HomeFuneral costs by stateCaliforniaLos Angeles
How much does a funeral cost in Los Angeles, CA?
A traditional burial with a service in the Los Angeles metro area averages $7,490 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,820, which is about 3% below the California figure of $16,300. The metro takes in Long Beach and Anaheim as well as Los Angeles.
What Los Angeles funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 46 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Los Angeles area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,625. Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary in Los Angeles is recorded at $620, Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles at $4,725, which is 7.6 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 46, 13 come in under $1,000, 21 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 9 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 3 ask $3,000 or more. 37 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 $610 less than the $1,701 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $620 | $757 |
| Belmont Heights Funeral Center | Long Beach, CA | $695 | $895 |
| Latino-Americana Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $750 | $995 |
| Abbott & Hast Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $790 | $645 |
| Los Angeles Funeral Home, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $875 | $995 |
| Undertaking LA | Los Angeles, CA | $875 | $696 |
| McKenzie Mortuary Services | Long Beach, CA | $895 | $2,595 |
| Solomon's Mortuary Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $950 | $825 |
| Long Beach Colonial Mortuary Inc | Long Beach, CA | $975 | $1,050 |
| Boyd Funeral Home | Los Angeles, CA | $995 | $1,300 |
| Cedar Hill Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $995 | |
| Clarity Funerals & Cremation | Los Angeles, CA | $995 | |
| Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery Mortuary Crematory | Los Angeles, CA | $998 | $850 |
| House Of Winston Funeral Services | Los Angeles, CA | $1,050 | $1,595 |
| Anubis | Los Angeles, CA | $1,095 | |
| Angelus Funeral Home | Los Angeles, CA | $1,250 | $1,050 |
| Allay Cremation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,295 | |
| Hollywood Forever Cemetery | Los Angeles, CA | $1,450 | $915 |
| Los Angeles Funeral Service Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,495 | $995 |
| Hilgenfeld Mortuary | Anaheim, CA | $1,520 | $1,300 |
| Malinow & Silverman Mortuary Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,595 | $1,700 |
| Ted's Affordable Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $1,595 | $995 |
| South Los Angeles Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $1,600 | $700 |
| East Olympic Funeral Home | Los Angeles, CA | $1,650 | $795 |
| Rachal's Funeral Home | Los Angeles, CA | $1,650 | $250 |
| Fukui Mortuary, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $1,675 | $2,280 |
| Harrison-Ross Funeral Homes | Los Angeles, CA | $1,695 | $895 |
| Optima Funeral Home (English) | Los Angeles, CA | $1,850 | |
| Optima Funeral Home (Spanish) | Los Angeles, CA | $1,850 | |
| Home of Peace Memorial Park | Los Angeles, CA | $1,860 | $1,250 |
| Los Angeles Funeral Services | Los Angeles, CA | $1,875 | $500 |
| Luyben Family Dilday-Mottell Mortuary | Long Beach, CA | $1,895 | $2,390 |
| Continental Funeral Home | Los Angeles, CA | $1,995 | $1,895 |
| Natural Grace | Los Angeles, CA | $1,995 | $1,995 |
| Fukui Mortuary (NOT ON WEBSITE) | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | |
| Funeraria Del Angel Lincoln Heights | Los Angeles, CA | $2,070 | $1,495 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Anaheim | Anaheim, CA | $2,215 | $1,495 |
| Kubota Nikkei Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $2,290 | $1,495 |
| Melrose Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary | Anaheim, CA | $2,410 | $1,995 |
| Guerra-Gutierrez Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $2,475 | $3,045 |
| All Souls Mortuary | Long Beach, CA | $2,620 | $2,785 |
| Calvary Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $2,620 | $2,785 |
| Luyben Dilday Mortuary | Long Beach, CA | $2,895 | |
| Han Kook Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | $1,195 |
| Felipe Bagues Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $3,602 | $1,840 |
| Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary | Los Angeles, CA | $4,725 |
Recorded from the Parting funeral home directory 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. Every funeral home in Los Angeles.
Estimated burial with a service in Los Angeles
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$4,830
- Casket, standard$2,660
- Cemetery plot$3,410
- Opening and closing the grave$980
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,810
- Headstone or marker$2,130
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 Los Angeles. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 40 homes charge against the California median, a factor of 0.88, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,820 in Los Angeles
| Item | Billed by | Los Angeles | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $4,830 | $5,520 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,660 | $2,650 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $3,410 | $3,090 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $980 | $1,120 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,810 | $1,800 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,130 | $2,120 |
| Total | $15,820 | $16,300 |
The 40 published fees above put Los Angeles at $1,123 against $1,495 across California, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.88, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Los Angeles at 170.4 against 154.3 for California (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the California page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Los Angeles area
The Census counts 290 death care establishments in the Los Angeles metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 5,107 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 46 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $4,105. That is 7.6 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Los Angeles and California as a whole.
Cremation in Los Angeles
Cremation with a service models out at $5,270 here, about $2,220 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 Los Angeles homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,625, 46 of them measured, 13 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,645 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 Los Angeles funeral home
All 46 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary at $620 and Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary at $4,725 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,625 in the middle of that list is worth $1,005 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of California funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,820 in Los Angeles
$15,820 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $480 less than the California 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 Los Angeles?
About $15,820 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,490 goes to the funeral home and $8,330 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Pacific survey median moved by what 40 Los Angeles homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Los Angeles than the rest of California?
No, it is about 3%, $15,820 against $16,300, and it is largely the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $620 to $4,725, a wider gap than the one between Los Angeles and California.
How much does cremation cost in Los Angeles?
The middle of the 46 Los Angeles area homes we hold a price for charges $1,625 for a direct cremation, from $620 at Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary up to $4,725 at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary. Add a service and the model puts it near $5,270. 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 Los Angeles?
Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary in Los Angeles, at $620, and 12 other Los Angeles area homes are also under $1,000. Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary is $4,105 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 $610 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Los Angeles funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Los Angeles the published ones run $250 to $3,045 with $1,123 in the middle, across the 40 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 Armstrong Family Malloy-Mitten Mortuary, cheapest here on cremation at $620, asks $757 for it.
Other metro areas in California
- San Francisco$17,790
- San Diego$16,160
- Sacramento$15,990