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How much does a funeral cost in Baltimore, MD?
A traditional burial with a service in the Baltimore metro area averages $8,330 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,950, which is about 1% below the Maryland figure of $16,100. The metro takes in Columbia and Towson as well as Baltimore.
What Baltimore funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 50 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Baltimore area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,848. Cremation & Funeral Alternatives in Baltimore is recorded at $725, Sol Levinson Funeral Services - Columbia in Columbia at $4,250, which is 5.9 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 50, 6 come in under $1,000, 21 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 19 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 4 ask $3,000 or more. 33 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 $650 less than the $1,989 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cremation & Funeral Alternatives | Baltimore, MD | $725 | $1,095 |
| Joseph H Brown Jr Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $875 | $1,600 |
| Hari P Close Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $950 | |
| Serenity Funeral and Cremation Services | Baltimore, MD | $975 | |
| Affordable Funeral Services | Baltimore, MD | $985 | |
| John L Williams Funeral Directors - Midtown Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $995 | $1,550 |
| DabrowskiChojnacki Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,020 | $2,795 |
| Chatman - Harris Funeral Home East | Baltimore, MD | $1,060 | $1,295 |
| Chatman - Harris Funeral Home West | Baltimore, MD | $1,060 | $1,295 |
| Edith D Wynn Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $1,120 | |
| Marzullo Funeral Chapel | Baltimore, MD | $1,295 | |
| Howell Funeral Homes - Baltimore East | Baltimore, MD | $1,300 | $1,500 |
| Teah Funeral Services | Baltimore, MD | $1,400 | |
| James A Morton & Sons Funeral Homes - Laurens Street | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | $1,595 |
| Parker Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | |
| Brooks Clinton Funeral Service - North Avenue | Baltimore, MD | $1,540 | |
| Charles S Zeiler & Son | Baltimore, MD | $1,570 | $2,170 |
| McCully-Polyniak Funeral Home PA | Baltimore, MD | $1,595 | $1,495 |
| Calvin B Scruggs Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,600 | $2,100 |
| The Derrick C Jones Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,650 | |
| Parkview Funeral Home & Cremation Service | Baltimore, MD | $1,710 | $2,425 |
| Carlton C Douglass Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $1,750 | $1,500 |
| Charles L Stevens Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,764 | |
| Estep Brothers Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $1,800 | $1,650 |
| Gary P March Funeral Home - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,800 | $1,575 |
| Loudon Park Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,895 | $2,495 |
| Ronald Taylor II Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $1,995 | $2,450 |
| David J Weber Funeral Homes | Baltimore, MD | $2,035 | $2,185 |
| David J Weber Funeral Homes | Baltimore, MD | $2,035 | $2,185 |
| Lilly & Zeiler - Eastern Avenue | Baltimore, MD | $2,200 | $1,975 |
| Lilly & Zeiler - South Conkling Street | Baltimore, MD | $2,200 | $1,975 |
| Hubbard Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $2,270 | $2,995 |
| March Funeral Home - East | Baltimore, MD | $2,400 | $1,750 |
| March Funeral Home - West | Baltimore, MD | $2,400 | $1,750 |
| Charles S Zannino Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $2,445 | $1,995 |
| Vaughn C Greene | Baltimore, MD | $2,445 | |
| William C Brown Community Funeral Home - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $2,450 | |
| Wylie Funeral Home - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $2,450 | $1,450 |
| Kaczorowski Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $2,495 | |
| Redd Funeral Service | Baltimore, MD | $2,650 | |
| Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk | Baltimore, MD | $2,660 | |
| Ruck, Leonard J, Inc Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $2,685 | $2,695 |
| Ruck Towson Funeral Home | Towson, MD | $2,685 | $2,695 |
| Witzke Funeral Homes, Inc. | Columbia, MD | $2,820 | |
| Johnson - Fosbrink Funeral Home | Towson, MD | $2,845 | $2,050 |
| Walker's Life Memorial Center | Baltimore, MD | $2,890 | |
| Mitchell - Wiedefeld Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $3,525 | $2,645 |
| Burgee - Henss - Seitz Funeral Home | Baltimore, MD | $3,595 | $3,880 |
| Duda - Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk | Baltimore, MD | $3,615 | $2,695 |
| Sol Levinson Funeral Services - Columbia | Columbia, MD | $4,250 | $2,350 |
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 Baltimore.
Estimated burial with a service in Baltimore
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$5,770
- Casket, standard$2,560
- Cemetery plot$2,360
- Opening and closing the grave$1,470
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,740
- Headstone or marker$2,050
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 Baltimore. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 33 homes charge against the Maryland median, a factor of 0.99, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,950 in Baltimore
| Item | Billed by | Baltimore | Maryland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $5,770 | $5,840 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,560 | $2,560 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,360 | $2,420 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,470 | $1,490 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,740 | $1,740 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,050 | $2,050 |
| Total | $15,950 | $16,100 |
The 33 published fees above put Baltimore at $1,995 against $2,050 across Maryland, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.99, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Baltimore at 118.2 against 121.1 for Maryland (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Maryland page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Baltimore area
The Census counts 151 death care establishments in the Baltimore metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,554 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 50 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $3,525. That is 5.9 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Baltimore and Maryland as a whole.
Cremation in Baltimore
Cremation with a service models out at $6,370 here, about $1,960 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 Baltimore homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,848, 50 of them measured, 6 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,522 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 Baltimore funeral home
All 50 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Cremation & Funeral Alternatives at $725 and Sol Levinson Funeral Services - Columbia at $4,250 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,848 in the middle of that list is worth $1,123 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Maryland funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,950 in Baltimore
$15,950 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $150 less than the Maryland 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 Baltimore?
About $15,950 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $8,330 goes to the funeral home and $7,620 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the South Atlantic survey median moved by what 33 Baltimore homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Baltimore than the rest of Maryland?
No, it is about 1%, $15,950 against $16,100, and it is largely the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $725 to $4,250, a wider gap than the one between Baltimore and Maryland.
How much does cremation cost in Baltimore?
The middle of the 50 Baltimore area homes we hold a price for charges $1,848 for a direct cremation, from $725 at Cremation & Funeral Alternatives up to $4,250 at Sol Levinson Funeral Services - Columbia. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,370. 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 Baltimore?
Cremation & Funeral Alternatives in Baltimore, at $725, and 5 other Baltimore area homes are also under $1,000. Sol Levinson Funeral Services - Columbia is $3,525 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 $650 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Baltimore funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Baltimore the published ones run $1,095 to $3,880 with $1,995 in the middle, across the 33 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 Cremation & Funeral Alternatives, cheapest here on cremation at $725, asks $1,095 for it.