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Traditional Full Service Burial
$8,592
Average
Full Service Cremation
$6,250
Average
Affordable Burial
$5,138
Average
Direct Cremation
$2,202
Average
National Averages: Funeral Prices by Service Types
Traditional Full Service Burial
Traditional Full Service Burial includes funeral home basic service fee, embalming and care of body, a visitation or wake prior to the funeral, a service at either church or funeral home chapel, a funeral procession to the grave site and a committal service prior to the burial. The average cost of a casket is included.
Full Service Cremation
Full Service Cremation includes a visitation or wake prior to the funeral, a service at either church or funeral home chapel and basic cremation services, which include removal of deceased from the place of death, transfer to the crematory, and cremation services. The average cost of a cremation casket is included. Unless an urn has been purchased separately, the ashes are generally returned to the family in a cardboard box.
Affordable Burial
Affordable Burial, sometimes known as Immediate or Direct Burial, is the burial of a body without embalming, viewing or services. It includes basic services fee and transportation of the body from the place of death to the cemetery. The average cost of a basic casket is included.
Direct Cremation
Direct Cremation includes removal of the deceased from the place of death, transfer to the crematory, and cremation services. The average cost of an alternative cremation container is included. Unless an urn has been purchased separately, the ashes are generally returned to the family in a cardboard box.
Service Type
Low
High
Average
Traditional Full Service Burial
Low$4,850
High$21,475
Average$8,592
Full Service Cremation
Low$2,230
High$19,300
Average$6,250
Affordable Burial
Low$2,830
High$11,800
Average$5,138
Direct cremation
Low$275
High$9,800
Average$2,202
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Funeralocity has included national average prices for some merchandise items in the calculation of average funeral prices. Families may decide to select merchandise that is less or more expensive than the average. Values given here are the most recent national averages from the National Funeral Directors Association.
$3,500
Metal casket
$150
Alternative cremation container
$295
Urn
$175
Basic memorial printed package
$995
Rental casket
$1,200
Cremation casket
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