HomeFuneral costs by stateOhioCleveland
How much does a funeral cost in Cleveland, OH?
A traditional burial with a service in the Cleveland metro area averages $7,650 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $14,040, which is about 4% above the Ohio figure of $13,530.
What Cleveland funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 60 funeral homes trading in Cleveland with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,823. Nesbitt Funeral Home in Cleveland is recorded at $695, Ross C. Dejohn & Sons, Inc. in Cleveland at $3,950, which is 5.7 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 60, 9 come in under $1,000, 26 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 19 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 6 ask $3,000 or more. 55 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 $670 less than the $1,921 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nesbitt Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $695 | $950 |
| Zak Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $795 | $950 |
| Miller McFall Rogers Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $850 | $1,780 |
| Bican Brothers Inc | Cleveland, OH | $895 | $1,675 |
| Bollinger-Catavolos Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $895 | $1,675 |
| Strawbridge Family Corporation | Cleveland, OH | $900 | $1,395 |
| Jones, Pernel & Son Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $995 | $1,365 |
| Lakewood Crematory | Cleveland, OH | $995 | $490 |
| Laumer Corrigan Funeral Home LLC | Cleveland, OH | $995 | $1,575 |
| Smith, Thomas G Funeral Home LLC | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | $1,565 |
| Strowder's Funeral Home, LLC | Cleveland, OH | $1,050 | $1,700 |
| Walter E Martens & Sons Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,090 | $2,595 |
| Smith | Cleveland, OH | $1,160 | |
| Wm Wischmeier & Sons Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,245 | $2,150 |
| Dale E. Good Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $1,295 | $1,895 |
| Strawbridge Memorial | Cleveland, OH | $1,300 | |
| Wanton - Horne Chapel of Peace Funeral Home Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $1,300 | $1,995 |
| Edward W McGrath Funeral Serv | Cleveland, OH | $1,350 | $1,760 |
| Zele Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,350 | $1,855 |
| H M Martin Funeral Service Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,375 | $1,545 |
| William A Gaines Funeral Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,395 | $1,595 |
| Bican Bros. Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $1,440 | $1,675 |
| Bodnarmahoney Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,470 | $1,695 |
| Sauer's Funeral Homes Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,495 | $800 |
| Kolodiy-Sobczyk Funeral Home, Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,499 | $1,695 |
| Donlon Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $1,575 | $1,675 |
| Kolodiy Lazuta Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,695 | $1,969 |
| Frank Hartman Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $1,760 | $1,295 |
| E F Boyd & Son Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,783 | $1,960 |
| McGorray-Hanna Funeral Homes, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $1,795 | $1,795 |
| David G Martens and Sons Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,850 | $2,400 |
| Golub Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,975 | $2,475 |
| G H Busch and Son Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,995 | $1,995 |
| Golubski Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,995 | $1,875 |
| Golubski Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,995 | $1,875 |
| Calhoun Funeral & Cremation SE | Cleveland, OH | $2,090 | $2,495 |
| E F Boyd & Son Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,093 | $1,960 |
| Nicol Wells Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,150 | $1,845 |
| Zabor Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,245 | $2,275 |
| Babitt Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,295 | $1,995 |
| Busch Development Corporation | Cleveland, OH | $2,295 | $1,995 |
| Ripepi Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,295 | $1,990 |
| Watson's Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,295 | $1,700 |
| Corrigan Funeral Homes Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,440 | $2,795 |
| Service Corporation International | Cleveland, OH | $2,440 | $2,795 |
| Komorowski Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,475 | $2,365 |
| Schuster Straker O'Connor Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,515 | $1,480 |
| A J Tomon & Sons Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,595 | $2,100 |
| Jakubs & Son Funeral Homes Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,600 | $1,800 |
| Johnson Romito Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,845 | $1,600 |
| Fioritto Family Limited Partnership | Cleveland, OH | $2,895 | |
| Vodrazka Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,900 | |
| Conti-Vitantonio Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $2,970 | |
| Ripepi Funeral Home Inc | Cleveland, OH | $2,995 | $2,850 |
| Vicchiarelli Funeral Home | Cleveland, OH | $3,120 | $2,495 |
| Mallchok Dan & Sons Funeral Homes Inc | Cleveland, OH | $3,135 | $1,995 |
| The Steinbauer-Arnold Funeral Home Co | Cleveland, OH | $3,148 | $2,645 |
| G H Busch and Son Inc | Cleveland, OH | $3,347 | $1,995 |
| Brown Forward Inc | Cleveland, OH | $3,880 | $2,430 |
| Ross C. Dejohn & Sons, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $3,950 | $2,265 |
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 Cleveland.
Estimated burial with a service in Cleveland
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$5,310
- Casket, standard$2,340
- Cemetery plot$1,590
- Opening and closing the grave$1,340
- 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 Cleveland. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 55 homes charge against the Ohio median, a factor of 1.06, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $14,040 in Cleveland
| Item | Billed by | Cleveland | Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $5,310 | $5,010 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,340 | $2,340 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,590 | $1,460 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,340 | $1,260 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,590 | $1,590 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,870 | $1,870 |
| Total | $14,040 | $13,530 |
The 55 published fees above put Cleveland at $1,875 against $1,698 across Ohio, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.06, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Cleveland at 79.4 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 Cleveland area
The Census counts 175 death care establishments in the Cleveland metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,408 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 60 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $3,255. That is 5.7 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Cleveland and Ohio as a whole.
Cremation in Cleveland
Cremation with a service models out at $5,620 here, about $2,030 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 Cleveland homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,823, 60 of them measured, 9 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,797 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 Cleveland funeral home
All 60 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Nesbitt Funeral Home at $695 and Ross C. Dejohn & Sons, Inc. at $3,950 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,823 in the middle of that list is worth $1,128 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Ohio funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $14,040 in Cleveland
$14,040 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $510 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.
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How much does a funeral cost in Cleveland?
About $14,040 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,650 goes to the funeral home and $6,390 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the East North Central survey median moved by what 55 Cleveland homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Cleveland than the rest of Ohio?
Yes, by about 4%, $14,040 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 $695 to $3,950, a wider gap than the one between Cleveland and Ohio.
How much does cremation cost in Cleveland?
The middle of the 60 Cleveland area homes we hold a price for charges $1,823 for a direct cremation, from $695 at Nesbitt Funeral Home up to $3,950 at Ross C. Dejohn & Sons, Inc.. Add a service and the model puts it near $5,620. 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 Cleveland?
Nesbitt Funeral Home in Cleveland, at $695, and 8 other Cleveland area homes are also under $1,000. Ross C. Dejohn & Sons, Inc. is $3,255 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 $670 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Cleveland funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Cleveland the published ones run $490 to $2,850 with $1,875 in the middle, across the 55 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 Nesbitt Funeral Home, cheapest here on cremation at $695, asks $950 for it.
Other metro areas in Ohio
- Cincinnati$13,650
- Columbus$13,430