Painting quotes-one room

We are thinking of getting our bedroom painted. My husband called one company and the guy said for a room that size (I think its about 10X15 but I am not sure) we will see quotes from $500-$1200. Does that sound right? I had no idea that it cost so much for one room to be painted. I don't want to waste my time calling around to a ton of companies if this is a normal rate, b/c there is no way we could afford this. Any idea if this is correct? It seems like a big range. He did say that the more rooms you get painted the less each individual room will be.

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that does seem high, but I'm not sure.. if it would be that much, is painting it yourself an option?

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Well to me that sounds VERY high but I could be wrong as we have a friend of a friend working on a flat rate per day and he's less than half of that per day....I've heard of entire homes being painted for 2000-2500 so wil lbe interesting to see what others say.

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We just did this last year....we wanted to paint only our bedroom, and had a few guys in for estimates. They ranged from $600-$800 for the one room, including BM paint. I think if you are painting a whole house, the painters are already there for several days with all their equipment and setup, which is why it costs less per room.