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How much does a funeral cost in Pittsburgh, PA?
A traditional burial with a service in the Pittsburgh metro area averages $9,580 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $16,340, which is in line with the Pennsylvania figure of $16,340.
What Pittsburgh funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 37 funeral homes trading in Pittsburgh with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,995. Ball Funeral Chapel Inc in Pittsburgh is recorded at $695, West Funeral Home, Inc. in Pittsburgh at $3,895, which is 5.6 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 37, 2 come in under $1,000, 18 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 15 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 2 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 $580 less than the $2,070 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Funeral Chapel Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $695 | $750 |
| Calvin L Sheffield Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $995 | $1,825 |
| Cremation & Funeral Care by Danielle Andy Belusko Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,095 | $2,995 |
| Walter J Zalewski Funeral Homes Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,190 | $795 |
| Thomas P Kunsak Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,295 | $2,595 |
| Timothy K Slater Funeral Services Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,315 | $1,700 |
| Stephen M Brady Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,390 | $2,155 |
| John N Elachko Funeral Home | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,495 | $2,150 |
| Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,575 | $1,175 |
| Coston Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,650 | $2,500 |
| Edward P. Kanai Funeral Home, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,695 | $2,495 |
| Samuel J Jones Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,695 | $1,895 |
| Griffith Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,740 | $2,195 |
| Stephen P Dolence Jr Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,795 | $1,800 |
| Perman Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,800 | $1,800 |
| Cieslak & Tatko Funeral Home and Cremation Services LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,955 | $1,750 |
| Thomas J Gmiter Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,975 | $1,695 |
| Anthony G Staab Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,995 | $2,245 |
| Brusco-Napier Funeral Service Ltd | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,995 | $2,995 |
| William Slater II Funeral Service | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,995 | $2,695 |
| House of Paradise Cremation and Funeral Services Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | $1,600 |
| Frank F Debor Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,150 | $2,810 |
| Anthony M. Musmanno Funeral Home, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,225 | $2,720 |
| Orion C Pinkerton Funeral Home | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,245 | $2,885 |
| BeinhauerDormant Funeral Home | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,350 | $2,350 |
| Stephens Memorial Chapel | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,450 | $2,640 |
| Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,490 | $1,205 |
| Ralph Schugar Inc Funeral Chapel | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,495 | $2,500 |
| Devlin Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,715 | $3,995 |
| John F Slater Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,760 | $1,570 |
| Freyvogel-Slater Funeral Directors | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,845 | $2,695 |
| Schellhaas Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,845 | $3,120 |
| William F Conroy Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,845 | $1,575 |
| William Slater and Sons Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,845 | $2,695 |
| John a Freyvogel Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,950 | $2,695 |
| Simons Funeral Home Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,160 | $3,760 |
| West Funeral Home, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,895 | $2,200 |
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 Pittsburgh.
Estimated burial with a service in Pittsburgh
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$7,060
- Casket, standard$2,520
- Cemetery plot$1,440
- Opening and closing the grave$1,600
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,700
- Headstone or marker$2,020
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 Pittsburgh. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 37 homes charge against the Pennsylvania median, a factor of 1.02, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $16,340 in Pittsburgh
| Item | Billed by | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $7,060 | $6,910 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,520 | $2,490 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,440 | $1,700 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,600 | $1,570 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,700 | $1,680 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,020 | $1,990 |
| Total | $16,340 | $16,340 |
The 37 published fees above put Pittsburgh at $2,245 against $2,150 across Pennsylvania, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.02, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Pittsburgh at 72.0 against 85.1 for Pennsylvania (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Pennsylvania page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Pittsburgh area
The Census counts 361 death care establishments in the Pittsburgh metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,898 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 37 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $3,200. That is 5.6 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania as a whole.
Cremation in Pittsburgh
Cremation with a service models out at $7,560 here, about $2,020 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 Pittsburgh homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,995, 37 of them measured, 2 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $5,565 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 Pittsburgh funeral home
All 37 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Ball Funeral Chapel Inc at $695 and West Funeral Home, Inc. at $3,895 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,995 in the middle of that list is worth $1,300 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Pennsylvania funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $16,340 in Pittsburgh
$16,340 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is the same as the Pennsylvania 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 Pittsburgh?
About $16,340 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $9,580 goes to the funeral home and $6,760 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the Middle Atlantic survey median moved by what 37 Pittsburgh homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Pittsburgh than the rest of Pennsylvania?
Not on these figures. Pittsburgh lands within a percent of the Pennsylvania average of $16,340, and the $3,200 between the cheapest and dearest home inside the metro is the difference that actually decides the bill.
How much does cremation cost in Pittsburgh?
The middle of the 37 Pittsburgh area homes we hold a price for charges $1,995 for a direct cremation, from $695 at Ball Funeral Chapel Inc up to $3,895 at West Funeral Home, Inc.. Add a service and the model puts it near $7,560. 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 Pittsburgh?
Ball Funeral Chapel Inc in Pittsburgh, at $695, and 1 other Pittsburgh area homes are also under $1,000. West Funeral Home, Inc. is $3,200 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 $580 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Pittsburgh funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Pittsburgh the published ones run $750 to $3,995 with $2,245 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 Ball Funeral Chapel Inc, cheapest here on cremation at $695, asks $750 for it.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia$15,850