EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
  We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 15, 1996,
relating to the financial statements of Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc., which
appears in such Prospectus. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
in the Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3
of our report dated March 15, 1996, appearing on page F-1 of Total Renal Care
Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31,
1995. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report
dated March 15, 1996 relating to the Financial Statement Schedule for the
seven months ended December 31, 1995 and the year ended May 31, 1995 appearing
on page S-1 of Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report
dated August 4, 1995 relating to the combined financial statements of Center
for Kidney Disease, Inc., Venture Dialysis Center, Inc. and Miami Beach Kidney
Center, Inc., which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A-1 dated
September 29, 1995. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our
report dated January 31, 1996 relating to the combined financial statements of
Southwest Renal Care, Ltd. and Dialysis Medical Supplies, Inc., which appears
in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A-1 dated February 13, 1996. We also consent
to the incorporation by reference in this Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 5, 1996
relating to the financial statements of Downtown Dialysis Center, Inc. and our
report dated February 28, 1996 relating to the financial statements of the
Nephrology Services Business of Caremark International Inc., both of which
appear in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 18, 1996. We also consent
to the incorporation by reference in this Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated July 3, 1996 relating
to the financial statements of Burbank Dialysis Group, Inc., our report dated
July 3, 1996 relating to the financial statements of Pasadena Dialysis Center,
Inc., our report dated September 24, 1996 relating to the combined financial
statements of Piedmont Dialysis, Inc. and Peralta Renal Care, our report dated
September 6, 1996 relating to the combined financial statements of Houston
Kidney Center, Northwest Kidney Center, LLP, North Houston Kidney Center, LLP
and Houston Kidney Center-Southeast, LLP and our report dated September 6,
1996 relating to the combined financial statements of Bertha Sirk Dialysis
Center, Inc. and Greenspring Dialysis Center, Inc., all of which appear in the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 18, 1996. We also consent to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
 
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
Seattle, Washington
October 18, 1996