Funeral Professionals: Contact our member services department (800-228-6332) to purchase a copy of the report from the 2017 General Price List Survey; the report can also be purchased online.
Members of the Media: Please contact NFDA for a regional breakdown of the cost of a funeral with burial and funeral with cremation and further information about the 2017 General Price List Survey.
Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Burial4
Since the 1960s, NFDA has calculated the median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial by totaling the costs of the following items: basic services fee, removal/transfer of remains to funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body (casketing, cosmetology, dressing and grooming), a metal casket, use of facilities for a viewing, use of facilities for a funeral ceremony, use of a hearse, use of a service car/van, and a basic memorial printed package (e.g., memorial cards, register book, etc.).
The national median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial for calendar year 2019 was $7,640. If a vault is included, something that is typically required by a cemetery, the median cost is $9,135. The cost does not take into account cemetery, monument or marker costs or miscellaneous cash-advance charges, such as for flowers or an obituary.
Many factors contribute to the final determination of how an individual firm prices its goods and services, including the firm's business philosophy and the market in which it operates.
Item
|
2019*
|
2014*
|
Nondeclinable basic services fee
|
$2,195
|
$2,000
|
Removal/transfer of remains to funeral home
|
$350
|
$310
|
Embalming
|
$750
|
$695
|
Other preparation of the body
|
$255
|
$250
|
Use of facilities for viewing
|
$425
|
$420
|
Use of facilities for funeral ceremony
|
$500
|
$495
|
Hearse
|
$340
|
$318
|
Service car/van
|
$150
|
$143
|
Basic memorial printed package
|
$175
|
$155
|
Metal casket
|
$2,500
|
$2,395
|
Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Burial
|
$7,640
|
$7,181
|
Vault
|
$1,495
|
$1,327
|
Total with vault
|
$9,135
|
$8,508
|
National Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Cremation4
The national median cost of a funeral with viewing and cremation in 2019 was $5150.
NFDA calculated the median cost of a cost of an adult funeral with cremation by totaling the costs of the following items: basic services fee, removal/transfer of remains to funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body, use of facilities for viewing, use of facilities for a funeral ceremony, use of a service car/van, basic memorial printed package, cremation fee. The cost does not take into account the cost of a cremation casket, rental casket or cremation container; urn; miscellaneous cash advance charges; or cemetery costs for families that chose to bury or inter their loved one's cremated remains.
Item
|
2019* |
2014*
|
Nondeclinable basic services fee
|
$2,195 |
$2,000
|
Removal/transfer of remains to funeral home
|
$350 |
$310
|
Embalming
|
$750 |
$695
|
Other preparation of the body
|
$255 |
$250
|
Use of facilities for viewing
|
$425 |
$420
|
Use of facilities for funeral ceremony
|
$500 |
$495
|
Service car/van
|
$150 |
$143
|
Basic memorial printed package
|
$175 |
$155
|
Cremation fee (if firm uses a third-party crematory)**
|
$350 |
$330
|
Median Cost of a Funeral with Viewing and Cremation
|
$5,150 |
$4,798
|