That is the amount experts believe a climber discards along the route.
Teams also make a $4,000 (£2,600) deposit, which they lose if they don't stick to the rules.
Last year's season was cancelled after 16 local guides were killed in an avalanche in April.
In total, hundreds of people have died trying to scale Mount Everest, which was first conquered by New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay in 1953.