Concrete Patio Cost 2026: $1,500–$7,000 by Patio Size

Pouring a plain broom-finish concrete patio on grade in the US — about 4 inches thick, a gravel base, wire mesh, control joints, and a slope away from the house, with the truck able to reach and no old slab to break out — often clusters around $1,500–$7,000. That is the typical concrete patio cost for a 10×10 through a straightforward 16×20. The cost to pour a concrete patio of that scope is the size row below. It is the forms, the base, the crew, and the finish, not the price of a yard of concrete. Concrete patio cost per square foot, once the patio is about 200 to 400 square feet, is typically $12–$22 for that broom finish. The cost of a 12×12 concrete patio in plain broom is typically $2,000–$4,500. Stamped concrete patio cost, on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet, is typically $18–$30 a square foot. The wider national spread, about $1,000–$18,000, covers a small landing at the low end and a 20×20 stamp with the old slab removed and a set of steps at the high end. A wood deck of the same footprint is usually the larger check. A driveway is a vehicle slab. A sprinkler system is a different project in the same yard. These are typical planning ranges, not a survey and not a quote.

This page is a concrete patio people walk on. A bid may call it a slab patio, a broom patio, or a poured patio. It is not a deck, which is the wood deck guide. It is not a drive a car parks on, which is the driveway guide. It is not the buried system that waters the lawn, which is the sprinkler guide. It is not the pool, which is the pool installation guide. A covered patio, a pergola, and an outdoor kitchen are a different structure. A landing smaller than a 10×10 is the floor of the wider spread, not a discounted version of the size rows.

The concrete in the truck is not the job. A 12×12 at 4 inches is a little under 2 cubic yards. A 16×20 at 4 inches is about 4. That volume is the material in the middle of the bid. The bid is the excavation, the gravel, the forms, the mesh, the slope, the finish, and the crew that has to place the load before it sets. A short load still pays for the truck. Price the pad you can measure.

The rows below are ways to read one job. They are not added together. The size table is a plain broom patio at that footprint, and it already includes the gravel base, the wire mesh, the control joints, ordinary grading on a yard that is already close to flat, and the slope away from the house. The per-square-foot table is that same kind of pour, by finish, on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet. A 10×10 and a 12×12 cost more per foot than that table. Use an add-on row only when the bid left that line out. A mesh the bid already includes is not a second mesh. Color inside a stamp is not a second finish.

Patio	Area	Typical installed cost
10×10	100 sq ft	$1,500–$3,500
12×12	144 sq ft	$2,000–$4,500
12×16	192 sq ft	$2,500–$5,500
16×20	320 sq ft	$4,000–$9,000
20×20	400 sq ft	$5,000–$11,000

Finish	Typical installed cost per sq ft
Plain broom	$12–$22
Colored	$15–$28
Stamped	$18–$30
Exposed aggregate	$16–$28

Add-on	Typical planning range
Removal of an old slab	$500–$3,000
Grading, when the yard is not already flat	$400–$1,800
Rebar or wire mesh, when the bid leaves it out	$200–$1,000
Sealing, when the bid leaves it out	$150–$700
Steps	$500–$3,000
Permit, when the bid leaves the city fee out	$50–$400

The finish rates apply once the patio is about 200 to 400 square feet. They are the whole installed patio of that finish. Do not add them on top of the size table. The size table is the broom column. Pavers are a different surface, priced in the comparison below, not a fifth finish on this slab.

A 10×10 is typically $1,500–$3,500. That is 100 square feet, and the floor of the row is the floor of the typical band. One hundred times $12 is $1,200, under the row. One hundred times $15 is $1,500, the floor. One hundred times $22 is $2,200, inside the row. One hundred times $35 is $3,500, the top. The whole row sits inside $1,500–$7,000. A 10×10 is about $15–$35 a square foot, above the $12–$22 rate, because the crew, the forms, and the short load do not shrink with the pad. This is a small patio. It is not a 12×12 someone discounted. Adding the per-square-foot row on top of it double-counts the pour.

A 12×12 is typically $2,000–$4,500. That is the cost of a 12×12 concrete patio in plain broom, and it is 144 square feet. One hundred forty-four times $12 is $1,728, under the floor. One hundred forty-four times $14 is $2,016, about the floor. One hundred forty-four times $22 is $3,168, inside the row. One hundred forty-four times $31 is $4,464, about the $4,500 top. The row is about $14–$31 a square foot. The whole row sits inside the typical band. The $12–$22 rate is the wrong tool on this pad, and so is a driveway rate from a pour of about 600 square feet. The driveway guide discusses plain concrete around $8–$15 a square foot on a pad of that larger size. One hundred forty-four times $8 is $1,152, under this row and under a real 12×12 pour. Use the size row for the total.

A 12×16 is typically $2,500–$5,500. That is 192 square feet. One hundred ninety-two times $12 is $2,304, under the floor. One hundred ninety-two times $13 is $2,496, about the floor. One hundred ninety-two times $22 is $4,224, inside the row. One hundred ninety-two times $28 is $5,376, near the $5,500 top. The top sits a little above that $28. The whole row sits inside $1,500–$7,000. This is the large end of a patio that still fits the typical band at every point in the row. A straightforward 12×16 at the $12–$22 rate lands in the middle. The top of the row is a harder yard. Do not add the 12×12 row to this one.

A 16×20 is typically $4,000–$9,000. That is 320 square feet. Three hundred twenty times $12 is $3,840, under the floor. Three hundred twenty times $12.50 is $4,000, the floor. Three hundred twenty times $22 is $7,040, which has just left the typical top of $7,000 and still sits inside the size row. The overlap with the typical band is $4,000–$7,000. From $7,000–$9,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Three hundred twenty times $28 is $8,960, about that $9,000 top. The rate of $12–$22 is the straightforward pour. The rest of the row is a high-labor city, a thickened edge, or a slope. A low, open 16×20 can sit near $4,000. Do not add the per-square-foot row on top of this one. This is the plain patio the wood deck guide sets beside a 16×20 deck.

A 20×20 is typically $5,000–$11,000. That is 400 square feet. Four hundred times $12 is $4,800, under the floor. Four hundred times $12.50 is $5,000, the floor. Four hundred times $17.50 is $7,000, the typical top, inside the row. Four hundred times $22 is $8,800, still inside the row and above the typical band. Four hundred times $27.50 is $11,000, the top. The overlap with the typical band is $5,000–$7,000. From $7,000–$11,000 the job has left the typical band and stays inside the wider spread. Nothing in this row is a 10×10 someone stretched. A stamp, a removal, and a set of steps are still extra. Do not add the 16×20 row to this one.

Plain broom on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet is typically $12–$22 a square foot. That is the first finish row, and it is the same reading as the 12×16, the 16×20, and the 20×20 once the pad is large enough for the rate to mean something. It includes the base, the mesh, the pour, and the broom. It does not include a stamp, a color, or a sealer. The low end is open access in a lower-cost area. The high end is a longer finish or a yard the crew has to work around. A 10×10 at $15–$35 and a 12×12 at about $14–$31 sit above it. Use the size table for those two.

Colored concrete is typically $15–$28 a square foot on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet. The floor is $3 over the broom floor. The top is $6 over the broom top. That is the whole colored pour, not a fee you stack on a broom bid that already names the color. On a 16×20, 320 times $15 is $4,800, and 320 times $28 is $8,960. On a 20×20, 400 times $15 is $6,000, and 400 times $28 is $11,200. A hard-site broom 16×20 at $9,000 and a straightforward colored 16×20 at $8,960 can land on the same dollars. Ask which finish and which yard. On the same site, color is about $3–$6 a square foot over broom. Three hundred twenty times $3 is $960. Three hundred twenty times $6 is $1,920. A 12×12 in color is typically $2,400–$5,400. That is the plain 12×12 row plus about $3–$6 a foot. One hundred forty-four times $3 is $432. One hundred forty-four times $6 is $864. Two thousand plus about $400 is $2,400. Four thousand five hundred plus about $900 is $5,400.

Stamped concrete patio cost is typically $18–$30 a square foot on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet. The stamp is the finish. Color is usually in that price. Do not add the colored row on top of a stamp, and do not add the broom size row under it. On a 16×20, 320 times $18 is $5,760, and 320 times $30 is $9,600. The floor of that product sits inside the typical band. The top has left it and stays inside the wider spread. On a 20×20, 400 times $18 is $7,200, and 400 times $30 is $12,000. That whole product sits on or above the typical top. A 12×12 stamp is typically $3,500–$6,500, about $24–$45 a square foot. One hundred forty-four times $24 is $3,456, near the floor. One hundred forty-four times $45 is $6,480, near the top. The $18 rate is how a larger patio starts. It is not a 12×12 rate. One hundred forty-four times $18 is $2,592, under the stamp row, because the stamps and the crew do not shrink to 144 square feet.

Exposed aggregate is typically $16–$28 a square foot on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet. The stone is seeded and washed. It is its own finish. It is not broom plus a sealer, and it is not a stamp. On a 16×20, 320 times $16 is $5,120, and 320 times $28 is $8,960. On a 20×20, 400 times $16 is $6,400, and 400 times $28 is $11,200. The top of the rate matches the colored top. A colored patio and an exposed patio can land on the same dollars. Ask which surface the bid is. A 12×12 in exposed aggregate is typically $2,800–$6,000, about $19–$42 a square foot. One hundred forty-four times $19 is $2,736, near the floor. One hundred forty-four times $42 is $6,048, near the top. The row sits between the colored 12×12 and the stamped 12×12, and it overlaps both. That overlap is why the finish has to be named.

Removal of an old slab is typically $500–$3,000. The size rows are a new pour on a yard that does not already have a slab. Add this row when the old concrete has to come out and the bid left that breakout out. The floor is a thin 10×10 the truck can reach. One hundred times $5 is $500. The top is a thick 20×20, or a slab the crew has to carry out because the truck cannot. Four hundred times $7.50 is $3,000. A thin patio in the middle of the row is not the top. Do not add removal to a bid that already says the old slab is included. A 20×20 broom at $11,000 plus removal at $3,000 is $14,000, inside the wider spread. That is two lines. It is not yet the top of the spread.

Grading, when the yard is not already flat, is typically $400–$1,800. Ordinary grading on a yard that is already close to flat is in the size rows. This row is the cut, the fill, or the slope that is not that yard. The floor is a short bit of extra grade. The top is a slope that needs fill. A retaining wall is not this row, and a wall can leave $1,800 and can leave the wider spread. Add the row once, and only when the bid assumed a flat yard and the yard is not flat.

Rebar or wire mesh, when the bid leaves it out, is typically $200–$1,000. The size rows include wire mesh. Add this row when the bid has no reinforcement, or when you are pricing a rebar grid the mesh in the size row did not cover. The floor is mesh on a small pad. The top is a rebar grid on a large pad. They are two ways to read one reinforcement line. Mesh plus a rebar grid on the same slab prices the steel twice. A bid that already says rebar does not get this row on top.

Sealing, when the bid leaves it out, is typically $150–$700. The size rows are the pour and the broom, the color, the stamp, or the exposed stone. They are not a sealer. The floor is a small patio. The top is a large patio or a second coat. A sealer goes on after the slab has cured, not the afternoon of the pour. The product label is the instruction that counts. A later reseal is maintenance on this same row. It is not a new patio, and it is not inside $1,500.

Steps are typically $500–$3,000. The size rows are a patio on grade, without a stair. The floor is one step at a door. The top is a run of steps down a slope. A single step and a long run are one line, not a cheap step plus an expensive one. Add the row when the patio needs the steps and the bid left them out. A wood deck stair is that other guide. Do not fold a deck stair into this step line.

A permit, when the bid leaves the city fee out, is often $50–$400. Some cities require a permit for an on-grade patio. Some do not. The size rows include the fee when the bid says so. Add it once, when they left it out. A city that does not charge is the case with no fee. Do not add the row then. Steps, a cover, or a patio the city treats as a structure are the fees that show up. A cover is still a different project. The permit is not the sealer, and it is not the removal.

Concrete vs pavers vs a wood deck

Concrete vs paver patio cost, for the same footprint, usually favors the plain slab. A broom patio is the size table. A paver patio is a different surface: units, a base, edge restraint, and joint sand. On a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet, pavers are typically $20–$35 a square foot. A 16×20 at that rate is $6,400–$11,200. Three hundred twenty times $20 is $6,400. Three hundred twenty times $35 is $11,200. A 20×20 at that rate is $8,000–$14,000. Four hundred times $20 is $8,000. Four hundred times $35 is $14,000. A 12×12 paver patio is typically $4,000–$8,000, about $28–$56 a square foot, because the small pad costs more per foot. One hundred forty-four times $28 is $4,032, near the floor. One hundred forty-four times $56 is $8,064, near the top.

Set those next to the slab. A plain 12×12 is $2,000–$4,500. A 12×12 stamp is $3,500–$6,500. A 12×12 in pavers is $4,000–$8,000. The stamp and the pavers overlap. A plain 16×20 is $4,000–$9,000. A stamped 16×20 is $5,760–$9,600. A paver 16×20 is $6,400–$11,200. Pavers overlap the stamp and run past it. A plain slab is usually the smaller check. A paver bid that is cheaper than a hard-site stamp can still be the right surface. Ask which one the bid is before you treat the totals as a contest.

A wood deck is usually the larger check again. On the wood deck guide, a 12×12 pressure-treated deck is $7,000–$11,000, and a 16×20 is $10,000–$18,000. The plain 12×12 patio, $2,000–$4,500, sits under that deck. The plain 16×20 patio tops at $9,000, which is $1,000 under the deck floor. The deck buys footings, a frame, railings, and a stair. The slab does not. A 16×20 paver patio at $6,400–$11,200 can overlap the bottom of the deck row. A stamp on a 16×20, $5,760–$9,600, stays under that deck floor. Steps, a seat wall, or a cover on the patio are how the gap closes, and each of those is its own line. The deck figures are that page's typical planning ranges. They are not a quote, and they are not a paver price.

A driveway is the slab a car uses. The plain-concrete cross-check on that page is about $8–$15 a square foot on a pad of about 600 square feet. A patio does not get that rate. The pour is smaller, and the job is not a drive. A truck that will park on the patio is a reason to price the driveway page, or to thicken this slab and say so, not a reason to call a 4-inch broom patio a drive.

What the range includes

The typical band assumes an existing single-family yard and a plain broom patio the truck can reach. It includes a 10×10, a 12×12, a 12×16, or the straightforward part of a 16×20. The slab is about 4 inches thick, on a gravel base, with wire mesh and control joints, sloped so water runs away from the house. An open 10×10 in a lower-cost area sits toward $1,500. A straightforward 16×20 at the high end of the $12–$22 rate sits toward $7,000. Three hundred twenty times $22 is $7,040, just over that top.

A landing smaller than a 10×10 is the floor of the wider spread, near $1,000. It is not a 12×12 someone discounted. A 16×20 above $7,000, a 20×20 above $7,000, a stamp, pavers, removal, and steps are the other rows. One of them can still overlap the typical band. The top of the wider spread is a 20×20 stamp, the old slab out, and a set of steps. Four hundred times $30 is $12,000. Removal at $3,000 and steps at $3,000 is $6,000. Twelve thousand plus $6,000 is $18,000. Grading or a sealer on a job that is already there can clear that top. A wood deck clears it. A long driveway can clear it too.

Thickness is part of what the band includes. Four inches is the planning thickness for people walking on the patio. A slab thickened to about 5 or 6 inches, for a weak soil or a heavy planter, is more concrete and more labor. An extra inch on a 16×20 is about one more cubic yard. That move pushes the bid up the size row and can leave it. A hot tub is a load the slab has to be designed for, and that design can leave the row. A car on the slab is the driveway, not an extra inch quietly added to a patio rate.

The base under the 4 inches is in the size rows when the soil is stable and the gravel is ordinary. Soil that pumps underfoot, a patio that has already sunk, or a base that has to be dug out and replaced is the project, the way a failed driveway base is the project on that page. New concrete on a base that is moving is still a patio that needs to come out.

Control joints are in the size rows. They are the straight cuts that give the slab a place to crack. They do not promise a patio with no cracks. A crack that follows a joint is ordinary. A crack that is wide, that has a lip, or that has opened because the base dropped is the repair-or-replace question below.

Curing is part of the pour, and it is not a separate dollar row. Concrete is often planned around 28 days to a full cure. You can usually walk on a patio sooner than that. Furniture and a heavy point load wait longer than footsteps. The finisher's instruction is the one that counts. A sealer put on before the slab is ready can fail, which is why the sealing row is a later visit and not a line inside the same-day pour. This page is not a cure schedule.

Drainage is how the typical patio is finished. The slab should fall away from the house, commonly about 1/4 inch per foot. A surface flatter than about 1/8 inch per foot is how water sits on the broom, and a surface that pitches toward the foundation is how water sits against the house. A patio that holds a pond, or that sends the roof water at the wall, is not finished. Downspouts that empty on the pad are part of why a corner stays wet. Heads from a sprinkler system that spray the slab keep it wet and can stain it. That is an aim problem. It is not a line inside the concrete bid. Water that stands against the foundation after the patio is sloped away is a French drain, not a thicker broom finish.

How long the work takes depends on the pad, the access, and the weather, and the bid's schedule is the one that counts. A straightforward 12×12 or 12×16 the truck can reach is often one day to form and pour, plus the cure before anyone sets furniture. A 20×20, a removal, a slope, or a yard the concrete has to be pumped into is often longer. Cold weather changes how the concrete has to be placed. Ask what the bid assumes about the season. These are typical planning spans.

Living at home during the work is the usual plan. The crew needs a path for the truck and a place to set the forms. The yard along that path is torn up until the pour is done. A household can stay. That stay is not in the patio bid.

Warranties are part of the contract, and this page is not a reading of one company's form. A concrete warranty commonly covers the workmanship on that slab, and the term on labor is often shorter than any term on the material. A crack that is ordinary, a sealer you skipped, a load the slab was not poured for, and a grade you changed later are the kind of thing those forms commonly leave out. Read the form. The warranty is not a dollar line in the planning range.

Homeowners insurance and a home warranty are contracts too. A standard homeowners policy is built around sudden and accidental damage. A patio you chose to pour, a crack that opened over a winter, and a surface that wore out are the kind of loss those policies commonly exclude or treat as maintenance. A home warranty may name flatwork and still exclude a pre-existing settlement or any amount over a low dollar limit. Read the form before you treat either one as the budget. Neither one is inside the planning range.

None of the bands include a wood deck, a driveway, or a sprinkler system. A deck stair that lands on the patio is the deck. A tire on the slab is the driveway. A zone of heads along the new edge is the sprinkler, and the time to sleeve a pipe under the patio is before the concrete is placed. Do not fold the deck into the broom price, and do not fold a driveway apron into the 12×12 row.

As a cross-check, not a bid: a 12×12 broom patio is $2,000–$4,500. A 16×20 at $12.50–$22 a square foot is $4,000–$7,040, the part of that size row inside the typical band. A 20×20 stamp at $30 a square foot is $12,000, and that plus removal at $3,000 and steps at $3,000 is $18,000, the top of the wider spread. If a bid and that reading are far apart, the bid is a stamp, pavers, a removal, a pump, a hot tub, or a restore the reading left out.

What moves the price

Driver	How it changes the bid
Size	A 10×10 is $1,500–$3,500. A 12×12 is $2,000–$4,500. A 12×16 is $2,500–$5,500. A 16×20 is $4,000–$9,000. A 20×20 is $5,000–$11,000. The 10×10 through the straightforward part of a 16×20 is the typical band.
Finish	Broom on a larger patio is $12–$22 a square foot. Color is $15–$28. A stamp is $18–$30. Exposed aggregate is $16–$28. Pavers are $20–$35. A stamp or pavers on a 16×20 can leave the typical band.
Thickness and base	Four inches, gravel, and wire mesh are in the size rows. Five or six inches, a hot tub, or a base that has to be dug out moves the bid up and can leave the row.
Removal, grade, steps	Removal is $500–$3,000. Grading beyond a flat yard is $400–$1,800. Steps are $500–$3,000. A permit left out is often $50–$400.
Reinforcement and sealer	Mesh is in the size rows. Left out, or a rebar grid, it is $200–$1,000. Sealing left out is $150–$700. The sealer is not in the pour.
Access and region	A truck at the pad, in a lower-cost area, sits toward the floor of the row. A pump, a wheelbarrow across a finished yard, or a high-labor city sits toward the top and can leave it.

The footprint is the first cut, and it is not a rate times a hope. Measure the pad. A 12×12 has less than half the area of a 16×20, and it is not half the price, because the crew and the short load do not shrink in half. A 20×20 is the size that leaves the typical band even in broom, once the rate is much above $17.50 a foot. Four hundred times $17.50 is $7,000.

Finish is the second cut, and it is a substitute, not a stack. Broom, color, stamp, and exposed aggregate are four ways to price one surface. Pavers are a fifth way, on a different page of the bid. The stamp rate already holds the color that is part of the pattern. Adding color again, then a sealer, then the broom size row, is how a 16×20 becomes a number nobody can compare.

Access is the quiet driver. A chute from the street to the forms is the job the size rows describe. A pump, or a wheelbarrow through a gate and across a planted yard, is more labor, and it can leave the row. The same 12×12 in a lower-cost area and in a high-labor city can sit at opposite ends of $2,000–$4,500 without either bid being wrong. Ask how the concrete gets to the forms.

A sprinkler zone along the new edge, a French drain at a wall that stays wet, and a driveway that shares the same pour are the projects that show up in the same season. Price them on their own pages. Two bids that disagree about whether the old slab, the steps, and the sealer are included are not the same patio.

DIY or hire

Pouring the patio is a hire. The forms have to hold a straight edge and a slope that sends water away from the house. The concrete has to be placed, struck, and finished before it sets. A short load that arrives late, or a hot afternoon, is a surface you will look at for years. Neither the slope nor the finish is a skill you pick up from the rental counter on the day of the pour.

Sealing a cured, sound slab is ordinary DIY when you follow the product's temperature and moisture limits and you stay off it until it has set. Filling a hairline crack that is not growing, and that does not have one side higher than the other, is ordinary DIY. A crack that has opened into a web, or a patch that has sunk again, is past filler.

Hire the breakout of an old slab, the steps, a pour the truck cannot reach, and any grade that currently sends water at the house. Call 811 before anyone digs. Gas, electric, and the sewer share that strip of yard more often than the grass suggests. Hire a slab that has to carry a hot tub. The thickness and the steel are the design, not an extra bag of concrete.

An owner can still keep the forms tidy in conversation with the crew: where the patio ends, where the gate swings, and which way the water has to go. That conversation is not a reason to place the load yourself.

Repair or replace

A plain concrete patio with a sound base, a slope that drains, and a sealer kept up is often planned around 20 to 30 years. That is a planning life, not a warranty. Pavers are often planned on a similar span, with the difference that one unit can be lifted when it cracks. A wood deck is a frame and boards on its own page, maintained and rebuilt there. The slab's life is the surface and the base together. Cracks are ordinary. A stable crack is not, by itself, a new patio.

Seal the surface when the concrete is sound and the water beads poorly. That maintenance is the sealing row, $150–$700, and it is cheaper than any new size row. Fill a hairline crack that is not moving. Patch a small spall when the rest of the slab is solid. A resurface or a thin overlay on a slab that is still stable is not the size row. Ask whether the bid is a coating or a new pad. A coating on a base that is moving is still a patio that needs to come out.

Replace the patio when the slab is broken into pieces, the surface has scaled across it, sections rock, or one side has sunk so the water runs toward the house. A new broom finish does not fix a base that has failed, and it does not fix a pitch at the foundation. Replace a single corner when the rest is sound and the bid is honest about the joint between the new concrete and the old. That corner is not the 20×20 row.

Do the work on your schedule when you can. A patio that has heaved at the door, or that holds ice because it pitches the wrong way, is the same pour plus a winter of the wrong slope. Fix the drainage in the same job. A French drain is the buried pipe when the water at the foundation is more than the patio surface. A sprinkler aimed at the slab is a head to move, not a reason to replace the concrete.

How to use this number

Ask for a written price that names the square feet, the thickness, broom or color or stamp or exposed aggregate, whether wire mesh or rebar is included, whether removal, grading, steps, sealing, and a permit are included, and how the concrete gets to the forms. Compare a plain 10×10 with $1,500–$3,500, a 12×12 with $2,000–$4,500, a 12×16 with $2,500–$5,500, a 16×20 with $4,000–$9,000, and a 20×20 with $5,000–$11,000. Compare the larger-patio rates with $12–$22 for broom, $15–$28 for color, $18–$30 for a stamp, and $16–$28 for exposed aggregate. Compare pavers with $20–$35 on a patio of about 200 to 400 square feet, and a 12×12 paver patio with $4,000–$8,000. Keep mesh, a flat-yard grade, and the broom inside the size row. Put removal, extra grading, a rebar grid the bid left out, a sealer, steps, and a permit on their own lines.

The cost to pour a concrete patio is that size row when the finish is broom and the add-ons are out. A very low bid on a 12×12 is a reason to ask whether the base, the mesh, and the finish are included, not a reason to celebrate. A quote near $1,000 should say a landing, not a 12×12. A high bid should point at the stamp, the pavers, the removal, the steps, the pump, or the slope. Two or three local bids on the same pad, the same thickness, and the same finish are the number that matters. How this site sets the band is explained on the methodology page.