National medians
Compare two packages
Put a direct cremation next to a funeral with a viewing, or a cremation next to a burial. The gap is the difference between two published medians.
$2,750
The same direct cremation, with the container the funeral home supplies.
$6,280
Embalming, a viewing, a ceremony, a service vehicle, printed materials, a container, and an urn.
The gap is $3,530. Viewing and cremation is higher. Both figures are 2023 national medians, not a quote from a funeral home.
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