9 PRICES TRACKED

Burial vault or grave liner

A required outer container in most cemeteries. An often-unexpected line item with a wide price range.

$1,370median paid

$1,420median list

$625lowest

$2,395highest

3.8×spread

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Every price we track (hover a dot)

List priceActually paid

The gap: advertised vs actually paid (medians)

List price (advertised)$1,4206 prices

↓$50 less

Actually paid (reported)$1,3702 prices

People reported paying 4% less than the advertised list price for burial vault.

List prices are advertised prices; paid figures are what people reported, often for different cases and from a small sample so far. Treat the gap as a signal, not a quote.

Year	Region	Provider	What it was	List	Paid	Src
2024	Texas	Independent	Concrete grave linerSuperior Memorial Service: basic concrete grave liner	$625	—	source
2018	Louisiana	Independent	Burial vault, bundled with grave openingReader comment, Simmons and Son Burial Vaults, New Roads LA, posted January 2018. Bundled price, not vault alone.	—	$900	source
2026	Texas	Independent	Concrete grave linerBill DeBerry Funeral Directors, Denton, Texas, general price list: basic concrete grave liner	$995	—	source
2020	Illinois	Independent	Standard lined burial vaultFred C. Dames Funeral Home (Joliet, IL) outer burial container list, effective Jan 2020 - standard lined vault	$1,145	—	source
2023	US unspecified	Unknown	Burial vaultNFDA 2023 median burial vault (via Finder)	$1,695	—	source
2023	National	Unknown	Burial vault national medianNFDA 2023 Member General Price List Study, national median price for a burial vault, up 7.8 percent from the prior survey period	$1,695survey avg	—	source
2019	South Carolina	Independent	Burial vaultReader comment, Bryant Funeral Home, St. George SC, Monticello vault, posted January 2019	—	$1,840	source
2026	Texas	Independent	Burial vaultBill DeBerry Funeral Directors, Denton, Texas, general price list: standard concrete vault with inner liner and butyl sealant	$1,950	—	source
2023	Texas	Independent	Grave vault (Continental, Wilbert)Ben Davis Funeral Home (Columbus, TX) price list, effective Sept 2023 - Continental Grave Vault (Wilbert)	$2,395	—	source

Common questions

How much does burial vault cost in the US?

Across 9 real US prices, the median is $1,695, ranging from $625 to $2,395. These are published General Price List figures and bills families actually paid, not estimates.

Why do burial vault prices vary so much?

Funeral homes set their own fees, and third-party costs like the cemetery plot or crematory vary by state. A national chain and a local independent can be thousands apart for the same service.

How can I pay less for burial vault?

Ask several funeral homes for their General Price List (they must give it to you under the FTC Funeral Rule), compare the basic services fee, consider a direct cremation, and buy your own casket if you want. You are never obliged to accept the first quote.

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Methodology: prices here are figures from funeral homes' General Price Lists (required by the FTC Funeral Rule) and bills families reported paying. Each row says which it is, with a link to the source where one exists. We never estimate and no sponsor can touch a number.