Planning an outdoor fireplace for your Broken Arrow or Tulsa home and wondering what to budget? This is VistaScapes’ honest 2025 pricing guide — based on what we actually build in Oklahoma, not generic national averages that don’t reflect our market or the real cost of proper masonry construction.
Outdoor Fireplace Cost Ranges in Oklahoma
Stucco or Painted CMU Finish: $9,000–$16,000
The most affordable finished outdoor fireplace — concrete block structure with smooth stucco or textured parging finish, chimney cap, and spark arrestor. Clean, simple aesthetic. Works well in contemporary or minimalist outdoor design schemes. All structural masonry is identical to stone or brick builds — only the finish differs.
Brick Outdoor Fireplace: $11,000–$22,000
Full brick veneer over CMU structure — running bond or flemish bond pattern, with brick hearth extension and brick chimney cap details. Tumbled brick adds weathered character. Classic look that suits traditional, craftsman, and colonial home styles common in Broken Arrow and Tulsa. Extremely durable and easy to repoint decades later.
Thin Veneer Stone Fireplace: $14,000–$28,000
Natural stone slices (3/4 to 1-1/2 inch thick) adhered to CMU substrate — ledgestone, ashlar, or fieldstone profiles. Wide variety of color palettes. Most popular price point for natural stone look. Requires proper substrate preparation and sealing for Oklahoma’s freeze-thaw cycles.
Full-Thickness Natural Stone Fireplace: $20,000–$42,000
Full-bed natural stone (3–6 inch thickness) mortared in place — Oklahoma limestone, fieldstone, or imported granite. The most authentic and durable stone finish. More labor-intensive than thin veneer. Creates a fireplace that looks genuinely massive and permanent — because it is.
Outdoor Fireplace Entertainment Wall: $35,000–$75,000+
A full outdoor entertainment wall integrating the fireplace with flanking wood storage alcoves, outdoor TV niche, and integrated seating walls — all in matching stone or brick. The most dramatic and permanent outdoor living feature a homeowner can build. These structures add significant appraised value to properties and completely transform the character of the outdoor space.
What’s Included in These Prices
Every VistaScapes outdoor fireplace price includes:
- Reinforced concrete footing
- Full CMU structural construction (concrete block, filled and reinforced)
- Firebrick-lined firebox
- Smoke chamber construction
- Clay flue tile liner, properly sized
- Stainless steel spark arrestor chimney cap
- Finish veneer (stucco, brick, stone — per quoted scope)
- Building permit management
- Final inspection coordination
What’s NOT Included
- Gas line installation for gas fireplace inserts (add $800–$2,500 depending on run length)
- Gas fireplace insert unit (add $2,000–$6,000 for a quality outdoor gas insert)
- Surrounding patio if none exists (add $8,000–$25,000 for patio construction)
- Pergola or overhead structure (quoted separately)
- Landscape and lighting integration (quoted separately)
Gas vs Wood Burning — Cost Difference
The masonry structure itself costs the same whether the fireplace burns gas or wood. The difference is the gas insert and line:
- Wood-burning: no additional cost beyond masonry structure
- Gas insert: add $2,000–$6,000 for insert unit + $800–$2,500 for gas line installation
- Gas log set in wood-burning firebox: add $500–$1,500 for a vented gas log set
Gas fireplaces are lower maintenance (no wood storage, no ash cleanup) and can be started with the flip of a switch. Wood-burning fireplaces provide the authentic experience — crackling, smell, the satisfaction of a real fire — and have no operating cost beyond firewood.
Ready to get an accurate quote for your Oklahoma outdoor fireplace? Call VistaScapes at (918) 779-1317 or request a design consultation. We’ll visit your property, discuss your design goals, and provide a detailed written estimate — no surprises, no hidden costs.
