Ya, that's about the price you can expect to pay for a new furnace. You shouldn't have to do much if anything in the way of plumbing assuming you install the new one where the old one is.
There are pros and cons to a new furnace. New furnaces are obviously more efficient but the older ones like yours are frickin dinosaurs, they are super easy to fix and maintain and almost last forever. You could repair/replace most parts in it yourself, newer ones not so much and require a pretty regular maintenance regime for them to run well.
I do like the cartridge style filters the newer furnaces take these days. My furnace (an old one like yours) take the hammock style filters that you have to cut to size and mount on a wire mesh. PITA.
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