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How much does a funeral cost in New York, NY?
A traditional burial with a service in the New York metro area averages $6,420 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $14,300, which is about 4% below the New York figure of $14,840. The metro takes in Newark and Jersey City as well as New York.
What New York funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 42 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the New York area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,348. Manhattan Funeral Service LLC in New York is recorded at $445, Frank E Campbell the Funeral Chapel in New York at $9,300, which is 20.9 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 42, 13 come in under $1,000, 18 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 4 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 7 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 $820 less than the $1,795 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Funeral Service LLC | New York, NY | $445 | $500 |
| Unity Funeral Chapels Inc | New York, NY | $705 | $450 |
| McGonnell Funeral Home | New York, NY | $800 | $350 |
| Ortiz Funeral Home | New York, NY | $820 | $550 |
| Ortiz Funeral Home II Inc | New York, NY | $820 | $550 |
| Ortiz Funeral Home III Inc | New York, NY | $820 | $550 |
| R G Ortiz Funeral Home - New York | New York, NY | $820 | $550 |
| George H Weldon Funeral Home Inc | New York, NY | $845 | $625 |
| Mc Manus & Ahern Inc | New York, NY | $855 | $750 |
| John J Barrett Funeral Directors | New York, NY | $870 | $995 |
| Rivera Funeral Home Inc | New York, NY | $875 | $450 |
| Ansu Funeral Home LLC | New York, NY | $995 | $700 |
| Provenzano Lanza Funeral Home Inc | New York, NY | $995 | $800 |
| Griffin Peters Funeral Home | New York, NY | $1,050 | $1,300 |
| Levy & Delany Funeral Home LLC | New York, NY | $1,060 | $700 |
| Cotton-Parker Funeral Home, Inc. | Jersey City, NJ | $1,095 | $1,195 |
| Bragg Funeral Service | Newark, NJ | $1,215 | $1,900 |
| Wilhelmina Daniels Funeral Home | New York, NY | $1,285 | $550 |
| Albert R Conner- Colonial Funeral Home | New York, NY | $1,295 | $1,195 |
| Johnstone Funeral Chapels | New York, NY | $1,300 | $550 |
| S McMillan Inc | New York, NY | $1,300 | $720 |
| Peter Jarema Funeral Home Inc | New York, NY | $1,395 | $900 |
| Jenkins Funeral Chapel | New York, NY | $1,450 | $1,325 |
| Perry Funeral Home Inc | Newark, NJ | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Boe Fook Funeral Services LLC | New York, NY | $1,500 | $430 |
| Ng Fook Funeral Services L.L.C | New York, NY | $1,500 | $430 |
| Benta's Funeral Home Inc | New York, NY | $1,560 | $550 |
| Bullock Funeral Services LLC | New York, NY | $1,600 | $800 |
| Watson Mortuary Service, Inc. | Jersey City, NJ | $1,685 | $695 |
| Hill Funeral Services Inc | New York, NY | $1,750 | $720 |
| Direct Cremation Company Ltd | New York, NY | $1,800 | $995 |
| John Krtil Funeral Home Yorkville Funeral Service Inc | New York, NY | $2,185 | $995 |
| Agra Cremation | Jersey City, NJ | $2,246 | $2,400 |
| Alvarez Funeral Home, Inc | Newark, NJ | $2,246 | $1,050 |
| Norman L Waterman Funeral Home Inc | Newark, NY | $2,550 | $1,895 |
| Plaza Jewish Community Chapel Inc | New York, NY | $3,270 | $1,750 |
| Chas Peter Nagel Funeral Directors | New York, NY | $3,395 | $2,395 |
| Walter B. Cooke Funeral Home | New York, NY | $3,395 | $2,395 |
| Greenville Memorial Home | Jersey City, NJ | $3,400 | $2,000 |
| Buyus Funeral Home Inc | Newark, NJ | $3,500 | $2,300 |
| Andrett Funeral Home | New York, NY | $3,880 | $3,495 |
| Frank E Campbell the Funeral Chapel | New York, NY | $9,300 | $9,000 |
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 New York.
Estimated burial with a service in New York
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$3,670
- Casket, standard$2,750
- Cemetery plot$2,970
- Opening and closing the grave$830
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,870
- Headstone or marker$2,210
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 New York. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 42 homes charge against the New York median, a factor of 0.78, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $14,300 in New York
| Item | Billed by | New York | New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $3,670 | $4,690 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,750 | $2,680 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,970 | $2,440 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $830 | $1,060 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,870 | $1,820 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,210 | $2,150 |
| Total | $14,300 | $14,840 |
The 42 published fees above put New York at $800 against $1,395 across New York, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.78, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, New York at 148.6 against 122.2 for New York (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the New York page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the New York area
The Census counts 999 death care establishments in the New York metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 7,054 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 42 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $8,855. That is 20.9 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between New York and New York as a whole.
Cremation in New York
Cremation with a service models out at $3,920 here, about $2,500 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 New York homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,348, 42 of them measured, 13 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $2,572 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 New York funeral home
All 42 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Manhattan Funeral Service LLC at $445 and Frank E Campbell the Funeral Chapel at $9,300 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,348 in the middle of that list is worth $903 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of New York funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $14,300 in New York
$14,300 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $540 less than the New York 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 New York?
About $14,300 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $6,420 goes to the funeral home and $7,880 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Middle Atlantic survey median moved by what 42 New York homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in New York than the rest of New York?
No, it is about 4%, $14,300 against $14,840, and it is largely the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $445 to $9,300, a wider gap than the one between New York and New York.
How much does cremation cost in New York?
The middle of the 42 New York area homes we hold a price for charges $1,348 for a direct cremation, from $445 at Manhattan Funeral Service LLC up to $9,300 at Frank E Campbell the Funeral Chapel. Add a service and the model puts it near $3,920. 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 New York?
Manhattan Funeral Service LLC in New York, at $445, and 12 other New York area homes are also under $1,000. Frank E Campbell the Funeral Chapel is $8,855 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 $820 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every New York funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in New York the published ones run $350 to $9,000 with $800 in the middle, across the 42 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 Manhattan Funeral Service LLC, cheapest here on cremation at $445, asks $500 for it.