Georgia Cost GuideHow much does a refrigerant recharge cost in Georgia?
Refrigerant recharge in Georgia: typically $480 to $550+, the middle half of the figures posted by 5 Georgia HVAC companies, collected September 2026.
A recharge adds refrigerant, often called Freon, to an air conditioner or heat pump that has run low. You will find the range Georgia companies publish for it below, along with the questions worth asking about the refill.
What a refrigerant recharge costs in Georgia
We checked 735 Georgia HVAC company websites.
Refrigerant recharge cost
$480 to $550+
Prices from 5 Georgia HVAC companies
This is a typical range, not a quote. The sections below explain what moves the price for this job. The dot marks the middle price, and a + means some businesses charge more.
What the job involves
A recharge tops off the refrigerant. The technician connects gauges, reads the pressures and line temperatures to judge how much the system is missing, and adds refrigerant until the readings match what the equipment calls for.
Topping off does not stop the loss. If a leak caused it, finding and fixing that leak is a separate job with its own price.
What's usually included
- Connecting gauges and reading the pressures
- Adding refrigerant until the system is at the right level
- Checking that the system cools afterward
What moves the price
- Which refrigerant
- R-410A, the older R-22 and the newer refrigerants in recent systems are priced differently. A recharge on an R-22 system can cost more because that refrigerant is harder to find.
- How much is added
- A system that is a little low takes less than one that has lost most of its charge. Refrigerant is often billed by the pound, so the amount shows up on the bill.
- Leak check
- Some companies include a leak check with a recharge, and some bill it separately. Without one, you will not know whether the new refrigerant will stay in.
- A system that is empty
- If a system has lost all of its refrigerant, the technician usually has to pull a vacuum to clear air and moisture before filling it, which takes longer than topping it off.
- A follow-up check
- Some companies offer to check the level again later to see whether it held. Ask whether that visit is in the price.
Getting a quote
Questions to ask each HVAC company before you compare prices:
- Which refrigerant does my system use, and how much do you expect to add?
- Is a leak check part of this price?
- Is the refrigerant billed by the pound, or is the price one set amount?
- Can you tell me why the system was low?
- If the level drops again, what do you cover?
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Where this number comes from
We collect these prices with our own crawler, which reads the public websites of Georgia HVAC companies and follows each site's robots.txt rules. It has read 735 of their websites so far. Each range is the middle half of the prices those businesses post, collected September 2026.
A price list is what a business says it charges; a cost guide is a business's own estimate of what the job usually runs in Georgia. We never name the businesses behind a range. How we collect and check HVAC prices.
| Job | Businesses that post a price |
|---|---|
| Refrigerant recharge | 5 (1 price list, 4 cost guides) |
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