HomeFuneral costs by stateCaliforniaSacramento
How much does a funeral cost in Sacramento, CA?
A traditional burial with a service in the Sacramento metro area averages $8,340 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,990, which is about 2% below the California figure of $16,300. The metro takes in Roseville and Folsom as well as Sacramento.
What Sacramento funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 27 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Sacramento area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,645. Evergreen Memorial in Sacramento is recorded at $615, Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home in Sacramento at $3,290, which is 5.3 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 27, 8 come in under $1,000, 11 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 6 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 2 ask $3,000 or more. 26 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 $1,702 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Memorial | Sacramento, CA | $615 | $795 |
| Sharer-Nightingale Funeral Chapel | Sacramento, CA | $645 | $895 |
| All Faith Cremation | Sacramento, CA | $695 | $485 |
| North Sacramento Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $895 | $795 |
| Thompson Rose Chapel, Inc | Sacramento, CA | $950 | $1,400 |
| Morgan Jones Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $977 | $950 |
| Chapel of the Valley | Roseville, CA | $995 | $995 |
| Cochrane's Chapel Of The Roses | Roseville, CA | $995 | $1,595 |
| Latino American Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $1,300 | $1,700 |
| Ramsey Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Inc. | Sacramento, CA | $1,395 | $1,795 |
| Affordable Cremation & Burial Center | Sacramento, CA | $1,545 | $895 |
| Miller Funeral Home | Folsom, CA | $1,595 | $1,395 |
| Nautilus Society | Sacramento, CA | $1,595 | $975 |
| Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes | Sacramento, CA | $1,645 | $2,450 |
| Trident Society - Roseville | Roseville, CA | $1,732 | $750 |
| George L. Klumpp Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $1,950 | $1,650 |
| Green Valley Mortuary & Crematory | Folsom, CA | $1,975 | $1,950 |
| W.F. Gormley & Sons | Sacramento, CA | $1,975 | $1,985 |
| Neptune Society of Northern CA - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $1,995 | $780 |
| Smart Cremation Sacramento Regional Office | Roseville, CA | $2,200 | |
| East Lawn Mortuary | Sacramento, CA | $2,245 | $2,095 |
| Sierra Hills Memorial Park & East Lawn Mortuary | Sacramento, CA | $2,245 | $2,095 |
| Lambert Funeral Home | Roseville, CA | $2,340 | $1,880 |
| Lombard Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $2,340 | $1,880 |
| Sacramento Memorial Lawn | Sacramento, CA | $2,540 | $1,790 |
| Harry A. Nauman & Son | Sacramento, CA | $3,290 | $3,180 |
| Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home | Sacramento, CA | $3,290 | $3,180 |
Published June 24, 2014 by the Parting funeral home directory. 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 Sacramento.
Estimated burial with a service in Sacramento
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$5,710
- Casket, standard$2,630
- Cemetery plot$2,610
- Opening and closing the grave$1,160
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,780
- Headstone or marker$2,100
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 Sacramento. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 26 homes charge against the California median, a factor of 1.03, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,990 in Sacramento
| Item | Billed by | Sacramento | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $5,710 | $5,520 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,630 | $2,650 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,610 | $3,090 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,160 | $1,120 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,780 | $1,800 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,100 | $2,120 |
| Total | $15,990 | $16,300 |
The 26 published fees above put Sacramento at $1,623 against $1,495 across California, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.03, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Sacramento at 130.2 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 Sacramento area
The Census counts 75 death care establishments in the Sacramento metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 656 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 27 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,675. That is 5.3 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Sacramento and California as a whole.
Cremation in Sacramento
Cremation with a service models out at $6,220 here, about $2,120 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 Sacramento homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,645, 27 of them measured, 8 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,575 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 Sacramento funeral home
All 27 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Evergreen Memorial at $615 and Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home at $3,290 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,645 in the middle of that list is worth $1,030 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of California funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,990 in Sacramento
$15,990 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $310 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 Sacramento?
About $15,990 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $8,340 goes to the funeral home and $7,650 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Pacific survey median moved by what 26 Sacramento homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Sacramento than the rest of California?
No, it is about 2%, $15,990 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 $615 to $3,290, a wider gap than the one between Sacramento and California.
How much does cremation cost in Sacramento?
The middle of the 27 Sacramento area homes we hold a price for charges $1,645 for a direct cremation, from $615 at Evergreen Memorial up to $3,290 at Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,220. 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 Sacramento?
Evergreen Memorial in Sacramento, at $615, and 7 other Sacramento area homes are also under $1,000. Nicoletti, Culjis and Herberger Funeral Home is $2,675 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 Sacramento funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Sacramento the published ones run $485 to $3,180 with $1,623 in the middle, across the 26 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 Evergreen Memorial, cheapest here on cremation at $615, asks $795 for it.
Other metro areas in California
- Los Angeles$15,820
- San Francisco$17,790
- San Diego$16,160