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A couple of years ago, a five-hour one-way Hertz rental from ORD was $240, with no advance notice. Expensive but not ten times as much. If it had been planned, it would probably have been less.
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I was able to get a one-way for minimal extra charge between Lubbock, TX and Dallas, TX (5+ hours drive).
I didn't have any choice on the vehicle, it was an "upgrade" to a relatively huge F150 pickup truck compared to the compact or subcompact I paid for. I didn't have any choice because that was a vehicle they wanted to have transported to Dallas, and I was volunteering to do the job for better than free (and pay for the gas too, at at least double the cost of the small car, but, hey, gas in Texas is pretty cheap anyway).
So, if you shop around to different car rental companies and perhaps play with different dates, you may be able to find such a deal.