AdvertisementFirst Came Kidney Failure. Then There Was The $540,842 Bill For DialysisJuly 22, 2019Jenny GoldfacebookEmailSovereign Valentine and his wife, Jessica, wait as a dialysis machine filters his blood. Before finding a dialysis clinic in their insurance network, the Valentines were charged more than a half-million dollars for 14 weeks of treatment. (Tommy Martino/Kaiser Health News)