About BurialFacts
How We Collect Funeral Prices
Where our funeral price data comes from and when we publish it.
Where the numbers come from
The FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to give price information over the phone and to provide an itemized General Price List in person. Some states also require funeral homes to post price lists online. We collect prices from these price lists and by phone, recording the funeral home, date and method for every figure.
What we publish
- Median prices, with the lowest and highest price we found.
- The number of funeral homes behind each figure and the collection date.
- No figure is published until at least 8 funeral homes have reported it.
- Prices are refreshed on a regular schedule.
National benchmark
We compare local prices with national medians from the National Funeral Directors Association, 2023 General Price List Study. Those medians cover funeral home charges only and exclude cemetery interment (plot and grave opening), monument or grave marker.