I think this was the answer:

yeah, I caught that (I am sure deliberate) statement by the OP.

I still am advising OP that they should be looking at doing this directly through tesla, vs going through “they repair, they replace”. With all those stipulations, if “anything” at all is not lined up properly, and the cameras do not work (not unheard of) they are going to blame “but we didnt calibrate the cameras for $600, and you signed a waiver, see?:

Use a credit card and go through tesla, and then bill your insurance. The cost is likely going to be very similar to “they repair, they replace” (tesla usually has someone come on site to their SCs to do it, actually).

The reason I am 100% sure about Tesla and the calibration, is that I actually had glass coverage on my model 3 when this happened as I was with one of the few CA insurers who offered “100% coverage for glass, no deductible”. The insurance company sent me a specific document on what I needed to fill out, etc, and had a specific section on “camera calibration” (not just for teslas, plenty of other cars have cameras there).

Since tesla doesnt work with insurance, I wanted to be sure I followed whatever process to get reimbursed for the camera calibration. I called the tesla SC where I was getting the windshield done, and they told me what I said in my first post “We dont calibrate cameras or charge for that”. What I neglected to say is that they also said (when I picked up the car), that “We dont calibrate the cameras because we found owners dont want us driving around their cars to do it”.

That was a tesla employee at a tesla SC. Now, tesla employees are not infallible, but in this case, I believe them. Total cost (in Southern California, one of the more expensive places for Labor charges) it was like $980 “out the door”, including part and labor (and tax).

Others report cheaper in other places in the country (labor charge is less, part is the same). I struggle to think “they repair, they replace” is significantly cheaper, especially when they are trying to ring OP up for $600 for camera calibration, not counting windshield, or installation of windshield.

This sort of thing is why I didnt try to go third party replacement on the windshield in the first place.