Funeral Professionals: Contact our member services department (800-228-6332) to purchase a copy of the report from the 2017 General Price List Survey; the report can also be purchased online.

Members of the Media: Please contact NFDA for a regional breakdown of the cost of a funeral with burial and funeral with cremation and further information about the 2017 General Price List Survey.

Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Burial4

Since the 1960s, NFDA has calculated the median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial by totaling the costs of the following items: basic services fee, removal/transfer of remains to funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body (casketing, cosmetology, dressing and grooming), a metal casket, use of facilities for a viewing, use of facilities for a funeral ceremony, use of a hearse, use of a service car/van, and a basic memorial printed package (e.g., memorial cards, register book, etc.).

The national median cost of a funeral with viewing and burial for calendar year 2019 was $7,640. If a vault is included, something that is typically required by a cemetery, the median cost is $9,135. The cost does not take into account cemetery, monument or marker costs or miscellaneous cash-advance charges, such as for flowers or an obituary.

Many factors contribute to the final determination of how an individual firm prices its goods and services, including the firm's business philosophy and the market in which it operates.

National Median Cost of an Adult Funeral with Viewing and Burial: 2019 vs. 2014 Item 2019* 2014* Nondeclinable basic services fee $2,195 $2,000 Removal/transfer of remains to funeral home $350 $310 Embalming $750 $695 Other preparation of the body $255 $250 Use of facilities for viewing $425 $420 Use of facilities for funeral ceremony $500 $495 Hearse $340 $318 Service car/van $150 $143 Basic memorial printed package $175 $155 Metal casket $2,500 $2,395 Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Burial $7,640 $7,181 Vault $1,495 $1,327 Total with vault $9,135 $8,508

National Median Cost of a Funeral With Viewing and Cremation4

The national median cost of a funeral with viewing and cremation in 2019 was $5150.

NFDA calculated the median cost of a cost of an adult funeral with cremation by totaling the costs of the following items: basic services fee, removal/transfer of remains to funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body, use of facilities for viewing, use of facilities for a funeral ceremony, use of a service car/van, basic memorial printed package, cremation fee. The cost does not take into account the cost of a cremation casket, rental casket or cremation container; urn; miscellaneous cash advance charges; or cemetery costs for families that chose to bury or inter their loved one's cremated remains.