The same outdoor-unit parts that fail on an AC fail on a heat pump; a full heat pump system reported a median $13,450.
Prices: HVACPro analysis of 62 homeowner-reported quotes and invoices in public Reddit posts, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29. Licenses: FL DBPR construction licensee extract (CONSTRUCTIONLICENSE_1.csv), retrieved 2026-10-05.
Reported price, U.S. dollars
Source for every price on this page: HVACPro analysis of homeowner-reported quotes and invoices in public Reddit posts, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29. Repair figures are U.S.-wide; only rows marked Florida are Florida. The posts do not always say what a price included, and people who post are not a random sample. N is the number of quotes behind each figure.
Our repair reports do not separate heat pumps from straight air conditioners, so the repair rows combine both. They are the closest data we have. The full-system row is heat pumps only.
| Job | Median | Middle half | Reports (N) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic or service-call fee | $190 | $100 to $290 | 62 |
| Capacitor (AC and heat pump reports combined) | $310 | $220 to $400 | 26 |
| Control board (AC and heat pump reports combined) | $930 | $700 to $1,700 | 29 |
| Compressor (AC and heat pump reports combined) | $3,000 | $1,900 to $4,000 | 43 |
| Full heat pump system replacement | $13,450 | $10,000 to $20,000 | 186 |
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In summer a central heat pump works the same as a central AC, cooling the house by moving heat from inside to outside. In winter it runs in reverse to heat the house, and ENERGY STAR says a heat pump can deliver up to three times more heat energy than the electrical energy it uses (ENERGY STAR heat pump guide). That reversal is the part an AC does not have.
That matters in the ring because most homes heat with electricity. The Census ACS counts 91 percent of ring homes as electrically heated (Census ACS), and a heat pump is one efficient way to do it. Heating degree days are low, 434 to 676 a year, so a heat pump that fails may go unnoticed until the first cold snap, and a repair is best done before it.
Use the AC repair figures for the shared parts. A capacitor reported a median $310, a control board $930 and a compressor $3,000. Ask whether the problem shows in cooling mode, heating mode or both: a fault that appears only in heating points at the parts that reverse the cycle or at the backup electric heat, and a technician should say which.
Simplified drawing, not to scale. Real systems vary: the indoor unit can sit in an attic or closet, the ducts can run in the attic or under the floor. A heat pump has these same parts and also runs in reverse to heat. Original illustration, not a photo.
A full heat pump system reported a median $13,450 (186 reports; middle half $10,000 to $20,000). A $3,000 compressor is 22 percent of that.
ENERGY STAR's replacement guidance is more than 10 years old for a heat pump or AC (ENERGY STAR replacement guide). On an older unit, price both.
The free checks are the same as for an AC: filter, thermostat mode and batteries, breaker and a clear outdoor unit. If the system is not heating or not cooling at all, start with the not-cooling page and the thermostat page.
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Counts: businesses with an active license and a city address in the Tampa Bay outer ring, from FL DBPR construction licensee extract (CONSTRUCTIONLICENSE_1.csv), retrieved 2026-10-05. A license says the state permits the work, not that the work is good.
A business with offices in two cities counts in each city's list. The city chips above open each A-to-Z list.
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No rebate pays for a heat pump repair. Replacing a heat pump does earn one at Tampa Electric, Duke Energy Florida and Lakeland Electric, and the heat pump replacement page lists each.
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A compressor at $3,000 is 22 percent of the reported median full heat pump system. On a system over 10 years old, ENERGY STAR suggests considering replacement (ENERGY STAR replacement guide).
It can be normal briefly, as the system cycles, or it can be a fault in the reversing components or a failing outdoor unit. If it persists, call a technician. Our page on the thermostat and the not-cooling page cover the free checks first.
Our reports do not split heat pumps from AC units. Shared-part medians are capacitor $310, control board $930, compressor $3,000. A full heat pump system reported $13,450.
These questions come from the topic clusters below in our research on 2,095 mined questions (Compressor / condenser / coil / motor failures (pro repair): 239; Thermostat blank / not working / wiring: 99; Heat pump problems (aux heat, defrost, not heating): 66). The wording and answers are ours; we do not republish anyone's post.
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Diagnostic or service-call fee: median reported price, from 62 homeowner reports
HVACPro analysis of 62 homeowner-reported quotes and invoices in public Reddit posts, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29.