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: The National Funeral Directors Association states that the average cost of a "regular adult funeral" (funeral with embalming, viewing and a metal casket) is now $7,323. This sum is based on data from 2006 and does not including the cemetery plot, grave marker, flowers or obituary notices that are typically part of this type of funeral. With those added expenses and inflation the "regular adult funeral" is more realistically around at least $9,000. There are less expensive options. The least expensive direct cremation we’ve found is $540 offered by a crematory in Los Angeles, California. 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.