2 BLACK 45
$6.35 per ea
Based on a single purchase, so this is one transaction rather than a price range.
How much does 2 black 45 cost?
Contractors are currently paying $6.35 to $6.35 per ea, with a median of $6.35. That range is the middle half of actual invoiced prices over the last 12 months — the cheapest and most expensive outliers are excluded, because one mis-keyed line item shouldn't define what you think a fair price is.
If you're paying above $6.35 per ea, you're in the top quarter of what other contractors pay for the same item — worth a conversation with your supplier.
What drives the price
- Size and material. The single biggest factor, and why we price at this level of detail rather than lumping every elbow together.
- Supplier. The same item can differ meaningfully in price between suppliers in the same market, which is a large part of why this range has width at all.
- Order volume. Counter pickups price differently from a scheduled bulk delivery.
- When you bought. Prices drift. This is a trailing 12-month window, so it reflects the current market rather than a historical average.
Related elbow prices
| Product | Typical range | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2IN NOHUB 1/8 BEND | $3.04 – $3.16 / ea | $3.16 |
| 1 CI STEAM ELBOW | $2.35 – $2.35 / ea | $2.35 |
| 1/2 CC 90 ELL | $0.48 – $0.52 / ea | $0.48 |
| 3/4 CC 90 ELL | $0.98 – $1.07 / ea | $0.98 |
| 1/2" Copper 90 Street Elbow | $0.53 – $0.79 / ea | $0.53 |
| 2IN NOHUB 1/16 BEND | $7.01 – $7.20 / ea | $7.20 |
| 3 PVC ELBOW | $0.58 – $0.65 / ea | $0.65 |
| 2 GROOVED ELBOW | $3.86 – $3.86 / ea | $3.86 |
| 4" NO HUB 90 ELLBOW | $10.85 – $11.42 / ea | $10.85 |
| 3/4 PVC ELBOW | $0.31 – $0.36 / ea | $0.32 |
| 1 1/4 CC 45 ELL | $3.72 – $4.39 / ea | $4.04 |
| 1/2 COPPER ST ELL | $0.72 – $0.78 / ea | $0.72 |
How we know this
These figures come from real invoices processed through CostCrunch, not list prices or survey data. We normalise each line to a price per unit, exclude the top and bottom 1% as outliers, and we publish what we have for the last 12 months and say how thin it is. Where a figure rests on very few purchases, a single supplier or a single company, that is noted alongside it — those are one buyer's experience rather than a market rate — below that, an average says more about one buyer than about the market.
Check your own invoices against these prices — CostCrunch reads every line item and flags anything above market.