Title: Funeral Costs and Expenses: Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Headings: Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Funeral Costs and Expenses
Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Introduction
Typical Funeral Costs Summary Chart
Funeral Homes' General Price List (GPL)
Funeral Homes' Basic Services Fee
Funeral Package Fees
Descriptions and Costs of Itemized Funeral Service and Products

Content: This includes only the basics – transportation of the body to the crematory, cremation procedure and placement of the ashes (cremains) into a simple container for pick-up. You can invite friends and family over for a private memorial gathering. Prices for identical products and services can vary tremendously depending on whose selling the product and geographic location. The price for funeral services and products is sometimes difficult to determine. Vendors often require you to contact them for the price, making comparison difficult and time consuming. However, as you'll see from our analysis, it's worth taking the time to call around to compare prices before committing to any particular funeral home, product or service. Research your options, think about it and make the best decision for yourself and your loved ones. Typical Funeral Costs Summary Chart
(Table compiled in 2010; prices may be higher now)

LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
Burial Clothes - men

$170 to $400

Burial Clothes - women

$95 to $350

Burial Shroud

$195 to $1,000

Burial Vaults Costs
$795 to $900
$1,000 to $2,000
$2,200 to $14,000
Casket – cardboard/fiberboard
$50 to $100
$150 to $300
$300 to $500
Casket – wood or metal
$345 to $800
$1,000 to $3,000
$3,500 to $12,000
Clergy/Celebrant
$50 to $100
$150 to $250
$300 to $500
Death Certificate Fees (per copy)

$11 to $13

Direct Burial Package
$1,000 to $1,400
$1,600 to $1,800
$2,000 to $3,600
Direct Cremation Package
$500 to $800
$1,000 to $1,500
$1,800 to $3,000
Embalming Fees
$225 to $445
$500 to $680
$800 to $1,212
Flowers
$100 to $200
$220 to $360
$400 to $600
Funeral Ceremony Fees
$200 to $350
$400 to $600
$700 to $1,425
Funeral Homes' Basic Services
$480 to $695
$1,205 to $1,880
$2,200 to $3,000
Grave Markers, Monuments
$500 to $1,000
$1,200 to $2,000
$2,400 to $7,000
Grave Opening and Closing

$300 to $1,000

Grave Plot

$400 to $10,000

Grave Site Set Up

$100 - ask

Graveside Service
$200 to $300
$350 to $500
$550 to $1,700
Guest Register Book

$25 to $80

Hearse or Funeral Coach
$150 to $225
$300 to $400
$450 to $530
Limousine or Lead Vehicle
$75 to $135
$200 to $350
$425 to $520
Musician

around $150

Obituary

$0 to $600

Other Preparations - cosmetology, dressing, casketing
$50 to $100
$125 to $215
$250 to $363
Printed Materials – 100 Programs

$40 to $80

Service Car or Flower Car
$75 to $100
$150 to $300
$400 to $510
Storage and Refrigeration fees - Care of Remains
$35 per day
$50 per day
$100 per day
Temporary Burial Marker

around $20

Traditional Burial Package
$2,620 to $3,000
$3,200 to $4,700
$5,000 to $6,000
Transportation of the body to the Funeral Home
$125 to $175
$200 to $330
$350 to $500
Urns
$80 to $200
$250 to $350
$400 to $2,000
Viewing or Visitation Fees - funeral home facility and staff fee
$150 to $250
$300 to $450
$500 to $1,175
Funeral Homes' General Price List (GPL)
The Federal Trade Commission regulates funeral homes and has established a series of rules called - The Funeral Rule. The Funeral Rule protects consumers’ right to purchase funeral goods and services separately.