What an ignition interlock costs in Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania does not publish a price, so the honest answer is the national one: NHTSA puts installation at $70 to $90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3 to $4 a day. A quote far above that is the provider's, not the state's.
Three charges make up the bill, not one: fitting the device, keeping it on the car, and taking it out at the end. Over a full term the monthly fee is the bulk of it, which is why a cheap installation on a long requirement costs more than a dearer one on a short.
Pennsylvania publishes no figure, so here is the national one
NHTSA puts installation at $70–$90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3–$4 a day. Only 14 jurisdictions publish their own numbers or cap what a provider may charge; Pennsylvania is not among them, so a quote well above the national range is the provider’s decision rather than the state’s.
What decides the total in Pennsylvania
The monthly fee matters less than how long you pay it, and that is set by the requirement rather than the provider. In Pennsylvania a first offense carries none for a first general-impairment offense; required at high BAC, on a refusal, or on a repeat, with the Ignition Interlock Limited License as the route back to driving The programme is run by PennDOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing, which is also who decides whether a recorded event extends it.
That is the part worth budgeting for: events add months, and months are what the bill is made of. What counts as a violation → · All Pennsylvania rules and centers →
Who operates in Pennsylvania, and why it changes the price
7 approved networks run in Pennsylvania: Intoxalock (358), Smart Start (129), LifeSafer (71), RoadGuard Interlock (40), ADS Interlock (25), Low Cost Interlock (20), Alcolock USA (9). Nothing here caps what any of them may charge, so the quote is the price and two quotes are worth the phone calls.
Where it is fitted in Pennsylvania
638 certified points in our index. The busiest cities:
Cost questions in Pennsylvania
How much does an ignition interlock cost in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania does not publish a price, so the honest answer is the national one: NHTSA puts installation at $70 to $90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3 to $4 a day. A quote far above that is the provider's, not the state's.
Does Pennsylvania cap what a provider can charge?
No. Pennsylvania does not publish provider prices at all, so the quote is the price. That is the argument for getting two of them: nothing constrains what a provider asks, and in states without a cap the same brand quotes differently in different cities.
What else does Pennsylvania charge on top of the device?
We have no separate state fee schedule on file for Pennsylvania. Reinstatement and licensing charges usually sit outside the interlock program itself — check with PennDOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing before you budget.
Where can I have an interlock fitted in Pennsylvania?
We index 638 certified installation points across 371 Pennsylvania cities. Book with a provider the state approves rather than the nearest pin on the map: time on an unapproved device does not count toward the term.