A sump pump installation is four things, and the pump is the least of them. There is the pit, the drain that feeds it, a dedicated circuit, and a discharge line that gets water far enough from the house that it does not come straight back. A pump swapped into an existing pit and a new system cut into a finished basement are not the same purchase.
What a pit costs in housing of this age
The middle home in Syracuse was built in 2005 — newer than most of the county — and up to 100% of the mapped ground here is rated as susceptible to ponding. Recent construction usually means a poured wall and a footing drain already in place, so the pit and the drain feeding it may exist. The discharge is where the money goes on ground that holds water: a line that stops short returns the water to the pit, and the pump runs on the same water until it fails.
The reasoning behind that
If a pit already exists, is the right size, and has a working discharge, replacing the pump is a short visit. That is the cheapest version and it is worth asking for explicitly, because a firm quoting a full system on a house that needs a pump has quoted the wrong job.
A new pit is excavation inside a finished space. The floor is cut, the pit is set, the surrounding drain is tied in, and the concrete is made good. That is a day, and the cost is mostly labor and access.
The discharge is where quotes diverge most. Water pushed out of a basement has to go far enough that it does not re-enter, and on a flat lot that can mean a buried line running the length of the property. A discharge that ends at the foundation is a pump moving the same water in a circle.
Ask about the backup, too. A pump on a single circuit is a pump that stops in the storm that caused the power cut.
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