Concrete leveling cost calculator
Lifting a sunken 240 sq ft section of driveway costs about $573 – $955 with mudjacking, or $1,045 – $1,742 with polyurethane foam. Tearing it out and pouring new runs $3,408 – $5,680. Enter your own slab below.
Likely leveling price
$764
Mudjacking, 240 sq ft driveway raised 2 in: $573 – $955, or $2 – $4 per sq ft.
- Foam instead
- $1,045 – $1,742
- Drill holes
- 8
- Slurry
- 23.0 cu ft
Tearing out and repouring the same 240 sq ft runs about $3,408 – $5,680, so mudjacking costs about 17% of replacement. Price the replacement slab
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| Item | Qty | Material | Labor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leveling rig setup, cleanup and hole patch mix | 1 job | $60 | $111 | $171 |
| Drill, pump and patch mudjacking hole (1.5–2 in) | 8 ea | $20 | $89 | $109 |
| Mudjacking slurry (sand, soil and cement), pumped | 23 ft3 | $104 | $170 | $274 |
| Seal joints and cracks after lifting | 62 lf | $37 | $46 | $83 |
National prices, estimated. Leveling material and labor-hour figures are our own assumptions until a supplier survey exists.
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Concrete leveling cost by slab type
Typical size for each, raised 2 in, national prices. Replacement includes tearing out the old concrete.
| Slab | Size | Mudjacking | Foam | Replace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driveway | 240 sq ft | $573 – $955 | $1,045 – $1,742 | $3,408 – $5,680 |
| Patio | 144 sq ft | $421 – $701 | $702 – $1,170 | $1,587 – $2,646 |
| Garage floor | 200 sq ft | $514 – $856 | $908 – $1,514 | $3,553 – $5,922 |
| Walkway | 60 sq ft | $338 – $563 | $563 – $938 | $829 – $1,381 |
| Steps or stoop | 30 sq ft | $338 – $563 | $563 – $938 | quoted per job |
Mudjacking vs foam leveling
On the 240 sq ft driveway above, foam costs about 82% more than mudjacking ($1,394 against $764 at the midpoint). The extra buys smaller holes, about 5/8 in instead of 1.5 to 2 in, and a fill that weighs far less than cement slurry, so it adds little load to soil that already let the slab sink.
Mudjacking makes sense when the soil underneath is firm and the budget is tight. Foam is worth the premium over soft or wet ground, or where the patched holes will show, like a front walk.
When leveling beats replacement
For the same driveway, mudjacking is about 17% of the cost of replacing it and foam about 31%. Lifting wins when the slab is in one piece and has dropped as a unit: a sunken panel, a tipped walk, a patio pulling away from the house.
Replace instead when the concrete is broken into loose pieces, crumbling at the surface, or has dropped more than 4 in. Lifting a slab like that only raises the damage. The concrete slab cost calculator prices the new pour with tear-out, so you can put the two numbers side by side.
Indoor floor with dips rather than a slab that has sunk? That is poured on top, not pumped underneath: the self-leveling concrete calculator counts the bags.
Hiring concrete leveling contractors
Leveling companies usually quote after a site visit, because they need to see how far the slab has dropped and where the voids are. Ask each one which method they use, how many holes they plan to drill, whether sealing the joints afterwards is included, and what happens if the slab settles again.
A quote well above the calculator's range for your inputs is worth a question, and so is one far below it: the cheapest bids sometimes leave out joint sealing or pump too little material to hold.