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Separate the package
Direct cremation is a required line on a General Price List. A viewing, embalming, and a ceremony are what push a cremation toward the $6,280 median.
US cremation price directory
Direct cremation and a full funeral are not the same price.
The national median for direct cremation is $2,750 when the funeral home provides the container. A funeral with a viewing and cremation is $6,280. Crematories.net shows that gap, state by state, and lists a funeral home only when its General Price List is on file.
Direct cremation, home’s container
$2,750
Family’s container $2,645
Viewing and cremation
$6,280
National median, NFDA 2023
Projected US cremation rate
63.4%
NFDA 2025 Cremation & Burial Report
Where cremation is already the default
These are NFDA’s projected 2025 cremation rates. They describe how people are dispositioned. They are not a local price.
Highest projected rates
- Nevada84.7%
- Maine83.3%
- Oregon82.5%
- Washington81.5%
Lowest projected rates
- Mississippi36.3%
- Alabama44.2%
- Kentucky45.9%
- Utah47.9%
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Read the list
The FTC Funeral Rule says a funeral home must hand you a General Price List in person, and the direct-cremation price already includes the basic services fee.
3
Compare homes
When a funeral home’s list is ingested, it appears beside the others in its city, sorted by the direct cremation price.
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 home is added to this directory only after its own General Price List is on file.