Costs by service
Each cost page lists typical national ranges from published cost guides, what moves the price and who pays.
- Crime Scene Cleanup cost: crime scene cleanup crew (homicide, assault, police scene), $400 to $600 per hour
- Unattended Death Cleanup cost: unattended death cleanup crew, $200 to $300 per hour
- Hoarding Cleanup cost: hoarding cleanup, typical home, no biohazards, $1,000 to $4,000 per job; hoarding cleanup by floor area, $1 to $2 per sq ft; hoarding cleanup crew, $25 to $150 per hour; biohazard cleanup added to a hoarding job (waste, sewage, death, disease), $1,500 to $5,000 per job; junk hauling during a hoarding cleanup, $150 to $350 per load
- Suicide Cleanup cost: suicide and after-death cleanup crew, $400 to $600 per hour
- Blood Cleanup cost: blood and bodily fluid technician (biosafety level 2), $25 to $80 per hour
Costs on most biohazard cleanup jobs
| Item | Typical range | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Biohazard cleanup, typical residential job | $1,500 to $5,000 | per job |
| Biohazard technician, standard risk (biosafety levels 1 to 3) | $25 to $150 | per hour |
| After-hours or emergency response call-out | $500 to $1,000 | per visit |
| Regulated biohazard waste disposal | $2 to $20 | per pound |
| Regulated waste disposal, whole job | $50 to $500 | per job |
Not a quote: typical 2026 national ranges from published cost guides (Fixr, HomeGuide and Yelp cost guides, read 12 October 2026). Your price depends on what happened, how long the scene went unattended, how far contamination spread into floors, walls and the heating and air system, and the volume of regulated waste.
Who pays
Homeowners and renters policies set their own limits, and the adjuster decides what a policy covers. Call your insurer before the work starts, and keep photos and receipts.
In a rental, the lease and state law decide whether the landlord or the tenant arranges and pays for cleanup. After a death, the estate or the family usually arranges it.
By our count of the state programs' own pages (read October 2026), crime victim compensation programs in at least 29 states list crime scene cleanup among the costs they may reimburse for eligible victims, with published limits from $500 in Pennsylvania to $5,000 in Michigan and Nevada. Deductibles are never waived or rebated.
Getting the price in writing
Call (855) 675-5912, answered 24/7, say what happened and where, and ask for the scope and price in writing before any work starts.