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Is $10,422 a fair price for materials for septic?

SepticScored 2026-07-134 priced lines
50out of 100
Quick answer

This real septic quote totaled $10,422 and scored 50 out of 100 on QuoteScore, which reads as a little high: none of its 4 priced line items came in above the normal market range. The largest line was Materials for septic at $4,882. For comparison, across the 53 septic quotes QuoteScore has scored, the average is 56.7 out of 100 and 39.6% scored under 50. A score is a pricing benchmark, not proof of overcharging.

The quote, line by line

Line itemQuoted
Septic Design
No benchmark for this line Fair
$1,000
Materials for septic
No benchmark for this line Fair
$4,882
Labor to install septic
No benchmark for this line Fair
$4,000
Fee to TriCounty
No benchmark for this line Fair
$540

Quoted prices are what the shop or contractor wrote. Fair range is the regional benchmark QuoteScore compared each line against. Total quoted: $10,422. Names, companies and addresses are never shown.

How to read this

A QuoteScore of 70 or higher means the quote sits inside the normal market range for the work and region. Under 50 means at least one line was priced above that range. Higher quotes can be legitimate: better parts, a longer warranty, a harder job. The useful move is to ask about the specific lines marked High or Red flag, not to argue the total.

Septic is one of the 31 categories in the public QuoteScore dataset, currently 53 quotes with an average score of 56.7.

More real septic quotes

$18,796 for Exploratory ExcavationScored 65/100

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