How we estimate repair costs
Sources, what is included, and how the ranges are kept honest.
Where the numbers come from
Every price range on this site is a planning range, not a quote. We build each one from three inputs and publish the range only when they agree:
- Published industry cost surveys for US appliance repair (national home-services cost databases and trade publications), taken as the baseline for parts-plus-labor by repair type.
- Repair-company price lists — the visit fees and common-repair prices independent companies publish on their own sites, sampled across regions to capture the metro-vs-rural spread.
- What callers tell us — the quotes homeowners report back after a visit. We use these to sanity-check the published figures and to flag when a range has drifted; we never publish an individual caller's quote.
What the ranges include — and exclude
Ranges include the part and the labor to install it at typical US rates in 2026. They exclude the diagnostic visit fee (listed separately, usually $50–$100 and often credited to the repair), sales tax, and premium or built-in brand surcharges, which we call out on each page. Where a repair varies widely by model (compressors, control boards), we show the wide range rather than a false midpoint.
How often we update
Each cost page shows its published and updated dates. We revise a page when a source changes materially or caller reports diverge from the published range — not on a fixed calendar and never just to refresh a date.
What we are not
We are a referral service. We do not perform repairs and the company you are connected with sets its own prices. If a quote is far outside our range, ask the company what is driving it — model, access, part availability and regional labor rates are the usual reasons.
Published 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22