Start with the only distinction that changes the order of magnitude. Inside the sealed circuit — compressor, condenser, evaporator, drier, tubing — work is licensed, needs recovery equipment and cannot be split across visits, and it begins around $650. Outside it, almost everything on a cold appliance is a part between $130 and $250 fitted in an hour or two. A diagnostic exists to tell you which of those two worlds you are in before anybody orders anything, and on this equipment that is most of its value.
Then the thing that surprises people: access is a real line on a Liebherr bill. Ten of the fifty-two refrigerators in the current line are fully integrated behind your own cabinet fronts and every one of the five freezers is; ten more are Side-by-Side pairs in a continuous run. Taking a column out of joinery, reconnecting it and aligning it back against its neighbors is time a freestanding unit never costs, and we price it openly rather than absorbing it and then being surprised in your kitchen.
Third, the maker’s own warranty is part of the pricing conversation whether we like it or not. Liebherr publishes two years parts and labor, five years on the sealed system, and sealed-system parts from the sixth through twelfth year. On a cabinet inside those, the honest answer is often that the work is not ours to do — and a figure quoted without saying so would be selling you something you already own.
Finally, South Florida. Salt air and fine dust fill condensers faster than the manual assumes, so the cheapest job on this page is also the one most worth having done. Humidity puts more work through every door seal. And seasonal power failures produce a wave of alarms that need explaining rather than repairing, which is exactly why that visit is priced separately and described honestly.