What should this repair cost here?

When you’re charged for damage, Dinged shows the typical local range for that repair and whether the charge is below, within or above it. Every number is worked out in the open, with its source. It’s an estimate, not a quote.

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Bloomington, IL

Repair Amount charged

Worked out in your browser from the price book below; nothing is sent anywhere. In the app, a charge is linked to a finding from your own scans.

Charged$400

Typical range$75–125

Above range $262.50 over $137.50, the top of the range plus 10%.

Within range up to: $137.50
Price book item: C-PDR-S

Typical range10% over the topThe charge

Most small repairs land on the minimum.

A door ding is half an hour to an hour of work, about $31–$66 with materials. Shops don’t open a ticket for that, so their minimum charge sets the range. Only the bumper scuff is big enough for the formula to win.

Door dingC-PDR-S

$75–$125Minimum sets it
Bumper scuffC-BUMP-SCUFF

$160–$300Formula sets it
Windshield chipC-WS-CHIP

$50–$100Minimum sets it
Nail holeH-NAIL-FILL

$40–$80Minimum sets it
Drywall patchH-DRY-PATCH-S

$75–$125Minimum sets it

Labor + materials, from the formulaPublished range

One line of math, the same every time.

Local labor plus local materials, never below a minimum charge. The low and high ends are worked out separately, then rounded: the low end down, the high end up.

range = max(qty × ( labor hours × local median wage × 2.2+ materials × local goods prices / 100 ),minimum charge)

Worked example: bumper scuff

A scuff on a bumper cover up to 300 mm (11.8 in) matches C-BUMP-SCUFF.

Labor hours: 2.0–3.5 h
Median wage, auto body repairers, Bloomington: $27.96/h
Shop billing multiplier: × 2.2
Labor: $123.02–$215.29
Materials, national: $40–$90
Goods price level, Bloomington (US = 100): 93.643
Materials, local: $37.46–$84.28
Labor + materials: $160.48–$299.57
Minimum charge: $150–$250
Range, rounded: $160–$300

The verdict

Below rangeUnder the low end.
Within rangeFrom the low end up to 10% over the high end.
Above rangeMore than 10% over the high end.
No matching findingThe charge isn’t linked to anything in your scans.

The door ding range tops out at $125, so a charge up to $137.50 is within range and $137.51 is above.

The whole price book, worked out.

Billed rate is the median wage × 2.2. Local materials are national materials × 93.643 / 100. The step that sets each range is the one in white.

Fair Charge price book v0, Bloomington, IL: every step of every range
Repair	Labor hours	Billed rate	Labor	Materials, local	Labor + materials	Minimum	Range
Door ding under 25 mm (1 in)C-PDR-S · paintless dent repair	0.5–1.0 h	$61.51/h$27.96 Bloomington	$30.76–$61.51	$0.00–$4.68from $0–$5	$30.76–$66.19	$75–$125	$75–$125
Bumper scuffC-BUMP-SCUFF · sand, fill, paint, blend	2.0–3.5 h	$61.51/h$27.96 Bloomington	$123.02–$215.29	$37.46–$84.28from $40–$90	$160.48–$299.57	$150–$250	$160–$300
Windshield chipC-WS-CHIP · resin injection and cure	0.25–0.5 h	$51.68/h$23.49 Illinois*	$12.92–$25.84	$4.68–$14.05from $5–$15	$17.60–$39.89	$50–$100	$50–$100
Nail hole, 6 mm (0.24 in) or lessH-NAIL-FILL · fill, sand, touch-up	0.1–0.25 h	$50.84/h$23.11 Bloomington	$5.08–$12.71	$0.94–$2.81from $1–$3	$6.02–$15.52	$40–$80	$40–$80
Drywall patch, 12–100 mm (0.5–4 in)H-DRY-PATCH-S · mesh patch, 2 coats	0.5–1.0 h	$66.84/h$30.38 Illinois*	$33.42–$66.84	$5.62–$14.05from $6–$15	$39.04–$80.88	$75–$125	$75–$125

* BLS doesn’t publish a Bloomington figure for automotive glass repairers (49-3022) or drywall installers (47-2081), so the Illinois median is used. Quantity is 1 for every row. Price book v0, October 13, 2026. Wheels aren’t in it yet; more repairs and regions come after these ranges are checked against real local quotes.

What’s sourced, and what’s our estimate.

Wages and local prices are public data, retrieved October 13, 2026. Hours, materials, minimum charges and the multiplier are our own estimates, labelled that way.

Public data

Hourly median wages used, BLS OEWS May 2025
Trade	Area	Median
Automotive body repairers49-3021 · door ding, bumper	Bloomington	$27.96/h
Automotive glass repairers49-3022 · windshield chip	Illinois	$23.49/h
Maintenance and repair workers49-9071 · nail hole	Bloomington	$23.11/h
Drywall installers47-2081 · drywall patch	Illinois	$30.38/h

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Hourly median wage by trade (SOC code), through the BLS Public Data API. Metro first, then Illinois where the metro figure isn’t published. bls.gov/oes
BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024: goods, Bloomington, IL
93.643: goods cost about 6% less than the US average (US = 100). FRED series RPPGOOD14010, last updated by FRED on 2026-02-20. FRED · BEA

Our estimates, not yet checked

Billing multiplier, every trade: × 2.2
Labor hours, per repair: 0.1–3.5 h
Materials, national: $0–$90
Minimum charges: $40–$250

Set by our team and listed per repair in the price book above. They haven’t been checked against local shop quotes yet. When they are, this page will say so, with the date.

What Fair Charge isn’t

A quote, an offer, or a statement of what you owe. It isn’t legal advice. No sponsor, partner or repair shop can change a range.

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