Sewer Camera Inspection Cost in Arizona
Josh Chasteen, Updated , 4 min read
A sewer camera inspection is the cheapest thing you'll pay a plumber for that can save you the most. Angi's national range is $271 to $1,726, with a standard camera visit at $150 to $300. We price ours when you call. If someone already told you the line needs replacing, our second look is free.
What drives the price
| What changes | Why it moves the price |
|---|---|
| Camera type | Angi puts a standard camera at $150 to $300 and an HD camera with recording at $300 to $600 nationally |
| Line length | Under 50 feet is quick. A long run to the street takes longer to push and read |
| Access | A cleanout in the yard is the easy case. No cleanout means pulling a toilet, and putting it back with a new seal |
| Locating | Marking the problem spot from above ground so a repair is a small hole, not a trench |
| What it turns into | The inspection is the inspection. If it finds a clog or a break, that's a separate written price, and you'll have seen the footage first |
Arizona factors
The sewer lateral is yours, all the way to the street. Mesa spells it out: the city cleans and repairs the main in the street, and the connection and every foot of service line from the main to the house belong to the customer. So what's under your yard is your problem, and the camera is how you find out what's under there before it becomes an emergency.
What's down there depends on when the house was built. Census figures put the median Mesa home around 1989, Chandler around 1998, and Gilbert around 2004. Older Mesa homes lean toward cast iron, which scales and rusts from the bottom. Newer Gilbert and Chandler homes are mostly PVC, which is smooth but sags into bellies where the fill settled and fails at joints. The camera reads both.
Then there's what the line runs through. Southern Arizona soils carry caliche, a layer the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension describes as soil cemented together by calcium carbonate, sometimes rock hard and several feet thick. A camera and a locator tell you exactly where to dig so nobody's cutting a trench through caliche to hunt for a break.
What Yellowstone charges
The camera inspection isn't a line in our published price file, so we give you the price on the phone. The one number we can state: if you already have a diagnosis or a quote from someone else and it doesn't feel right, the second opinion camera inspection is free. We'll show you the screen and tell you what we'd do, and sometimes that's nothing.
For scale, from the last 12 months of paid invoices, when a drain call was more than a simple clear the middle half of customers paid $214 to $496, and when it turned into a repair, $934 to $1,818. The camera is what tells you which of those you have, or whether you have neither.
$0 service call Monday through Saturday, 8am to 6pm. Price in writing before any work starts.
When to get one
Get the camera when a drain has clogged more than once this year, when two fixtures back up together, after any sewage backup, before you close on a house, and any time someone hands you a quote to dig up the yard. Skip it when it's one slow bathroom sink with an obvious cause. If you can't tell which one you have, that's what the phone call is for.
Want to see what's in your line before anyone digs? Call (480) 404-5226.
Sources
Where the numbers come from.
Every outside figure on this page is cited below. Where we quote our own invoices, it's the middle half of paid jobs from the last 12 months.
- 01Angi, How Much Does a Sewer Line Camera Inspection Cost? (2026 data)
- 02Yellowstone Plumbing & Drains homepage, free second opinion camera inspection (checked 2026-09-02)
- 03City of Mesa, Report a Utility Emergency (sewer service line responsibility)
- 04U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates, table B25035 (median year built)
- 05University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Managing Caliche in the Home Yard (AZ1281)
Good to know
Questions we get on this one.
Straight answers. Anything else, call or text and a person picks up.
How much does a sewer camera inspection cost?
Angi's national range is $271 to $1,726, with a standard camera visit at $150 to $300 and an HD camera with a recording at $300 to $600. We price it when you call, and if another company already told you the line needs replacing, our second look is free.
How much does a plumbing inspection cost before buying a house?
The sewer camera is the part of a plumbing inspection that pays for itself, because a home inspector doesn't scope the sewer line. Angi puts a standard camera visit at $150 to $300 nationally. A cracked lateral under the driveway is a five figure repair, and the camera is the only way to see it before you close.
What does a sewer camera inspection find?
Roots, grease, scale, bellies where the pipe sags and holds water, offset joints, cracks, collapsed sections, and the pipe material itself. It also locates the problem from above ground so a repair is a small hole in the right place instead of a trench.
How long does a sewer camera inspection take?
Usually under an hour for a typical home if there's a cleanout to work from. Pulling a toilet to get in, or a long line to the street, adds time. You can watch the screen while it runs and you get the footage.
Do I need a camera inspection for one slow drain?
Probably not. One slow bathroom sink is a cable job. You want the camera when the same drain has clogged more than once, when two fixtures back up together, after a sewage backup, before you buy a house, or when someone hands you a quote to dig up the yard.
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