I should say they would not be able to tear into it until January. I took it for initial evaluation. He said they would want to remove the bumper cover to see how extensive the damage is. Would either pull out the deformed area or replace. I suspect the metal bumper support is jacked up.
I will contact the insurance company and see if there is another repair shop that may be able to attend to it sooner. Then may have to deal with supply chain issues for parts.
I looked inside the spare tire well and nothing there is deformed, at least to my eyes. Fingers crossed!
Not how I wanted to spend my afternoon.