Tree Removal Cost (2026)

Typical tree removal cost: $200–$2,000 to remove one tree. Most homeowners pay around $850.

“Every HomeCostOwl headline range is the complete standard job, installed: materials, labour, standard permits and disposal included. Anything not included is named and priced in its own section on the same page.”

One line in that promise needs this guide’s own reading: on this page, permits sit outside the figures above, they’re priced separately below, and “disposal” means brush chipped and trunk wood hauled away; the stump and its grindings are not part of it and are priced in their own section.

Tree removal quotes swing more wildly than almost any other home service, the same tree can draw a $600 quote and a $1,800 quote in the same week, and published “average prices” run from $435 to $985 depending on who’s counting. The swing isn’t mostly dishonesty. It’s that a removal price is built from three things most price guides never separate: how tall the tree is, what condition it’s in, and what it could hit on the way down, plus one line item, the stump, that some quotes include and others quietly leave for a second bill. This guide prices it the way crews actually do: by height class first, then the condition and access adjustments, with the stump priced in the open.

What “tree removal” means in this guide

Every price below is for the standard professional job:

• The tree felled whole where the site safely allows, or climbed and lowered in rigged sections where it doesn’t
• Brush and limbs chipped; trunk wood cut into sections and hauled away
• The work area raked and left tidy

The stump is not included. Unless a quote says otherwise in writing, “tree removal” ends with a stump a few inches above the ground. Grinding that stump down is a separate service with its own machine and its own price, it gets its own section below, and it is the first thing to check when two quotes for the same tree are far apart. Also not included: permits (where your city requires one), crane hire, and emergency call-outs, each priced separately on this page.

How the total is built: the Component-Built Cost Method

Every price in this guide is built the same way, our Component-Built Cost Method. Tree work has no materials to speak of, so the build follows the way crews actually assemble a quote:

Total removal cost = Height-class base + Access & rigging premium (where it applies) + Haul-away (where quoted separately) + Stump grinding (per stump, only if you add it)

• Height-class base, the removal itself, sorted first by height because height decides the method, and the method decides the crew, the equipment and the hours: small (up to 30 ft) $200–$500 · medium (30–60 ft) $400–$1,200 · large (60–80 ft) $800–$2,000 · very large (over 80 ft) $1,000–$3,000. The base is crew time (a three-person crew is the standard unit; published tree-service labour runs $65–$140 an hour) plus equipment, chipping and the standard haul, our component build lands at roughly $250–$550 for a small tree and $1,400–$2,900 for a very large one, before any crane.
• Access & rigging premium, a multiplier on the base, not a separate line: where a tree can’t be felled and every piece must be roped and lowered, published guidance adds +25% to +50% to the job. For a tree that can fall whole into open space, this term is zero.
• Haul-away, inside the standard scope (brush chipped, trunk wood cut into sections and hauled away), worth $70–$200 when a quote separates it out. Keeping the wood, or having it split and stacked on site (about $70–$100), removes most of this term.
• Stump grinding, never inside the removal price, on this page or in any quote that doesn’t say so in writing: $100–$400 per stump (most around $200), or $2–$6 per inch of stump diameter. Full stump removal (dug or winched out) runs $200–$700.

Two prices sit outside this formula entirely, each priced in its own section below and never blended into the base: permits ($60–$150 typical where a city requires one) and crane hire (about $500 a day as equipment; $1,500–$2,500 as a crane-assisted removal job total). An emergency doesn’t add a term, it multiplies the whole job by 1.5–3×. Adding the components for a typical medium tree lands around $550–$1,100 for the removal itself, inside the cross-checked $400–$1,200 band above. The full method, including how the component build is checked against at least three independent published sources before anything is published, is on How We Estimate.

Worked example: a medium tree, stump ground

A healthy 45-ft maple in an open backyard, medium class, standard access (it can be taken down in sections without rigging over the house), brush chipped and trunk wood hauled away (the standard scope), and the stump ground afterwards:

Line item	Cost
Crew labour, 3-person crew, about half a day (within the $400–$800 medium-class build range)	$450
Equipment & chipping (within the $100–$250 build range)	$125
Disposal / haul-away (within the $50–$150 build range; the $70–$200 haul band)	$75
Removal subtotal	$650
Stump grinding, one stump (the typical per-stump figure)	$200
Total	$850

Step by step: $450 + $125 = $575; $575 + $75 = $650, the removal, inside the medium band ($400–$1,200) and its component build ($550–$1,100); $650 + $200 = $850, the “around $850” most homeowners pay, inside the $200–$2,000 headline range. No access premium applies (open yard), and no permit is in the total, permits sit outside every figure on this page. Your quote moves with your tree’s height class, its condition, and what it could hit on the way down, each priced in its own section below.

Tree removal cost at a glance

Tree (standard scope, stump excluded)	Typical range	Most homeowners pay	Source
Small, up to 30 ft (dogwood, fruit trees, young pines)	$200–$500	around $350	Component build (≈ $250–$550) cross-checked: Angi/HomeAdvisor project data, 2026 ($150–$450) · HomeGuide, 2026 ($150–$500) · Lawn Love, 2026 ($285–$435) · CostHelper reader prices (low-end check only)
Medium, 30 to 60 ft (mature maple, birch, sweetgum)	$400–$1,200	around $750	Component build (≈ $550–$1,100) cross-checked: Angi/HomeAdvisor, 2026 ($450–$1,200) · Lawn Love, 2026 ($435–$870) · Thumbtack bid data, 2026 ($150–$850+) · CostHelper reader prices (low-end check only)
Large, 60 to 80 ft (mature oak, tall pine, ash)	$800–$2,000	around $1,200	Component build (≈ $950–$1,900) cross-checked: Angi/HomeAdvisor, 2026 ($800–$1,500) · Lawn Love, 2026 ($870–$1,160) · Thumbtack bid data, 2026 ($500–$1,000+), the widest disagreement in the guide; the band is published wide (cost-check record)
Very large, over 80 ft	$1,000–$3,000	around $1,700	Component build (≈ $1,400–$2,900, before crane) cross-checked: Angi/HomeAdvisor, 2026 ($1,000–$2,000) · Lawn Love, 2026 ($1,160–$2,000) · CostHelper reader prices (low-end check only)
Add: stump grinding (per stump)	$100–$400	around $200	HomeGuide, 2026 ($100–$400; $2–$6 per inch of diameter) · Angi/HomeAdvisor, 2026 (stump removal $100–$150 for the first stump) · Fixr, 2025 (≈ $200 for a 24-in stump) · Thumbtack, 2026 (grinding $307–$426) · Lawn Love, 2026 (stump removal $180–$525)
Add: crane-assisted removal (job total)	$1,500–$2,500	,	Fixr, 2025 (crane-assisted removals priced as job totals). The machine alone runs about $500/day as equipment (Angi, 2026), two different units, published separately, never merged (cost-check record)
Emergency removal	1.5–3× the scheduled price	, (see the emergency section)	Fixr, 2025 (emergency removals at 2–3× the normal cost), with trade guidance at 1.5–2× (cost-check record)

Where your tree lands inside its band is decided by condition and access more than by anything else, a healthy medium tree in an open yard prices near the bottom; the same tree dead, leaning, and hanging over your roof prices at the top or out of the band entirely.

Estimate your tree

Crews quote from height, condition and access, so that’s what the estimator asks for. Enter your tree’s height band, trunk thickness, whether it stands in the open or near your house or power lines, whether you want the stump ground, and whether this is an emergency, and it returns a planning range built from the same tables as this guide, with every adjustment shown separately rather than blended into a single number:

The estimator is a planning tool, not a quote, a climber still has to see the tree. If your situation involves power lines, a tree already on a structure, or anything that can’t wait, skip the estimate and go straight to the emergency section below.

Cost by height, and the diameter check

Height is the industry’s first sort because it decides the method: a small tree can be felled in one piece by a ground crew; a medium tree needs a climber or a bucket truck; a large tree comes down in rigged sections, one cut at a time; a very large tree may need a crane. Method is time, and time is the price.

Height	How it’s usually removed	Typical range
Up to 30 ft	Felled whole or in a few cuts; 2–3 person crew, a few hours	$200–$500
30–60 ft	Climbed and sectioned, or bucket truck; half a day	$400–$1,200
60–80 ft	Rigged sectional takedown; most of a day, 3–4 crew	$800–$2,000
Over 80 ft	Sectional takedown, often crane-assisted; a full day or more	$1,000–$3,000

The diameter check. Trunk diameter (measured at chest height, “DBH”) is the secondary variable: two trees of the same height can differ twofold in wood volume. As a rough check, a trunk under about 12 inches usually confirms the bottom of its height band; 12–24 inches is the band’s middle; a trunk over 24–30 inches pushes toward the top, more cuts, heavier pieces, slower rigging, more to haul. What diameter can’t tell you is anything about condition or targets, which is why the sites that price by diameter alone produce confidently wrong numbers: a slim 80-foot pine over a house is a bigger job than a fat 40-foot oak in an open field, whatever the tape measure says.

A sanity check in the other direction: several datasets price removal at roughly $9–$25 per foot of height (Lawn Love’s per-foot rate is $9.50–$14.50; HomeGuide’s span is $5–$25). If a quote works out far outside that per foot for a straightforward tree, ask what it’s including that others aren’t, sometimes there’s a good answer (a crane, a stump, a second tree), and sometimes there isn’t.

Where the money goes: crew, equipment, disposal

A removal price is almost entirely labour and machinery, there are no materials to speak of, which is why it varies so much by market and so little by anything you can buy yourself.

• Crew labour, the bulk of the price. A standard crew is three people (a climber and two ground crew) with published labour rates around $65–$140 an hour for the service. A small tree is a few crew-hours; a large sectional takedown is a full day of a four-person crew. This is also the line that carries the trade’s insurance costs, tree work is among the most dangerous jobs in the country, and a legitimate quote has liability and workers’ compensation insurance priced into it. A quote far below the field is often a quote without it.
• Equipment. Chainsaws and a chipper are in every price. A bucket truck raises the equipment share; a crane is the big step, roughly $500 a day as equipment (published range $250–$600/day), which is why crane-assisted removals land at $1,500–$2,500 as job totals. If a quote includes a crane, it should say so as its own line.
• Rigging and access premium. A tree that can’t be felled, because of your house, a fence, a garden, or the neighbour’s roof, is lowered piece by piece on ropes. Published guidance puts difficult access at +25% to +50% on the job. Clearing obstacles before the crew arrives (moving vehicles, opening gates, taking down a fence panel) genuinely reduces this.
• Disposal and haul-away. Brush is usually chipped on site (chipping runs about $75–$125 an hour as a standalone service); trunk wood is hauled, kept by you as firewood, or split and stacked for a fee (about $70–$100). Hauling debris away entirely runs about $70–$200 depending on volume. Rural jobs may add a travel fee, about $0.50 a mile or $50–$200 flat is the published norm.
• Permit. Where required, $60–$150 is the typical published fee, more below.

What changes the price

• Height, the master variable, priced above. Each class changes the method, and the method changes the crew, the equipment and the hours.
• Condition, dead and hazardous trees cost more, not less. It feels backwards, but a dead tree is brittle and unpredictable: it may not be safe to climb, limbs snap without warning, and the crew works slower with more rigging, or brings a bucket truck or crane precisely because climbing is off the table. Published data prices healthy-tree removal and treats poor condition as an uplift (one dataset puts health and structural issues at up to ~15% of the final cost before rigging is even counted). A tree that has already fallen is the exception, see below.
• Proximity to your house. A canopy over the roof means every piece is roped and lowered, nothing can simply fall. This is the access premium (+25–50%) in its most common form.
• Power lines. A tree touching or threatening lines is not a standard job: line-clearance work belongs to qualified crews, and the utility is responsible for the lines themselves (and will sometimes remove or trim a tree threatening them at no charge, worth a call before paying anyone). Never let a general crew work within reach of energised lines, and never do it yourself.
• Access for equipment. A bucket truck or chipper that can reach the tree saves climbing hours. A backyard tree behind a narrow gate, up a slope, or with no vehicle access at all is climbed and hand-carried out, slower, and priced like it.
• Lean and hang-ups. A tree leaning toward a structure, or hung up in a neighbouring tree after a storm, is a rigging problem, not a felling problem, expect the top of the band or above it.
• Species and wood, a real but second-order factor. Dense hardwoods (oak, hickory) cut slower and haul heavier than softwoods; spreading multi-trunk trees mean more rigging points; palms have no limbs but heavy, fibrous trunks. Species moves a quote within its band; it rarely changes the band. Beware any table that prices species as if it were the main event.
• Number of trees. Multiple trees on one visit share the mobilisation, and per-tree prices fall; clearing is sometimes priced by the acre instead ($500–$6,000 per acre by density in published data). If three trees need to go over the next few years, asking for a combined quote is legitimate negotiation, not a trick.
• Season. Tree work is seasonal: late winter is the quiet window in most of the country (published guidance puts winter savings at up to ~20%), and the weeks after a major storm are the most expensive of the year, which is the next section.

The stump: the second bill nobody mentions

Here is the confusion, stated plainly: “tree removal” almost never includes the stump. The job ends at a low stump. Everything after that is extra, and it is where the suspiciously cheap quote makes its money back.

• Stump grinding, $100–$400 per stump, most around $200. A grinder chews the stump down below ground level; you keep the roots (they rot in place over years) and a pile of mulch-like grindings. Priced two ways: a flat per-stump figure, or $2–$6 per inch of stump diameter measured across the widest point including the flare, so a 24-inch stump at $4/inch is about $96 of grinding, usually lifted to a minimum call-out fee (published minimums run $80–$160). Additional stumps on the same visit cost less each ($50-ish per extra stump in one dataset).
• Full stump removal, $200–$700. The stump and root ball are dug or winched out entirely, leaving a hole to fill. Worth it when you’re building, paving or replanting in the exact spot; overkill otherwise.
• Leaving it is a legitimate choice: a stump can be left to rot (chemical treatments run about $100 in published data), drilled and composted, or used as a garden feature. It is also the easiest honest saving on a tight budget, you can grind a stump any year, and it doesn’t get more expensive for waiting.

The habit to build: when you collect quotes, ask one question, “Is the stump included, and if so, ground or removed?”, and get the answer on the written quote. Two quotes $200 apart are often the same quote plus or minus a stump.

Emergency and storm removal: surge pricing, labelled

After a storm, the market changes overnight: every crew in the region is booked, the work is more dangerous, and prices follow. Published data puts emergency removal at 1.5 to 3 times the scheduled price for the same tree, so a medium tree that would be $750 booked for next month can be $1,100–$2,300 as an emergency, and a tree on a house needing a crane can run $1,500–$5,000 all-in. After-hours call-outs add a further premium.

Two honest qualifications:

• Most storm trees are not emergencies. An emergency is a tree on a structure, blocking your only access, or threatening lines or people. A tree down on open lawn, or a standing tree that survived the storm, can almost always wait a week or two, and prices fall back toward normal as the surge clears. If it can wait safely, waiting is the single biggest saving in this guide.
• If a tree is on your house, document before you remove. Insurers usually need to see the damage (photos, and often an adjuster’s visit) before the tree comes off, removing it first can complicate the claim. And call your utility, not a tree crew, first if lines are involved.

If the tree is already down

A fallen tree on open ground is mostly cutting and hauling, with no climbing or rigging, published prices run $100–$400 for the cut-up and removal of a typical tree (datasets put simple cases at $90–$300, and the general rule is 2–3× less than felling the same tree standing). It costs more when the fall left a sprung root plate to deal with, when the tree is on a structure, fence or car, or when storm demand is surging. If the fallen tree is yours but landed in a neighbour’s yard (or vice versa), responsibility generally follows the trunk’s owner, the supporting article covers the general picture; it is general information, not legal advice.

Tree removal cost by region

Tree work is almost pure labour, machinery and local rules, there are no materials to equalise prices nationally, so where you live moves the price more than on most pages of this site. Labour moves most: crew wages, insurance costs and how busy local crews are set the rate. Equipment and disposal move second: crane day-rates, dump fees and rural travel all vary. And permits move a little: some cities protect canopy trees with permits, replacement plantings or fees, most don’t.

We publish a regional figure only where at least two established datasets support it, and for tree removal, honestly, they don’t yet: only one established source publishes state-level figures, so this guide prints direction rather than invented precision:

• The pattern two datasets agree on: coastal metros and the Northeast price highest; the South and interior price lowest; urban jobs cost more than rural ones for the same tree (tighter sites, more rigging), with rural jobs sometimes adding a travel fee instead ($50–$200, or about $0.50 a mile).
• One dataset’s state view (Angi’s project data, published as its view, not as a verified range): Florida $750–$1,500 · New York $750–$1,100 · California $650–$1,300 · North Carolina $600–$900 · Washington $550–$800 · Illinois $535–$730 · Maine $515–$700 · Colorado $350–$650 · Texas $300–$850, averages per state, all consistent with the direction above. Regional figures are re-checked on the same quarterly cycle as the national ones, and state ranges will be added here when a second established dataset publishes them.

High-cost metros such as New York and the San Francisco Bay Area sit above even their state figures for tight urban work, a crane on a city street with permits and traffic control is its own category of job.

When removal is the wrong call

Removal is the last resort for a tree with a problem, not the first, and it is the only option you can’t undo. The honest alternatives, priced:

• Trimming/pruning, typically $250–$900 per tree (published averages cluster around $420–$450). Deadwood removal, canopy thinning and clearance pruning solve the most common complaints (limbs over the roof, shade, storm-sail) for a fraction of a removal. If the tree is healthy and the problem is specific branches, this is usually the right purchase.
• Cabling and bracing can stabilise a valuable tree with a weak fork or split, a specialist arborist job, priced on inspection.
• Health care, treatment for pests or disease, root-zone care, mulching, can return a declining tree that isn’t yet a hazard. An arborist’s assessment (sometimes free with a quote, sometimes a few hundred dollars for a formal report) is the cheapest decision-tool in this guide: it tells you whether you’re buying a removal, a treatment, or nothing.
• The utility’s line-clearance work if the issue is lines: utilities trim or remove trees threatening their lines on their own programme, at no charge to you.

Signs removal genuinely is the call: the tree is dead; more than roughly a quarter of the canopy is dead; the trunk is hollow, cracked or splitting; it leans newly or increasingly (a lean of 15°+ is a published warning sign); roots are lifting or the soil is heaving on one side; or fungus is fruiting at the base. Any of those near a house earns an arborist visit soon, not someday.

Ways to save, honestly

• Book in the off-season. Late winter is the quiet window in most regions, published guidance puts the saving at up to ~20%, and crews have scheduling room they don’t have in May. If the tree is stable, choosing when is the biggest lever you control.
• Wait out the storm surge. If the tree hit nothing and threatens nothing, a week or two returns prices toward normal (see the emergency section).
• Keep the wood. Having trunk wood cut to firewood lengths and left on site (about $70–$100 of work) or hauled away free by a firewood seller removes the haul-away line, and a hardwood tree is a meaningful stack of firewood. Conversely, ask what haul-away costs if you don’t want it: it’s a real line, around $70–$200.
• Do the cleanup, not the cutting. Raking, hauling brush you’ve been quoted to chip, and clearing the work area are safe savings. The felling and climbing are not, see below.
• Combine trees. One visit for two or three trees shares mobilisation and equipment; per-tree prices fall.
• Leave the stump for now. Grinding is deferrable indefinitely and doesn’t get more expensive for waiting, a real saving this year, not a false one.
• Clear the site before the crew arrives. Vehicles moved, gates open, a fence panel down if needed: billable rigging time shouldn’t be spent on logistics.
• Get 2–3 quotes, in writing, with the stump answered. Same scope, lines separated (removal / stump / haul-away / crane / permit). A quote that won’t itemise is a quote that plans to improvise.

What to ask a tree service (the trust checklist)

We sell no services and list no companies, but the questions that separate a legitimate crew from a liability are the same everywhere:

1. Are you insured, liability and workers’ comp, and can I see certificates? This is the question. Tree work injures people and drops things on houses; an uninsured crew’s accident becomes your claim. A legitimate company produces certificates without being offended.
2. Are you licensed where licensing applies, and is a certified arborist involved? Licensing for tree work varies by state and city; ISA Certified Arborist is the industry’s voluntary credential and a good sign on technical jobs.
3. Is the stump included, ground, removed, or left? In writing (see the stump section).
4. What’s hauled away, what’s left, and in what state? Brush chipped, wood hauled, wood left in rounds, get it specified.
5. Who handles the permit, and is this tree protected? Many cities protect trees by size, species or heritage status; some require replacement planting. Your crew should know your city’s rules, that’s part of what you’re paying for.
6. How will you protect the house, garden and lawn? Rigging plan, mats for equipment, and whose problem a broken fence is.

Does insurance pay for tree removal?

In general terms only, your policy document and insurer are the authority, not this page:

• A tree that falls on an insured structure (house, garage, fence) in a covered event like a storm is commonly covered: the damage repair, and usually the removal of the tree from the structure, with many policies capping tree-removal reimbursement (figures like $500 per tree appear in published policy summaries).
• A tree that falls harmlessly in the yard is often not covered for removal, the policy insures structures, not landscaping. A standing dead tree you want gone is maintenance, and is yours to pay for.
• Your neighbour’s tree, your house: generally your own insurer handles your damage first, whatever the tree’s ownership. The details are fact-specific; treat this as a prompt to call your insurer early, document everything with photos, and keep the crew’s invoice.

How we estimate these costs

Every range on this page is built from the components of the job with our Component-Built Cost Method, crew size and hours by height class at published labour rates, the equipment the method requires (climber, bucket truck, chipper, crane), disposal and haul-away, and permits, then checked against at least three independent published cost sources (for this page: Angi’s 2026 project data, Lawn Love’s 2026 guide, HomeGuide’s 2026 cost data, Fixr’s cost guides, Thumbtack’s bid data and CostHelper’s reader-reported prices, all checked October 2026; This Old House corroborates via Homewyse/Angi data). Where the sources disagree, and on the “average” tree they genuinely do, by more than 2×, we publish the range that matches the scope defined at the top of this page and say so in our internal cost-check record.

Regional figures are published only where two established datasets agree, on the same check. Prices are re-checked quarterly. Full method: How We Estimate. That is the method behind every tree removal cost figure in this guide.

FAQ

Does homeowners insurance pay for tree removal after a storm?
Sometimes, in general terms, a tree that falls on an insured structure (your house, garage or fence) during a covered event is commonly covered, including removing the tree from the structure, though many policies cap the removal part (around $500 per tree in published summaries; figures checked October 2026). A tree that falls harmlessly in the yard, or a standing dead tree you want removed, is usually maintenance and usually not covered. Document the damage with photos before anything is moved, and call your insurer before the crane, your policy is the deciding document, and this is general information, not coverage advice.

Do I need a permit to remove a tree on my own property?
Often no, sometimes very much yes. Many cities require a permit for trees above a size threshold (one dataset puts typical permit fees at $60–$150; costs checked October 2026), and a growing number protect trees by species, size or heritage status, some require an arborist’s report or a replacement planting. HOA rules can add their own approval on top. The check costs a phone call to your city or county office; a good tree service will know the local rules and usually pulls the permit as part of the job. Removing a protected tree without one can mean fines larger than the removal would have cost.

Can I keep the wood, and does it change the price?
Yes, and usually in your favour. Crews typically offer three versions: haul everything away (a real cost line, roughly $70–$200), chip the brush and leave the trunk in firewood-length rounds (cheaper), or split and stack it for you (about $70–$100 in published figures; costs checked October 2026). A hardwood tree can yield a cord or more of firewood, and some firewood sellers will haul trunk wood away free for the value of the wood. Tell the crew before they quote, a “leave the wood” job and a “take everything” job are genuinely different amounts of work. Green firewood needs a season or so to dry before it burns well.

What is the cheapest legal way to remove a tree?
For a typical tree: book it in the late-winter off-season, get 2–3 written quotes for the same scope, keep the wood or clear the debris yourself, defer the stump, and combine any other trees into the same visit. That stack of decisions is worth more than any single negotiation. What cheap must never mean: an uninsured crew (their accident becomes your liability), skipped permits on a protected tree, or work near power lines by anyone but the utility’s qualified crews. And for the avoidance of doubt, the genuinely free route exists only where the utility removes a tree threatening its lines, or a city programme covers a hazardous street tree.

How long does tree removal take?
A small tree is a few hours from arrival to raking. A medium tree is typically half a day; a large sectional takedown most of a day; a very large or crane job a full day or more, occasionally two visits. Published guidance lines up with that (small trees 1–2 hours of cutting in one dataset’s optimistic read, mid-sized trees 4–8 hours of work in another’s), the honest answer is that rigging, not cutting, eats the clock: every piece that has to be roped down is lowered one at a time. Weather, and waiting on a crane or a permit, stretch the calendar more than the work does.

Is stump grinding included in the removal price?
Usually not, and this is the most common misunderstanding in tree pricing. “Removal” typically ends at a low stump; grinding is a separate service ($100–$400 per stump, most around $200, or $2–$6 per inch of stump diameter; costs checked October 2026). Some quotes do bundle it, which is one reason two quotes for the same tree can differ by hundreds while describing the same work. Ask “is the stump included, and ground or removed?” and get the answer in writing before you compare quotes, see the stump section above for the full picture.

Sources

Every figure on this page is built with our Component-Built Cost Method and cross-checked against these published sources (all checked October 2026):

• Angi, 2026 tree removal project data
• Lawn Love, 2026 tree removal cost guide
• HomeGuide, 2026 tree removal cost data
• Fixr, tree removal cost guides (checked October 2026)
• Thumbtack, tree service bid data (checked October 2026)
• CostHelper, reader-reported tree removal prices (checked October 2026)
• This Old House, tree removal cost guidance (corroboration via Homewyse/Angi data)