HomeFuneral costs by stateArizonaPhoenix
How much does a funeral cost in Phoenix, AZ?
A traditional burial with a service in the Phoenix metro area averages $6,800 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $13,890, which is about 1% above the Arizona figure of $13,770. The metro takes in Mesa and Chandler as well as Phoenix.
What Phoenix funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 47 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Phoenix area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,590. Family Burial and Cremation Center in Mesa is recorded at $610, Hansen Mortuary in Phoenix at $3,340, which is 5.5 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 47, 14 come in under $1,000, 18 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 9 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 6 ask $3,000 or more. 41 of them publishes a basic services fee as well, the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down. Ring three at random rather than one and you would expect to pay $620 less than the $1,733 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Burial and Cremation Center | Mesa, AZ | $610 | $500 |
| Angels Cremation & Burial | Mesa, AZ | $830 | $650 |
| Phoenix Cremation Society, LLC | Phoenix, AZ | $845 | |
| Arizona Cremation and Burial Services | Phoenix, AZ | $849 | |
| Peace Chapel Funeral Home | Phoenix, AZ | $850 | |
| All Care Cremation & Burial Services | Phoenix, AZ | $895 | $1,295 |
| Abel Funeral Services | Phoenix, AZ | $950 | $1,885 |
| A Wise Choice Desert View Chapel | Mesa, AZ | $970 | $1,095 |
| Ascend Cremations | Mesa, AZ | $975 | |
| Cremation Center of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $975 | $885 |
| Eastlake Mortuary | Phoenix, AZ | $975 | $895 |
| After.com | Mesa, AZ | $995 | |
| Horizon Funeral Care | Mesa, AZ | $995 | $845 |
| Accu-Care Cremation & Funerals | Phoenix, AZ | $995 | $721 |
| Advantage Funeral & Crematory Services-Colonial Chp | Phoenix, AZ | $1,115 | $600 |
| Legacy Funeral Home-Mesa | Mesa, AZ | $1,189 | $995 |
| A Legacy Funeral Home | Chandler, AZ | $1,310 | $995 |
| Sunflower Cremation and Burial LLC | Mesa, AZ | $1,327 | $1,250 |
| Legacy Funeral Home Rose Chapel | Mesa, AZ | $1,364 | $995 |
| Best Funeral Services Inc.- North Central Chapel | Phoenix, AZ | $1,414 | $1,095 |
| Lowmans Arizona Funeral Home | Phoenix, AZ | $1,485 | $1,050 |
| Meadow Memorials | Phoenix, AZ | $1,495 | $2,500 |
| Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services- Melcher Roses | Mesa, AZ | $1,590 | $995 |
| Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services (maryvale Chapel) | Phoenix, AZ | $1,590 | $600 |
| Phoenix Funeral & Cremation Services | Phoenix, AZ | $1,695 | $1,495 |
| Bunker's Garden Chapel | Mesa, AZ | $1,765 | $1,595 |
| Bunker's University Chapel | Mesa, AZ | $1,765 | $1,595 |
| Smart Cremation of Arizona LLC | Phoenix, AZ | $1,835 | |
| Preston Funeral Home | Phoenix, AZ | $1,920 | $1,495 |
| Whitney & Murphy Bueler Mortuary | Chandler, AZ | $1,930 | $1,095 |
| Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park & Funeral Care | Mesa, AZ | $1,975 | $2,625 |
| Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery LLC. | Mesa, AZ | $1,995 | $1,960 |
| Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary | Phoenix, AZ | $2,025 | $2,525 |
| Melcher Mortuary Mission Chapel & Crematory | Mesa, AZ | $2,040 | $1,425 |
| Funeraria del Angel Greer-Wilson Chapel | Phoenix, AZ | $2,045 | $695 |
| Red Mountain Funeral Home LLC | Mesa, AZ | $2,190 | $1,595 |
| Sinai Mortuary of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $2,270 | $1,995 |
| National Cremation Society | Phoenix, AZ | $2,422 | $930 |
| Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home | Phoenix, AZ | $2,580 | $1,550 |
| Lakeshore Mortuary | Mesa, AZ | $2,665 | $2,525 |
| A L Moore-Grimshaw Mortuaries | Phoenix, AZ | $2,980 | $2,595 |
| Resthaven Carr-Tenney Mortuary & Memorial Gardens | Phoenix, AZ | $3,040 | $2,525 |
| Shadow Mountain Mortuary | Phoenix, AZ | $3,040 | $2,525 |
| Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery & Funeral Home | Mesa, AZ | $3,070 | $1,895 |
| Phoenix Memorial Park and Mortuary | Phoenix, AZ | $3,105 | $2,525 |
| Valley of the Sun Mortuary & Cemetery | Chandler, AZ | $3,155 | $2,625 |
| Hansen Mortuary | Phoenix, AZ | $3,340 | $1,995 |
Recorded from Funeral Consumers Alliance survey in September 2026. The source publishes no date of its own. Prices for other homes on this list carry their own dates, shown on each home's page. They are the figures we hold rather than quotes, several are years old, and no funeral home is bound by them.
Estimated burial with a service in Phoenix
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$4,420
- Casket, standard$2,380
- Cemetery plot$2,430
- Opening and closing the grave$1,150
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,610
- Headstone or marker$1,900
Most families have no plan for this
A burial insurance policy is written to cover exactly this amount. It pays out in days rather than months, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam, only health questions.
The calculator is set to Phoenix. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 41 homes charge against the Arizona median, a factor of 0.98, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $13,890 in Phoenix
| Item | Billed by | Phoenix | Arizona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $4,420 | $4,530 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,380 | $2,390 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,430 | $2,140 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,150 | $1,180 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,610 | $1,620 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,900 | $1,910 |
| Total | $13,890 | $13,770 |
The 41 published fees above put Phoenix at $1,425 against $1,495 across Arizona, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.98, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Phoenix at 121.2 against 106.8 for Arizona (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Arizona page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Phoenix area
The Census counts 107 death care establishments in the Phoenix metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,024 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 47 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,730. That is 5.5 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Phoenix and Arizona as a whole.
Cremation in Phoenix
Cremation with a service models out at $4,980 here, about $1,820 less than a burial at the funeral home because there is no casket, plot, vault or headstone to buy. Strip the service out and the Phoenix homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,590, 47 of them measured, 14 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,390 on the ceremony, the viewing and the staff time around it. For a family choosing on price alone that gap is the whole decision, and it is a bigger number than anything the metro comparison above turns on.
Your rights when you ring a Phoenix funeral home
All 47 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Family Burial and Cremation Center at $610 and Hansen Mortuary at $3,340 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,590 in the middle of that list is worth $980 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Arizona funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $13,890 in Phoenix
$13,890 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $120 more than the Arizona average, which is the sort of thing people get wrong when they pick a round figure. It pays out in days rather than weeks, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam.
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How much does a funeral cost in Phoenix?
About $13,890 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $6,800 goes to the funeral home and $7,090 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Mountain survey median moved by what 41 Phoenix homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Phoenix than the rest of Arizona?
Yes, by about 1%, $13,890 against $13,770, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $610 to $3,340, a wider gap than the one between Phoenix and Arizona.
How much does cremation cost in Phoenix?
The middle of the 47 Phoenix area homes we hold a price for charges $1,590 for a direct cremation, from $610 at Family Burial and Cremation Center up to $3,340 at Hansen Mortuary. Add a service and the model puts it near $4,980. Every price here is one we hold rather than a quote, several are years old, and each carries its own date on that home's page.
Which funeral home is cheapest in Phoenix?
Family Burial and Cremation Center in Mesa, at $610, and 13 other Phoenix area homes are also under $1,000. Hansen Mortuary is $2,730 higher for the same service. Prices move and several of ours are years old, so treat the list as where to start ringing, worth about $620 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Phoenix funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Phoenix the published ones run $500 to $2,625 with $1,425 in the middle, across the 41 we hold. It is the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down, so it sets the floor under everything else on this page, and Family Burial and Cremation Center, cheapest here on cremation at $610, asks $500 for it.