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For families arranging a cremation, now or ahead of time

A clear price,
at a hard time.

If someone close to you has died, we’re sorry for your loss. Read at your own pace; the numbers are here when you need them.

The national median for direct cremation is $2,750 when the funeral home provides the container. A funeral with a viewing and cremation is $6,280. Crematories.net shows that gap beside each state’s cremation rate, and shows a funeral home’s price only when its own General Price List is published.

See the price benchmarksWhat direct cremation includes
Pressed sprig of sagebrush taped to a herbarium sheet
Nevada · State flowerArtemisia tridentataSagebrushNevada has the highest projected cremation rate: 84.7% in 2025.

Direct cremation, home’s container

$2,750

Family’s container $2,645

Viewing and cremation

$6,280

National median, NFDA 2023

Projected US cremation rate

63.4%

NFDA 2025 Cremation & Burial Report

Direct cremation and a full funeral are not the same price.

Pick the package, then read the gapNational median, NFDA 2023
Median

  • The same direct cremation, with the container the funeral home supplies. Half of the surveyed funeral homes charged less, and half charged more. This is not a quote for a home in your city.

These are national medians. A local funeral home can charge less or more. The number to compare is the one on its General Price List.

Three things that help, one at a time.

  1. Separate the package

    A home that offers direct cremation has to price it on its General Price List. A viewing, embalming, and a ceremony are what push a cremation toward the $6,280 median.

  2. Read the list

    The FTC Funeral Rule says a funeral home must hand you a General Price List in person, and the direct-cremation price already includes the basic services fee.

  3. Compare homes

    When a funeral home publishes its General Price List, its price appears beside the others in its city, sorted by the direct cremation price.

Where cremation is already the default

These are NFDA’s projected 2025 cremation rates. They describe how people are dispositioned. They are not a local price.

Twig of eastern white pine with needles in bundles of five and a long cone
Maine · State flowerPinus strobusWhite pine cone and tasselNeedles in bundles of five.

Highest projected rates, 2025

Each state beside its own state flower.

Lowest projected rates, 2025

Guides

Sources

National price medians are from the NFDA 2023 General Price List Study, published in the 2024 NFDA Cremation & Burial Report. State cremation rates are that report’s 2025 projections, not a funeral home’s current price. A funeral home’s price is shown only after its own General Price List is published; no local price here is estimated. Sources and method