US FUNERAL COSTS · PUBLISHED PRICES

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What families actually paid.

Real US funeral prices, shared anonymously. The FTC Funeral Rule means every funeral home must give you an itemized price list, but the total still swings wildly. See what families paid, before you ever have to arrange one.

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FUNERALNorth Carolina · 2015

Headstone, bronze flat marker$1,700

Reader-submitted cost via CostHelper, Raleigh, North Carolina; bronze flat memorial with vase, includes installation and re-alignment fee.

TOTAL PAID$1,700

“Bronze memorial, 24 by 12 inches, vase included; also includes $430 for installation and re-alignment.” · a real bill, shared publicly · source

Disclosure by law

The FTC Funeral Rule makes every funeral home give you an itemized General Price List. The list is required, but what families actually pay still swings wildly by home and state. source

$8,000+

The national median for a funeral with viewing and burial, before the cemetery plot and headstone, per the funeral industry’s own trade body. source

Priced blind

Most funeral homes still hide prices from their websites, so grieving families compare in person, at the worst possible moment. The numbers here fix that. source

What America actually pays

Every number below is a real price: a figure from a funeral home's General Price List, or a bill a family actually paid. Click through for the full spread.

Procedure	Prices	List	Paid	Delta
Basic services fee	8	$2,298$1,500–$4,000	—	—
Burial vault	9	$1,420$625–$2,395	$1,370$900–$1,840	−$50
Casket	9	$1,495$685–$7,855	$949$949–$949	−$546
Cemetery plot	6	$2,122$550–$4,750	—	—
Cremation with service	11	$5,304$2,760–$7,459	$5,650$4,800–$6,500	+$347
Crematory fee	6	$438$300–$500	$1,300$1,300–$1,300	+$863
Direct cremation	13	$1,770$995–$4,000	$1,500$695–$2,500	−$270
Embalming	5	$723$546–$1,100	—	—
Graveside service	3	$2,400$275–$3,170	—	—
Headstone	10	$1,100$1,000–$1,200	$3,739$1,520–$10,890	+$2,639
Traditional burial	10	$6,200$4,045–$9,995	$8,500$5,000–$12,000	+$2,300

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