AmeriGas Propane Price Per Gallon

AmeriGas is the largest retail propane distributor in the United States, and it does not publish a per-gallon price: each customer is quoted individually. What it does publish is its fee schedule, and two of those fees land on every delivery: $16.99 hazmat and $17.99 fuel recovery (October 2026). Hold the per-gallon quote against this week's EIA residential average below, then add the fees.

AmeriGas fees: the published part of the price

AmeriGas lists its most frequently charged fees on its Fees and Rates page (last updated 12 October 2026). They are not government charges, and AmeriGas says they can change at any time and may vary by state; New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut customers have their own disclosures. In some areas AmeriGas charges a single Delivery Fee in place of the fuel recovery, hazmat and will-call fees.

Two of those fees land on every delivery, so a quote is only comparable once they are spread over the gallons delivered. Together they come to $34.98 a delivery ($17.99 + $16.99), and the smaller the fill, the more that adds to each gallon:

A will-call delivery booked by phone rather than online adds the $9.99 Will Call Convenience Fee on top. For a new installation, AmeriGas's own FAQ gives an average of $250 for a standard installation or swap-out of an above-ground tank, and an average $69.99 Service Dispatch Fee to set up a customer-owned tank; buried tanks and gas-line work cost more.

Company snapshot

AmeriGas Propane, a wholly owned subsidiary and reporting segment of UGI Corporation, is the largest US retail propane distributor by gallons distributed. According to UGI's annual report for the fiscal year to 30 September 2025, it serves over 1.0 million customers in all 50 states from approximately 1,390 propane distribution locations, and distributed approximately 801 million gallons of propane in fiscal 2025. AmeriGas was a publicly traded master limited partnership until 2019 when parent UGI Corporation took the partnership private; UGI Corporation remains publicly traded on the NYSE under ticker UGI, and AmeriGas financial results are reported within UGI's segment disclosures.

AmeriGas also runs AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange (ACE). At 30 September 2025, ACE cylinders were available at over 41,500 retail locations, such as home centers, gas stations, mass merchandisers, and grocery and convenience stores (UGI Form 10-K, fiscal 2025).

Residential delivery pricing

AmeriGas does not publicly post per-gallon residential prices. Pricing is quoted to the customer, with the per-gallon figure depending on region, pricing program, and tank ownership. No public source surveys the national marketers separately from the rest of the market, so there is no honest way to state how AmeriGas prices against the EIA average. What is published is the market it sells into: the EIA weekly residential average for your state. Use that as the benchmark and ask AmeriGas to quote against it.

AmeriGas names these residential pricing programs on its pricing page:

• Market Price: the most common pricing for new customers. It follows the current price of propane and can change day to day; new customers usually get first-year introductory pricing, including a low first-fill price. Ask what the price becomes after the first year.
• Fixed Price: available only by promotion or in certain locations.
• Guaranteed Price Program, Pre-Buy: you pay up front for your estimated annual gallons at a fixed price, which holds until the prepaid gallons are used or the contract expires.
• Guaranteed Price Program, AmeriLock: a fixed price for a year-round term, paid per delivery, with unlimited gallons. An enrollment fee applies, charged at each signup or renewal, and there is an early termination fee under the separate program agreement.

Delivery comes as will-call (you order when the tank reads 30%; AmeriGas says it typically delivers within 7 to 10 days), automatic delivery (scheduled from your usage, your appliances and the weather), or fixed-cycle delivery. Payment is per delivery or through Convenience Pay, which spreads the estimated annual cost over twelve monthly payments, recalculated every three months, after a soft credit check. Neither payment option changes the per-gallon price.

Tank lease vs ownership

AmeriGas will lease you a tank or deliver to one you own. A leased tank (and any rented regulators, piping or tank monitor) is billed as Equipment Rent, usually on an annual invoice, and can only be filled by AmeriGas. Leaving before the end of the lease's initial term triggers the $299.99 Early Termination Fee, and removing a standard above-ground leased tank costs a $299.99 Tank Pickup Fee (underground tank removal is at your cost), so a cheaper quote from another dealer has to beat those two before switching pays.

A customer-owned tank carries no Equipment Rent and lets you buy from any dealer. AmeriGas will deliver to customer-owned tanks and run safety checks. The trade-off is that the customer owns the installation: regulator failures, tank corrosion, and eventual replacement become customer expenses.

AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange

ACE is the smaller of the two national exchange networks: over 41,500 retail locations at September 2025, against 65,693 Blue Rhino tank exchange selling locations in Ferrellgas's annual report for the year to 31 July 2026. The 20-pound cylinders are filled to 15 pounds of propane (3.6 gallons); AmeriGas and Blue Rhino cut the fill from 17 to 15 pounds in 2008. AmeriGas does not publish an exchange price; each retailer sets its own. To compare, divide the shelf price by 3.6 gallons.

The per-gallon premium over residential bulk reflects cylinder turnover, requalification, retail distribution margin, and the convenience pricing model. Customers willing to refill their own cylinders at a propane dealer (rather than exchange) typically capture the better per-gallon economics; the camping propane page covers the refill vs exchange math.

How to bring an AmeriGas bill down

AmeriGas publishes no volume tiers or discounts, so this page does not print one. What its own fee schedule and pricing page do show is where the avoidable money is.

• Order online, or switch to automatic delivery: the $9.99 Will Call Convenience Fee applies only to will-call deliveries not ordered online.
• Order at 30%, not at empty: a delivery requested within one day costs $300.00, and an empty tank on will-call is one of the cases where a leak check must be done before refilling. AmeriGas's own advice for avoiding both is automatic delivery or ordering when the gauge reads 30%.
• Take bigger fills: the two per-delivery fees are flat, so fewer, larger deliveries spread them over more gallons (see the table above).
• Ask what happens after year one: Market Price for new customers includes first-year introductory pricing. Ask for the price that applies after it, and compare it with your state's latest EIA weekly average.
• Get competing quotes: three quotes (AmeriGas plus two independents) give you the data to push back. If the tank is leased, set the $299.99 early termination and $299.99 tank pickup fees against the saving first.
• Go paperless: paper invoices cost $3.99 each outside Maine, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island, and paperless billing also discounts the AmeriLock enrollment fee.

AmeriGas commercial and industrial pricing

AmeriGas commercial pricing follows the structure described on our commercial vs residential page. AmeriGas publishes no commercial rate card and no volume tiers, so this page does not print a per-tier discount for it. What is published is the sector gap: for 2024 EIA put US commercial propane at $1.642 per gallon against $2.477 residential, 33.7% below, and industrial at $1.133, 54.2% below. Those are national annual averages across all suppliers, not AmeriGas figures, and the equivalent state numbers range from 3.2% to 62.6% below residential. The things that actually move a commercial quote are annual volume committed in writing, delivery scheduling, whether the tank is yours, and whether the contract prices off a named rack index.

AmeriGas also serves the autogas fleet market through its commercial division, where the federal alternative fuel tax credit (when in effect) widens the gap further. EIA's published transportation sector price for propane, the closest public anchor for autogas, was $1.848 per gallon for 2024, 25.4% below residential. See the autogas page for the fleet pricing band.

What AmeriGas pricing does not tell you

Three caveats apply when comparing an AmeriGas quote. First, the per-gallon price is one piece of the total cost: the per-delivery fees, Equipment Rent on a leased tank, and any service or leak-check charges sit outside it, so ask for the all-in delivered cost. Second, ask whether the quoted gallons are temperature-compensated, so two quotes measure the same thing. Third, ask whether you will be charged the separate fuel recovery, hazmat and will-call fees or the single Delivery Fee AmeriGas uses in some areas, so two quotes are compared on the same basis.

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