National medians
How much more than direct cremation
The baseline is $2,750, direct cremation when the funeral home supplies the container. Each row is another published package median, not an add-on to that price.
Direct cremation
Family’s container
$2,645$105 less
Immediate burial
Family’s container
$2,995$245 more
Immediate burial
Funeral home’s container
$3,720$970 more
Viewing and cremation
Funeral, then cremation
$6,280$3,530 more
Viewing and burial
No vault
$8,300$5,550 more
Viewing, burial, and vault
Full burial funeral
$9,995$7,245 more
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