Independent funeral cost research
Real funeral prices, from real price lists.
Every U.S. funeral home is required to publish an itemized General Price List. We collect them, verify them, and turn them into a plain, honest answer to “how much will this cost?” — sourced, dated, and never guessed at.
Start with a rough figure
Three questions, no form, no phone call. Built from 35 price lists we’ve collected and read.
Estimated cremation cost in the United States
$1,920
Typically $1,037 – $2,420 · 35 price lists from the Los Angeles–Orange County area, the Chicago area, the Houston area, the Phoenix area, and the Tampa Bay area
Why this is different
Most cost guides recycle the same national industry averages. Our numbers come from published General Price Lists we’ve collected directly from funeral homes, each with a source link and a collection date. Where we don’t yet have enough local data, we say so plainly and show the industry baseline instead. See how we do it on our methodology page.