Cremation prices

In the United States, 37% of deceased persons are cremated. Cremation price is often a factor in selecting this service over a traditional funeral and burial. While the average price of cremation was long survey by the National Cremation Research Council showed the average price for cremation to be even less. While cremation prices have risen over the last decade, they are outpaced by the rising cost of funerals.

Average price of cremation

The price for cremation becomes a significant factor when compared to the cost of a traditional funeral and burial. While cremation rates vary among cremation providers, they are consistently significantly less than the cost of alternate services.

Affordable cremation services

Affordable cremation services can be found at both funeral homes and independent cremation providers. If the price of cremation is a factor in your choice of providers, request pricing information and carefully compare. Some providers offer cremation prices for complete service packages, guaranteeing the price. Other services give a cremation price that includes only the cremation itself--the price of transportation and handling must still be added. Prices of cremation should be compared based on the total service.

For simplicity and the most affordable cremation, some people plan, for themselves in the future or for a recently deceased loved one, a direct cremation without a funeral, memorial service, or cemetery plot. Choosing cremation, however, does not preclude any of those services. While additional services add to cremation prices, a funeral or memorial service can be meaningful and healing for family and friends.

Following cremation, a family may choose to keep the ashes in a decorative urn or scatter the ashes. Alternatively, a family may choose a final resting spot for the cremated remains in a columbarium or cemetery plot. An affordable burial and cremation is possible. As cremated remains take little space when buried, cemeteries have flexibility in placement or the number of remains that can be placed in a family plot. This flexibility may lead to a cost savings. Families can choose an affordable cremation and still memorialize their loved one.

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