AC replacement cost
$5,000–$8,000 installed for a home of about 2,000 sq ft; $6,500–$9,500 at SEER2 16+. The median Oviedo house is 2,006 sq ft.
AC replacement costWhat things cost
HVAC costs in Oviedo, Florida — every researched range on one page
Researched market ranges for Oviedo: an installed AC changeout at $5,000 to $8,000 for a home of about 2,000 sq ft, general repairs at $150 to $650, a capacitor around $250, a compressor at $800 to $2,300 for the part. The City of Oviedo permit adds $50 plus $6 per $1,000 of value above $2,000.
Six pages
Pick the number you were quoted
Read this before you use any number on this page. Every figure here is a researched third-party market range with its source and capture date named beside it. None of them are a contractor’s price and none of them are a quote. They are here so you can sanity-check a quote you have already been given.
AC repair cost
$150–$650 for a general repair, national average about $350; an $89 diagnostic fee is published locally.
AC repair costAC capacitor cost
About $250 fitted, roughly $200–$400. The most common single part failure on a Florida condenser.
AC capacitor costAC compressor cost
$800–$2,300 for the part, most around $1,200, plus $300–$900 labour. The repair-or-replace decision point.
AC compressor costDuct replacement cost
$500–$1,500 for the duct modifications on a changeout — and a duct layout plus form R402-2023 on the Oviedo permit.
Duct replacement costMaintenance plan cost
What a plan should cover here, and the free Duke Home Energy Check most plans never mention.
Maintenance plan costThe line item competitors get wrong
The permit fee, city by city
Oviedo’s permit fee scales with the job, from $50 at $2,000 of value. It is the cheapest schedule of the six Seminole County cities at low job values and stays cheap: a $13,000 high-efficiency changeout inside the city limits carries a $116 permit. The statewide cost guide published under an Oviedo domain quotes “$100–$300 permitting fees”; inside the city that is above the City’s own schedule at every job value on this site.
| Jurisdiction | Fee as published | On an ordinary changeout | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oviedo | $50 + $6 per $1,000 of value above $2,000 | $92 on a $9,000 contract | source |
| Casselberry | $200.00 flat | $200, whatever the job costs | source |
| Longwood | $246.61 flat | $246.61, whatever the job costs | source |
| Lake Mary | 0.75% of value, $35 minimum | about $68 on a $9,000 contract | source |
| Winter Springs | $40 application, then $60 + $15 per $1,000 | about $235 on a $9,000 contract | source |
| Altamonte Springs | about 2% of contract price | about $180 on a $9,000 contract | source |
| Seminole County (unincorporated) | county mechanical permit schedule | the desk for Chuluota and Black Hammock addresses | source |
The last line
Then the rebate comes off — on one side of the river
The last line on an Oviedo quote is where this city differs from every other one in the county: the rebate that comes off the end depends on which power company bills you. West of the C.R. 419 Econlockhatchee bridge it is Duke Energy, and Duke publishes up to $1,000 for a strip-heat-to-heat-pump changeout — on 25.0% of Oviedo’s housing stock, built 1970–89, that is the tier in play. East of it you are on FPL, whose residential HVAC rebate this site has not researched.
Before you compare any number on this page
Check which side of the C.R. 419 Econlockhatchee bridge your house is on. West of it you are a Duke Energy customer, and Duke requires a free Home Energy Check completed within the previous 24 months before the equipment is installed — replace first and apply afterwards and the claim is denied. East of it you are on FPL, and none of the Duke figures on this site apply to you at all. Which utility is yours, and the order of operations.
Got a quote you want sanity-checked?
Send it with the address. We will tell you whether the permit line, the tonnage and the rebate assumption match the house.
Sources for this page
- AC replacement cost guide for Florida, published by an Oviedo contractor
- Filterbuy service directory — HVAC system replacement, Oviedo FL
- Angi — how much HVAC repair costs (2026 figures, national)
- Angi — cost to replace an AC capacitor (2026 figures, national)
- Angi — AC compressor cost (2026 figures, national)
- City of Oviedo Building Services — mechanical fee schedule and inspection scheduling
- Duke Energy — Home Energy Improvement, HVAC Replacement
- City of Oviedo FAQ — “Who provides electric service?”