What hail damage repair costs in the Valley

How hail is priced

Every panel gets a dent count and a size (dime, nickel, quarter, half-dollar). A panel with 15 dime-size dents and no paint damage is a paintless dent repair job. A panel with 150 dents, or dents with cracked paint, or dents on a body line, gets conventional repair or replacement plus paint. The estimate is the sum of the panels, plus any glass, trim, mirrors or lights the storm broke.

Aluminum hoods and roofs (many trucks, some SUVs) cost more per dent than steel because aluminum doesn't move back the same way. Roof rails, sunroofs and antenna mounts limit how a tech can reach a dent, which adds time.

What you can expect to pay in the Valley

Light hail (a few dozen small dents, paint intact): $1,500 to $3,500. Mostly PDR, two to four days.

Moderate hail (a hundred or more dents across roof, hood and trunk): $3,500 to $7,500. PDR on most panels, maybe one panel conventional, five to ten days.

Severe hail (dents everywhere, cracked paint, broken glass or lights): $7,500 to $15,000 and up. Replacement panels, paint, glass; two to four weeks and parts availability matters.

These are ranges, not quotes. They're what a hail job at this level costs at a legitimate shop in the Phoenix area, using legitimate parts suppliers, in 2026. Your car's exact number comes from counting the dents.

When hail totals a car

Insurers total a car when the repair plus the salvage value crosses a set share of what the car is worth, roughly 65 to 75 percent in Arizona depending on the company. An older car with $9,000 of hail damage and a $12,000 value is close to that line. Newer cars rarely total from hail alone. If your car is near the line, ask about a repair that comes in under it; PDR-heavy repairs often do.

What you actually pay

Hail falls under comprehensive coverage, so you pay your comprehensive deductible (often $250 to $1,000) and the insurer pays the rest. Best Deal's deductible assistance covers up to $1,000 of it on qualifying repairs, so most hail customers pay nothing out of pocket. The deductible-assistance page has the details and the fine print.