If you have any repair skills at all you should be able to do it. Anything up to 6-8 inches, you can patch with a piece of drywall and some mud. Bigger than that, you should have something behind the drywall to screw to.
Small hole. Clean up the hole by cutting it back to solid drywall. Doesn't have to be square or perfect. Take a piece of drywall 2 inches bigger than the hole and on the back side, score the paper 1 inch in all the way around. Just through the paper. Snap the drywall and peal it off of the front paper, leaving the front paper intact. Butter the flap of paper all the way around. Place the patch in the hole and work out the mud with a wide putty knife. Much the same way as smoothing wall paper. Top coat the entire patch with joint compound (mud), let it dry and lightly sand. Two coats will probably be needed. If you are inexperienced with sanding, you can "sand" the mud with a damp sponge. Rinsing often.
Big hole. Either cut back to the center of the studs on either side, or cut out the hole and use 2-3 inch wide strips of plywood behind the drywall to screw to. Screw the plywood to the existing wall first and then set the patch in place and screw it. Use joint tape on the joint and finish with mud. You will need to feather out the mud 6-8 inches past the joint.
A similar approach (with images showing how it's done):
Patching the hole is easy. Making the repair invisible takes some artistry, but it's actually fun to see how well you can match the surrounding finish. The best method actually starts with enlarging the hole! You saw out a nice rectangular opening around the damaged area, then cut a new piece of drywall to match the dimensions of the opening. Here's a link to some illustrated step-by-step instructions that show the details:
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