HomeFuneral costs by stateOhioCincinnati
How much does a funeral cost in Cincinnati, OH?
A traditional burial with a service in the Cincinnati metro area averages $7,210 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $13,650, which is about 1% above the Ohio figure of $13,530.
What Cincinnati funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 38 funeral homes trading in Cincinnati with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,620. Brown Funeral Home in Cincinnati is recorded at $595, B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Homes in Cincinnati at $2,995, which is 5 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 38, 7 come in under $1,000, 18 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, and 13 between $2,000 and $2,999. 37 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 $590 less than the $1,710 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $595 | $995 |
| Joseph R Garr Funeral Service | Cincinnati, OH | $595 | $995 |
| Walker Funeral Home - Mt. Healthy Chapel | Cincinnati, OH | $595 | $995 |
| Johnson-Brown Funeral Service | Cincinnati, OH | $895 | $1,250 |
| Radel Funeral Service Co | Cincinnati, OH | $925 | $1,600 |
| Radel Funeral Service Co | Cincinnati, OH | $925 | $1,600 |
| ARA Cremation | Cincinnati, OH | $995 | $218 |
| Naegele, Kleb & Ihlendorf Funeral Home, Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,050 | $1,395 |
| Harry Meyer & Sons Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,200 | $1,800 |
| J C Battle & Sons Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,200 | $1,600 |
| Siefert Harding & Brater Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $1,200 | $1,390 |
| House Of Glover Funeral Service | Cincinnati, OH | $1,295 | $1,295 |
| Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $1,295 | $1,295 |
| Jamison & Jamison Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $1,295 | $1,295 |
| John Hodapp Sons Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,395 | $1,520 |
| Renfro Funeral Services Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,395 | $1,395 |
| Frederick Funeral Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,495 | $1,950 |
| Final Considerations | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | $1,300 |
| Newcomer Funeral Home Western Hills Chapel | Cincinnati, OH | $1,545 | |
| Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $1,695 | $1,725 |
| Neidhard Minges Funeral Homes Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,695 | $1,725 |
| Peter Rebold & Son Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,695 | $1,765 |
| Dalbert-Woodruff Funeral Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,795 | $1,995 |
| Vielhauer Clepper Funeral Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $1,995 | $1,700 |
| Weil Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $1,995 | $1,995 |
| Anderson Baiter & Sahnd Funeral Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,100 | $1,695 |
| Cremation Society Greatr Cinti | Cincinnati, OH | $2,195 | $2,290 |
| Gilligan Corporation | Cincinnati, OH | $2,195 | $1,350 |
| Gilligan Corporation | Cincinnati, OH | $2,195 | $1,350 |
| Bolton & Lunsford Funeral Home, Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,385 | $1,595 |
| Thomas Justin Funeral Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,395 | $1,985 |
| Thomas Justin Funeral Home Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,395 | $1,985 |
| Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,635 | $2,725 |
| Rohde, George H & Son Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $2,750 | $2,590 |
| Mihovk Rosenacker Funeral Homes | Cincinnati, OH | $2,790 | $2,295 |
| T P White & Sons Co Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $2,825 | $2,175 |
| Myer & Deters' Funeral Home | Cincinnati, OH | $2,875 | $2,100 |
| B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Homes | Cincinnati, OH | $2,995 | $2,895 |
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 Cincinnati.
Estimated burial with a service in Cincinnati
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$4,870
- Casket, standard$2,340
- Cemetery plot$1,750
- Opening and closing the grave$1,230
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,590
- Headstone or marker$1,870
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 Cincinnati. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 37 homes charge against the Ohio median, a factor of 0.97, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $13,650 in Cincinnati
| Item | Billed by | Cincinnati | Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $4,870 | $5,010 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,340 | $2,340 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,750 | $1,460 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,230 | $1,260 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,590 | $1,590 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,870 | $1,870 |
| Total | $13,650 | $13,530 |
The 37 published fees above put Cincinnati at $1,600 against $1,698 across Ohio, 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, Cincinnati at 87.6 against 73.0 for Ohio (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Ohio page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Cincinnati area
The Census counts 171 death care establishments in the Cincinnati metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,219 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 38 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,400. That is 5 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Cincinnati and Ohio as a whole.
Cremation in Cincinnati
Cremation with a service models out at $5,150 here, about $2,060 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 Cincinnati homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,620, 38 of them measured, 7 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,530 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 Cincinnati funeral home
All 38 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Brown Funeral Home at $595 and B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Homes at $2,995 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,620 in the middle of that list is worth $1,025 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Ohio funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $13,650 in Cincinnati
$13,650 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $120 more than the Ohio 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.
(786) 818-0383Talk to one of our licensed agentsCommon questions
How much does a funeral cost in Cincinnati?
About $13,650 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,210 goes to the funeral home and $6,440 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the East North Central survey median moved by what 37 Cincinnati homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Cincinnati than the rest of Ohio?
Yes, by about 1%, $13,650 against $13,530, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $595 to $2,995, a wider gap than the one between Cincinnati and Ohio.
How much does cremation cost in Cincinnati?
The middle of the 38 Cincinnati area homes we hold a price for charges $1,620 for a direct cremation, from $595 at Brown Funeral Home up to $2,995 at B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Homes. Add a service and the model puts it near $5,150. 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 Cincinnati?
Brown Funeral Home in Cincinnati, at $595, and 6 other Cincinnati area homes are also under $1,000. B.J. Meyer Sons Funeral Homes is $2,400 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 $590 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Cincinnati funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Cincinnati the published ones run $218 to $2,895 with $1,600 in the middle, across the 37 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 Brown Funeral Home, cheapest here on cremation at $595, asks $995 for it.