HomeFuneral costs by stateColoradoDenver
How much does a funeral cost in Denver, CO?
A traditional burial with a service in the Denver metro area averages $7,150 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,010, which is about 2% above the Colorado figure of $14,650. The metro takes in Aurora and Centennial as well as Denver.
What Denver funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 37 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Denver area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,345. Infinity Direct Cremations in Denver is recorded at $745, Horan & McCanaty in Aurora at $3,500, which is 4.7 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 37, 12 come in under $1,000, 17 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 7 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 1 ask $3,000 or more. 28 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 $500 less than the $1,483 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinity Direct Cremations | Denver, CO | $745 | |
| Kramer Family LLC | Denver, CO | $749 | |
| Piece Of Heaven, Inc | Aurora, CO | $769 | |
| A Better Place Funeral | Denver, CO | $775 | |
| Mile High Family Mortuary and Cremation Services | Denver, CO | $795 | |
| Abbott Funeral Services | Aurora, CO | $895 | $725 |
| Acorn Cremation Center | Denver, CO | $895 | $725 |
| 5280 Cremation and Funeral Service | Aurora, CO | $995 | $1,395 |
| Harris Funeral Directors | Aurora, CO | $995 | $1,595 |
| Taylor Funeral and Cremation Services | Aurora, CO | $995 | $1,890 |
| Tulip Cremation | Denver, CO | $995 | |
| Two Rivers Cremation | Denver, CO | $995 | |
| Marshalls Mortuary and Cremation Service | Denver, CO | $1,040 | $695 |
| Cremation Society of Colorado-East | Aurora, CO | $1,045 | $595 |
| Front Range Cremation & Burial Services | Denver, CO | $1,125 | $1,000 |
| Trevino Mortuary Memorial Chapel | Denver, CO | $1,140 | $995 |
| A.B.T. Cremation | Denver, CO | $1,195 | $595 |
| Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions - East Metro Chapel | Aurora, CO | $1,245 | $970 |
| Easy Cremation | Aurora, CO | $1,345 | |
| All-States Cremation | Centennial, CO | $1,395 | $680 |
| Burns-Curl Funeral Home and Cremation Services | Denver, CO | $1,398 | $1,695 |
| Pipkin Braswell Funeral & Cremation Inc | Denver, CO | $1,450 | $1,895 |
| Romero Family Funeral Home - Denver | Denver, CO | $1,495 | $1,495 |
| Advantage Aurora Chase Chapel | Aurora, CO | $1,520 | $995 |
| Newcomer Funeral Home -East Metro | Aurora, CO | $1,555 | $1,305 |
| Monarch Society, Inc. | Denver, CO | $1,600 | $1,300 |
| National Cremation Society | Denver, CO | $1,614 | $1,040 |
| Olinger-Moore Howard Chapel | Denver, CO | $1,695 | $2,495 |
| Feldman Mortuary | Denver, CO | $1,995 | $2,295 |
| Be a Tree Cremation, LLC | Denver, CO | $2,100 | |
| Olinger Hampden Gardens | Denver, CO | $2,120 | $2,375 |
| Horan & McConaty Funeral Home | Centennial, CO | $2,345 | $2,495 |
| Archdiocese of Denver Mortuary at Caldwell Kirk | Denver, CO | $2,350 | $2,050 |
| Fairmount Funeral Home, Cemetery and Crematory | Denver, CO | $2,395 | $2,695 |
| Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary | Centennial, CO | $2,600 | $2,730 |
| Feldman Mortuary, Inc. | Denver, CO | $2,995 | $2,745 |
| Horan & McCanaty | Aurora, CO | $3,500 | $3,095 |
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. Every funeral home in Denver.
Estimated burial with a service in Denver
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$4,620
- Casket, standard$2,530
- Cemetery plot$2,940
- Opening and closing the grave$1,190
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,710
- Headstone or marker$2,020
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 Denver. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 29 homes charge against the Colorado median, a factor of 0.97, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,010 in Denver
| Item | Billed by | Denver | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $4,620 | $4,760 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,530 | $2,470 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,940 | $2,550 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,190 | $1,230 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,710 | $1,670 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,020 | $1,970 |
| Total | $15,010 | $14,650 |
The 29 published fees above put Denver at $1,495 against $1,610 across Colorado, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.97, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Denver at 146.9 against 127.4 for Colorado (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Colorado page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Denver area
The Census counts 70 death care establishments in the Denver metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 771 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 37 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,755. That is 4.7 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Denver and Colorado as a whole.
Cremation in Denver
Cremation with a service models out at $5,200 here, about $1,950 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 Denver homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,345, 37 of them measured, 12 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,855 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 Denver funeral home
All 37 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Infinity Direct Cremations at $745 and Horan & McCanaty at $3,500 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,345 in the middle of that list is worth $600 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Colorado funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,010 in Denver
$15,010 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $360 more than the Colorado 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 Denver?
About $15,010 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,150 goes to the funeral home and $7,860 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Mountain survey median moved by what 29 Denver homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Denver than the rest of Colorado?
Yes, by about 2%, $15,010 against $14,650, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $745 to $3,500, a wider gap than the one between Denver and Colorado.
How much does cremation cost in Denver?
The middle of the 37 Denver area homes we hold a price for charges $1,345 for a direct cremation, from $745 at Infinity Direct Cremations up to $3,500 at Horan & McCanaty. Add a service and the model puts it near $5,200. 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 Denver?
Infinity Direct Cremations in Denver, at $745, and 11 other Denver area homes are also under $1,000. Horan & McCanaty is $2,755 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 $500 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Denver funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Denver the published ones run $595 to $8,500 with $1,495 in the middle, across the 29 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.