How much does it cost to remove a red maple?
Removing a red maple around Indianapolis typically runs $400 to $1,900, with most jobs near $720. This was the default ash replacement, so central Indiana now has an enormous cohort of red maples and Freeman hybrids all planted between roughly 2005 and 2015 and all aging into their problems at the same time. The thing that blindsides homeowners is chlorosis — red maple wants acidic soil and much of this region's clay runs alkaline, so the yellow-leaf-green-vein call is a soil pH problem, not a disease.
Mature size, and the bracket it puts you in
Landscape cultivars run 40-60 ft tall with a 25-40 ft spread; the straight species goes considerably larger on a wet site, with 80-100+ years of potential life. Removal usually sits mid-bracket — a climbable one-day job for two people — unless it is a multi-stemmed hybrid leaning over a roof, which pushes it toward crane work.
Condition changes the price
Straight-species red maple was among the least ice-damaged trees in the ISA's ice-storm survey at 1.3% severe damage — genuinely one of the better performers. The Freeman hybrids are the exception and the distinction matters when you quote: 'Autumn Blaze' is half silver maple, with fast soft wood and narrow forks that split down the trunk under ice, so the species is fine but the most-planted cultivar is not.
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