HomeFuneral costs by stateFloridaTampa
How much does a funeral cost in Tampa, FL?
A traditional burial with a service in the Tampa metro area averages $7,890 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,330, which is about 2% above the Florida figure of $15,060. The metro takes in St. Petersburg and Clearwater as well as Tampa.
What Tampa funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 40 funeral homes trading across 4 towns in the Tampa area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,635. Tampa Cremation LLC in Tampa is recorded at $695, Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC in Clearwater at $3,190, which is 4.6 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 40, 4 come in under $1,000, 21 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 12 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 3 ask $3,000 or more. Every one 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 $560 less than the $1,799 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Cremation LLC | Tampa, FL | $695 | $525 |
| Swilley Funeral Home & Cremation Service Inc | Tampa, FL | $795 | $595 |
| McRae Funeral Home | Saint Petersburg, FL | $825 | $2,450 |
| Foundation Partners of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $995 | $1,595 |
| Adams & Jennings Funeral Home Inc | Tampa, FL | $1,085 | $2,195 |
| Royal Palm Funeral Chapel & Memorial Parks | Saint Petersburg, FL | $1,090 | $960 |
| Stonemor Florida Subsidiary LLC | Tampa, FL | $1,195 | $890 |
| Bay Area Family Funeral Services, Inc. | Tampa, FL | $1,220 | $1,990 |
| Best Care Cremation LLC | Clearwater, FL | $1,245 | $1,295 |
| Rhodes Funeral Directors Inc | Clearwater, FL | $1,245 | $1,325 |
| Smith-Young's Funeral Home Inc | Clearwater, FL | $1,300 | $1,325 |
| A Life Tribute Funeral Care | Tampa, FL | $1,320 | $975 |
| Sunset Point Funeral Home | Clearwater, FL | $1,335 | $1,595 |
| Zion Hill Mortuary | Saint Petersburg, FL | $1,395 | $1,195 |
| Degusipe St Petersburg LLC | St Petersburg, FL | $1,395 | $1,700 |
| Gunter, E Dale, Funeral Home & Crematory Services Inc | Saint Petersburg, FL | $1,425 | $1,685 |
| Ray Williams Funeral Home Inc | Tampa, FL | $1,485 | $1,500 |
| Thomas J Brett Funeral Home Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $1,495 | $2,365 |
| DeMarco Family Funeral and Cremation | Tampa, FL | $1,535 | $1,970 |
| Driscoll Investments LLC | St Petersburg, FL | $1,595 | $1,995 |
| Annette Tasker Jackson | Tampa, FL | $1,675 | $1,350 |
| Loyless Funeral Home - Arrangement Center | Tampa, FL | $1,675 | $1,975 |
| Aikens Funeral Home | Tampa, FL | $1,725 | $2,000 |
| Sci Funeral Services of Florida LLC | Clearwater, FL | $1,852 | $800 |
| Brewer & Sons Funeral Home Miguel Fuentes Chapel | Tampa, FL | $1,995 | $1,995 |
| Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $2,040 | $2,590 |
| Wilson Brothers Incorp | Tampa, FL | $2,140 | $3,035 |
| Gonzalez Funeral Home | Tampa, FL | $2,195 | $2,565 |
| SE Combined Services of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $2,295 | $2,565 |
| SE Combined Services of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $2,295 | $2,565 |
| SE Funeral Homes of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $2,295 | $2,565 |
| SE Funeral Homes of Florida LLC | Tampa, FL | $2,295 | $2,565 |
| Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC | St Petersburg, FL | $2,340 | $2,495 |
| Creal Funeral Home | Saint Petersburg, FL | $2,395 | $3,295 |
| SE Combined Services of Florida LLC | Clearwater, FL | $2,690 | $2,995 |
| Veterans Funeral Care Inc | Clearwater, FL | $2,975 | $2,935 |
| Beth David Memorial Chapel-Jewish F Dirs | Saint Petersburg, FL | $2,975 | $2,935 |
| Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Crematory Services | St Petersburg, FL | $3,120 | $2,495 |
| Foundation Partners of Florida LLC | St Petersburg, FL | $3,120 | $2,495 |
| Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC | Clearwater, FL | $3,190 | $2,995 |
Published April 24, 2023 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 Tampa.
Estimated burial with a service in Tampa
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$5,510
- Casket, standard$2,380
- Cemetery plot$2,510
- Opening and closing the grave$1,400
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,620
- Headstone or marker$1,910
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 Tampa. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 41 homes charge against the Florida median, a factor of 1.05, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,330 in Tampa
| Item | Billed by | Tampa | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $5,510 | $5,220 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,380 | $2,450 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,510 | $2,440 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,400 | $1,330 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,620 | $1,660 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,910 | $1,960 |
| Total | $15,330 | $15,060 |
The 41 published fees above put Tampa at $1,995 against $1,800 across Florida, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.05, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Tampa at 125.8 against 122.1 for Florida (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Florida page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Tampa area
The Census counts 110 death care establishments in the Tampa metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,048 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 40 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,495. That is 4.6 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Tampa and Florida as a whole.
Cremation in Tampa
Cremation with a service models out at $6,090 here, about $1,800 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 Tampa homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,635, 40 of them measured, 4 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,455 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 Tampa funeral home
All 40 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Tampa Cremation LLC at $695 and Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC at $3,190 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,635 in the middle of that list is worth $940 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Florida funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,330 in Tampa
$15,330 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $270 more than the Florida 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 Tampa?
About $15,330 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,890 goes to the funeral home and $7,440 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the South Atlantic survey median moved by what 41 Tampa homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Tampa than the rest of Florida?
Yes, by about 2%, $15,330 against $15,060, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $695 to $3,190, a wider gap than the one between Tampa and Florida.
How much does cremation cost in Tampa?
The middle of the 40 Tampa area homes we hold a price for charges $1,635 for a direct cremation, from $695 at Tampa Cremation LLC up to $3,190 at Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,090. 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 Tampa?
Tampa Cremation LLC in Tampa, at $695, and 3 other Tampa area homes are also under $1,000. Northstar Funeral Services of Florida LLC is $2,495 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 $560 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Tampa funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Tampa the published ones run $525 to $3,295 with $1,995 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 Tampa Cremation LLC, cheapest here on cremation at $695, asks $525 for it.
Other metro areas in Florida
- Miami$16,260
- Jacksonville$15,030