A Chinese public hospital's sale of a de-identified dataset of over 1,000 liver-disease clinical cases (clinical history and transplant status) to a company building an AI diagnostic model
30,000 yuan
USD per dataset (one sale, over 1,000 cases), China
“the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University (Qianfoshan Hospital) in eastern Shandong Province recently sold a data set on "clinical history and transplantation status of liver disease" to a local medical company for 30,000 yuan (approximately 650,000 won). This data set contains over 1,000 anonymized clinical cases, providing information that can be used to assess the condition of patients with liver failure and the necessity of liver transplantation.”
- Kind of source
- Named press report
- Read on
- 2026-11-07
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-07
- What to know
- A realised sale of whole de-identified clinical cases, reported as Shandong's first medical-data transaction, so an early and small-market price. The report does not list what each case holds (it does not say lab results are itemised) or the terms (exclusivity, duration). Caixin's own report (paywalled body) gives the same sale as 30,000 yuan ($4,399).
- Arithmetic
- 30,000 yuan = $4,399 at Caixin's own conversion in its 20 April 2026 report (about $0.1466 per yuan). $4,399 / 1,000 cases = $4.40 per case at most (30 yuan per case), since the set holds over 1,000 cases.
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