10 PRICES TRACKED
Traditional burial funeral
The full package: viewing, service, casket and burial. The most expensive path once the plot and vault are added.
Every price we track (hover a dot)
The gap: advertised vs actually paid (medians)
People reported paying 37% more than the advertised list price for traditional burial.
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.
Quoted vs actually paid (real submissions)
The strongest signal there is: what one person was quoted, and what the same job actually cost them.
- quoted $5,000↔paid $5,0000%
AgingCare forum, poster's mother-in-law: transport, viewing, casket, one-hour service and burial
| Year | Region | Provider | What it was | List | Paid | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pennsylvania | Independent | Immediate burialKreamer Funeral Home & Crematory (Annville, PA) GPL, effective Oct 2025 - immediate burial | $4,045 | — | source |
| 2026 | Ohio | Independent | Traditional funeral package with evening visitation, service, and burialPackage price for evening visitation followed by a funeral service and burial the next day. Casket, vault, clergy honorarium, and cemetery charges billed separately. | $4,850 | — | source |
| 2019 | US unspecified | Unknown | Traditional burialAgingCare forum, poster's mother-in-law: transport, viewing, casket, one-hour service and burial | — | $5,000quoted $5,000 | source |
| 2025 | New Hampshire | Independent | Traditional funeral with burialRemick & Gendron Funeral Home (Hampton, NH) GPL - traditional funeral package (Offering A) | $5,865 | — | source |
| 2026 | Minnesota | Independent | Complete traditional funeral with viewing and visitationCovers funeral director services, facilities, viewing and visitation the day prior, and transportation. Casket and burial vault priced separately. | $6,200 | — | source |
| 2023 | US unspecified | Unknown | Traditional burial funeralNFDA 2023 national median, funeral with viewing and burial (excludes cemetery, vault and marker) | $8,300 | — | source |
| 2023 | National | Unknown | Traditional funeral with viewing and burial, national medianNFDA member General Price List Study median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial, casket included. Excludes cemetery plot, vault, monument, and cash-advance items. | $8,300survey avg | — | source |
| 2025 | Florida | Unknown | Traditional funeral with burialParting Stone average traditional funeral with burial including cemetery fees, Florida (approx) | $9,000 | — | source |
| 2023 | US unspecified | Unknown | Traditional burial funeral (with vault)Choice Mutual total cost of a burial funeral once a burial vault is added | $9,995 | — | source |
| 2025 | Illinois | Unknown | Traditional funeral with casket and burialCBS News report on a family who organized what they expected to be a modest funeral for their father. | — | $12,000 | source |
Common questions
How much does traditional burial cost in the US?
Across 10 real US prices, the median is $7,250, ranging from $4,045 to $12,000. These are published General Price List figures and bills families actually paid, not estimates.
Why do traditional burial 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 traditional burial?
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.