Cost to install hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide detectors?

What's an average price to pay for an electrician to install 2 hardwired smoke detectors and 1 carbon monoxide detector in a small single family house in Baltimore, MD. Price should include parts...my property manager just had this done and is "fighting the bill" without even letting me know what they are even trying to charge. I just want to have some insight into what a fair licensed electrician would charge before I have to have this fight with him.
I wasn't there when they installed them so I'm not sure how long it took, but I know they were done in a day. $150/hr is insane .... They installed them in places that didn't have detectors so I'm assuming they had to run new wire.

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The answer would depend on if he used existing wiring or had to string new wiring as an electrician charges by the hour. Hoe long did it take him to finish it from start to finish.

Also if he is in a union the cost will be higher. Take the time he used and multiply it by his hourly fee which is probably about $150. An hour plus the cost of anything he used like the wires, marettes and the unit being installed.

Would I know if I had carbon monixide poisoning?

Chris

I know it's unlikely, but about a year ago I woke up feeling sick out of it, loopy, and had ongoing headaches, this has been less intense and more bearable than it had been in the past year, I came across carbon monoxide poisoning and questioned if that was a possibility. I smoked weed the night before so maybe anxiety of depression was triggered and I hadn't smoked since.

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If you have a worry about carbon monoxide although it is quite rare unless you have a faulty gas heater nearby then get a detector. They are quite reasonably priced these days.

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