size of your employer and your workplace, and on how long and how many hours you have worked there — the Department of Labor's fact sheet sets out the exact tests, and your employer's HR team can confirm them for you.
The Living Donor Protection Act would write that leave protection into the law itself, and would stop life, disability and long-term care insurers from refusing cover or charging more because you donated. It has not passed. The Senate version has cleared its committee and is awaiting a floor vote; the House version has not moved since it was introduced. Paid leave, and protection for anyone the family-leave law does not reach, depends on what your state has done.
U.S. Department of Labor, opinion letter FMLA2018-2-A; U.S. Department of Labor, FMLA eligibility fact sheet; Congress.gov, S. 1552 / H.R. 4583, checked 24 September 2026
What it costs, and what covers it
The recipient's insurance covers a donor's evaluation, surgery and follow-up. Programs like NLDAC reimburse travel, lodging, dependent care and lost wages for donors who need it — the donor guide walks through both, with sources.
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