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Pest Control Cost Calculator
Every cost guide will tell you a pest control visit averages $172. That number blends a $100–$500 ant treatment with a $1,000–$4,000 bed bug job, so it describes almost nobody. Pick your actual pest and your actual house below, and see a one-time treatment priced against all three contract options at once.
2026 national range
$100–$4,000/ treatment
Residential pest control in the United States. Each variant is the published cost of treating that pest as a job — the full course of treatment, not a single visit — for a typical single-family home. The general pest control variant is quoted at the 1,500 sq ft reference size the sources use for their national figures; other home sizes are priced from the published size table. Recurring service, the higher first visit, and inspection are separate line items. National figures for 2026.
- General pest control (ants, roaches, spiders, seasonal)$300–$550
- Ants$100–$500
- Cockroaches$100–$600
- Fleas$100–$400
- Bees or a beehive$150–$500
- Rodents (mice and rats)$180–$600
- Termites$250–$1,000
- Mosquitoes (per season)$350–$500
- Bed bugs (whole home)$1,000–$4,000
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Your situation
Pest type moves the price more than anything else on this page.
Priced by home size: $250–$900 for a one-time treatment depending on square footage.
Only general pest control is priced by size.
$350–$600 for a one-time general treatment.
We price all four either way — this picks which one leads.
$100–$300 per visit, four visits a year, plus the higher first visit. The most common residential contract.
Often required for a home sale.
First-year cost
$550 – $1,500
General pest control (ants, roaches, spiders, seasonal) · quarterly plan
On a recurring plan the higher first visit is the initial treatment, so it is counted once rather than added to a separate one-time charge.
One-time treatment only is the cheapest first year here at $350–$600. A plan only pays for itself if the problem would otherwise come back — which for roaches, ants and rodents it usually does, and for a one-off nest it usually does not.
All four options, same pest and home
| Option | Plan, year one | First-year total |
|---|---|---|
| One-time treatment only | — | $350–$600 |
| Annual visit | $450–$850 | $450–$850 |
| Quarterly plan | $550–$1,500 | $550–$1,500 |
| Monthly plan | $630–$1,140 | $630–$1,140 |
First-year totals only. A plan's second year drops the $150–$300 initial visit, so a quarterly contract falls to $400–$1,200 a year and a monthly one to $480–$840.
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What you'll need
- The pest you're dealing with (general, ants, roaches, fleas, rodents, bees, mosquitoes, termites, or bed bugs)
- Home size (only used for general pest control)
- One-time treatment or an ongoing plan preference
What you'll get
- First-year cost — For your pest, home size, and plan
- All four options compared — One-time, monthly, quarterly, and annual, side by side
- Cost breakdown — Treatment, plan visits, and inspection
Why the national average is the wrong number to plan with
HomeAdvisor and Angi both put the average pest control visit at $172, on a normal range of $108–$261. This Old House puts it at $171. Three sources, effectively one figure — and it is still the wrong number to budget against, because the thing that decides your bill is not the average of all pests. It is which pest you have.
| Pest | Cost to treat | Against the $172 average |
|---|---|---|
| Ants | $100–$500 | Straddles it |
| Cockroaches | $100–$600 | Up to 3.5× it |
| Rodents | $180–$600 | Starts at roughly it |
| Termites | $250–$1,000 | 1.5× to 6× it |
| Bed bugs (whole home) | $1,000–$4,000 | 6× to 23× it |
All three cited sources publish this table identically. If you take one thing from this page: a bed bug quote that sounds outrageous next to “the average” is probably a normal bed bug quote.
One-time or a plan? The first year almost always favours paying once
A recurring contract does not simply spread the same cost out. It charges a higher first visit — $150–$300 — and then adds the year's scheduled visits on top of it. For general pests in a 2,000 sq ft home that works out as:
| Option | Year one | Year two onward |
|---|---|---|
| One-time treatment | $350–$600 | $0, unless it comes back |
| Annual visit | $450–$850 | $300–$550 |
| Quarterly plan | $550–$1,500 | $400–$1,200 |
| Monthly plan | $630–$1,140 | $480–$840 |
Note the monthly and quarterly rows cross over. Monthly is cheaper per visit but has twelve of them, so at the low end of each band quarterly wins and at the high end monthly does. That is not a quirk of this page — it falls straight out of the $40–$70 and $100–$300 per-visit figures HomeAdvisor and Angi both publish.
The honest summary: a plan is not a discount, it is insurance against recurrence. For cockroaches, ants and rodents, recurrence is likely enough that it usually pays. For a single wasp nest or a one-off flea outbreak, it does not.
What this calculator assumes, stated plainly
- Only general pest control is priced by house size. This Old House and Angi publish a cost-by-square-footage table for general service and nothing else. Termite, bed bug and rodent figures are whole-job prices that do not scale with square footage, so the size answer is ignored for them rather than being applied where no source supports it.
- Only the published sizes are offered. 1,000 through 4,000 sq ft in the exact rows the sources publish. Nothing is interpolated in between, because an interpolated row would be this page's invention sitting alongside sourced ones. The 3,500 and 4,000 sq ft rows come from Angi alone; every other row is published by two sources identically.
- A contract's first visit is counted once. On a recurring plan the higher initial visit is the initial treatment for general pests, so it is not billed twice. Termites and bed bugs are the exception and are charged on top — a disclosed modelling judgement, not a published rule, made because all three sources treat them as separate specialist jobs with their own dedicated pricing.
- No termite inspection figure is modelled. Angi publishes $75–$325 and HomeAdvisor $200–$600. Those barely overlap, so rather than pick a winner or average them into a number neither source stands behind, only the general pest inspection band of $125–$450 is offered.
- Angi's own inspection page is not used. It carries a different pest-cost table from Angi's pest control page — cockroaches at $100–$8,000 against $100–$600, bed bugs at $350–$6,150 against $1,000–$4,000. Angi contradicts itself; the figures used here are the ones corroborated by HomeAdvisor and This Old House.
- Not modelled: wildlife removal, structural repair after termite damage (HomeAdvisor puts that at $600–$3,000 and up to $6,000 in severe cases), fumigation of an entire structure, and regional price variation. Angi publishes city averages ranging from $105 in Phoenix to $255 in New York City, and these national figures sit between them.
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About this calculator
How much does pest control cost?
A single pest control visit averages $172 nationally, with a normal range of $108–$261 (HomeAdvisor and Angi; This Old House puts the average at $171). But that average blends every pest together and is close to useless for planning: treating ants costs $100–$500, cockroaches $100–$600, rodents $180–$600, termites $250–$1,000, and a whole-home bed bug job $1,000–$4,000. Across every pest the published span is $100–$4,000 per treatment. A one-time general treatment is priced by house size instead, from $250–$450 at 1,000 sq ft to $550–$900 at 4,000 sq ft.
Is a pest control plan worth it, or should I just pay once?
In the first year a one-time treatment is almost always cheaper, because a contract charges a higher first visit of $150–$300 and then adds the year's visits on top. A quarterly plan runs $100–$300 per visit four times a year, so the first year comes to $550–$1,500; a monthly plan runs $40–$70 per visit twelve times a year, or $630–$1,140; a single annual visit is $450–$850. The plan is worth it only if the problem would otherwise come back — which for cockroaches, ants and rodents it usually does, and for a one-off wasp nest it usually does not. From the second year the initial visit drops away, so quarterly falls to $400–$1,200 and monthly to $480–$840.
Does a pest control plan cover termites and bed bugs?
Generally not. Termite work at $250–$1,000 and bed bug treatment at $1,000–$4,000 are specialist jobs — HomeAdvisor, This Old House and Angi each give them their own dedicated cost page, and none describes them as included in a standard monthly or quarterly contract. This calculator therefore charges those two on top of any plan you select, rather than letting the plan absorb them. For every other pest, the contract's first visit is the initial treatment and is counted once.
How much does pest control cost for a 2,000 square foot house?
A one-time general pest control treatment for a 2,000 sq ft home costs $350–$600. This Old House and Angi publish an identical cost-by-home-size table: $250–$450 at 1,000 sq ft, $300–$550 at 1,500, $350–$600 at 2,000, $400–$675 at 2,500 and $450–$750 at 3,000, with Angi extending it to $500–$825 at 3,500 and $550–$900 at 4,000. Note that only general pest control is priced by house size — termite, bed bug and rodent work is published as a whole-job figure that does not scale with square footage.
How much does a pest inspection cost?
A general pest inspection costs $125–$450, with a national average around $200 (Angi). A termite inspection is a different service and the sources disagree sharply on it — Angi publishes $75–$325 while HomeAdvisor publishes $200–$600. Those two barely overlap, so this calculator deliberately models no termite-specific inspection figure rather than picking one or averaging them into a number neither source supports.
Methodology & sources
The cost figures on this page are generated from a single, sourced cost-data file (Residential pest control in the United States. Each variant is the published cost of treating that pest as a job — the full course of treatment, not a single visit — for a typical single-family home. The general pest control variant is quoted at the 1,500 sq ft reference size the sources use for their national figures; other home sizes are priced from the published size table. Recurring service, the higher first visit, and inspection are separate line items. National figures for 2026.). HomeAdvisor and Angi both put the national average single pest control visit at $172 on a normal range of $108-$261; This Old House puts it at $171. All three publish an outer spectrum of $50-$500 for a one-time treatment. Those averages blend every pest together, which is why this calculator prices by pest instead: the same 'average' covers a $100 ant treatment and a $4,000 whole-home bed bug job. Bed bug and termite work are the two categories that behave nothing like the average. Last verified September 2026.
- HomeAdvisor — How Much Does Pest Control Cost in 2026? (page updated 19 Jun 2026) — retrieved 2026-09-01
- This Old House — How Much Does Pest Control Cost? (2026 Pricing) (page updated 12 Mar 2026) — retrieved 2026-09-01
- Angi — How Much Does Pest Control Cost? [2026 Data] (page updated 3 Aug 2026) — retrieved 2026-09-01
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