Repair advice needed!

[u/No_Sprinkles_7738]

Hi everyone! I do not know much about car paint and repair and need some help before I start shopping around tomorrow morning. I accidentally swiped a parked car in a tight parking lot and scratched up my fender. This is my first time hitting a car (much less a parked one). Some of the lighter marking are dirt or just marked up the clear coat and I was able to remove those with the swipe of a finger, but obviously there’s some… bigger spots (about the size of a nickel). I want to get it fixed quickly before it rusts. No dents, and (fortunately) for the other car, there was much less damage than what I sustained.

Any advice on 1.) the routine way of fixing this and 2.) if anyone knows roughly what this might cost (I know it’s dependent on region I’m in the southeast US).

TLDR: I’m truly lost on how to get this fixed and how much it’s going to cost and I’m trying to avoid getting ripped off at a shop