HomeFuneral costs by stateOhioColumbus
How much does a funeral cost in Columbus, OH?
A traditional burial with a service in the Columbus metro area averages $7,030 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $13,430, which is about 1% below the Ohio figure of $13,530.
What Columbus funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 31 funeral homes trading in Columbus with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,550. Shaw Davis Company in Columbus is recorded at $675, Service Corporation International in Columbus at $2,795, which is 4.1 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 31, 8 come in under $1,000, 16 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, and 7 between $2,000 and $2,999. 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 $610 less than the $1,636 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Davis Company | Columbus, OH | $675 | $700 |
| Shaw Davis Company | Columbus, OH | $675 | $700 |
| O R Woodyard Co | Columbus, OH | $695 | $1,150 |
| O R Woodyard Co | Columbus, OH | $695 | $1,150 |
| Caliman Funeral Service Inc | Columbus, OH | $775 | $1,600 |
| Porter-Qualls & Gary Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $895 | $1,595 |
| Cook and Son, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $990 | $975 |
| Smoot Funeral Services | Columbus, OH | $995 | $895 |
| Evans Funeral Home, Incorporated | Columbus, OH | $1,095 | $1,265 |
| Woodyard East Chapel Funeral Directors | Columbus, OH | $1,095 | $1,150 |
| Jerry Spears Company Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,175 | $1,300 |
| Snyder Funeral Homes Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,195 | $1,300 |
| C D White and Son Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,250 | $1,350 |
| Rudolph P Skunza Jr | Columbus, OH | $1,445 | $1,595 |
| Newcomer Funeral Home | Columbus, OH | $1,545 | $970 |
| Southwick-Good Funeral Chapel Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,550 | $1,550 |
| Meader Quint Tiberi Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,595 | $1,350 |
| Graumlich & Son Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,645 | $1,230 |
| Davis Deyo Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,695 | $1,295 |
| Weir-Arend Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,695 | $1,450 |
| Diehl-Whittaker Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,795 | $1,500 |
| Epstein Funeral Directors, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $1,995 | $1,995 |
| Rutherford Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,995 | $1,695 |
| Rutherford Funeral Home Inc | Columbus, OH | $1,995 | $1,695 |
| Egan Ryan Company Inc | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Egan Ryan Company Inc | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Schoedinger & Co. | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Schoedinger & Co. | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Schoedinger & Co. | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Service Corporation International | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
| Service Corporation International | Columbus, OH | $2,795 | $1,595 |
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 Columbus.
Estimated burial with a service in Columbus
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$4,690
- Casket, standard$2,340
- Cemetery plot$1,760
- Opening and closing the grave$1,180
- 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 Columbus. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 31 homes charge against the Ohio median, a factor of 0.94, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $13,430 in Columbus
| Item | Billed by | Columbus | Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $4,690 | $5,010 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,340 | $2,340 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,760 | $1,460 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,180 | $1,260 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,590 | $1,590 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,870 | $1,870 |
| Total | $13,430 | $13,530 |
The 31 published fees above put Columbus at $1,450 against $1,698 across Ohio, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.94, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Columbus at 87.9 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 Columbus area
The Census counts 118 death care establishments in the Columbus metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 732 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 31 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,120. That is 4.1 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Columbus and Ohio as a whole.
Cremation in Columbus
Cremation with a service models out at $4,960 here, about $2,070 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 Columbus homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,550, 31 of them measured, 8 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $3,410 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 Columbus funeral home
All 31 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Shaw Davis Company at $675 and Service Corporation International at $2,795 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,550 in the middle of that list is worth $875 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Ohio funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $13,430 in Columbus
$13,430 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $100 less 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 Columbus?
About $13,430 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $7,030 goes to the funeral home and $6,400 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the East North Central survey median moved by what 31 Columbus homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Columbus than the rest of Ohio?
No, it is about 1%, $13,430 against $13,530, and it is largely the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $675 to $2,795, a wider gap than the one between Columbus and Ohio.
How much does cremation cost in Columbus?
The middle of the 31 Columbus area homes we hold a price for charges $1,550 for a direct cremation, from $675 at Shaw Davis Company up to $2,795 at Service Corporation International. Add a service and the model puts it near $4,960. 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 Columbus?
Shaw Davis Company in Columbus, at $675, and 7 other Columbus area homes are also under $1,000. Service Corporation International is $2,120 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 $610 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Columbus funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Columbus the published ones run $700 to $1,995 with $1,450 in the middle, across the 31 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 Shaw Davis Company, cheapest here on cremation at $675, asks $700 for it.
Other metro areas in Ohio
- Cincinnati$13,650
- Cleveland$14,040