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How much does a funeral cost in San Antonio, TX?
A traditional burial with a service in the San Antonio metro area averages $8,650 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,570, which is in line with the Texas figure of $15,590. The metro takes in New Braunfels as well as San Antonio.
What San Antonio funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 30 funeral homes trading across 2 towns in the San Antonio area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $2,308. San Antonio Mortuary Inc in San Antonio is recorded at $695, Castle Ridge Mortuary LP in San Antonio at $3,595, which is 5.2 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 30, 8 come in under $1,000, 3 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 11 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 8 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 $2,142 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Mortuary Inc | San Antonio, TX | $695 | $400 |
| Carter-Taylor Williams Mortuary | San Antonio, TX | $795 | $1,025 |
| Simplicity Funeral Chapels | San Antonio, TX | $825 | $695 |
| Puente & Sons Funeral Chapels | San Antonio, TX | $985 | $2,600 |
| Lewis Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $990 | $1,695 |
| Alamo Brooks Cremations Plus | San Antonio, TX | $995 | $1,400 |
| River City Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $995 | $1,900 |
| Funeral Caring USA, Inc. | San Antonio, TX | $999 | $499 |
| Memorial Funeral Home/San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $1,195 | $995 |
| Ortiz Mortuary Inc | San Antonio, TX | $1,650 | $1,500 |
| Olinger Mortuary Service | San Antonio, TX | $1,685 | $1,195 |
| Funeraria del Angel Palo Alto | San Antonio, TX | $2,015 | $1,195 |
| Neptune Management Corp. | San Antonio, TX | $2,077 | $975 |
| Porter Loring Mortuary North | San Antonio, TX | $2,285 | $2,690 |
| Castillo Mission Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $2,295 | $1,750 |
| Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home | New Braunfels, TX | $2,320 | $3,595 |
| M.E. Rodriquez Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $2,330 | $1,375 |
| Funeraria del Angel Roy Akers | San Antonio, TX | $2,340 | $2,270 |
| Alamo Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $2,610 | $2,295 |
| Dellcrest Funeral Home | San Antonio, TX | $2,610 | $2,295 |
| Oak Hills Mortuary & Cemetery | San Antonio, TX | $2,610 | $2,295 |
| Funeraria del Angel Cupples | San Antonio, TX | $2,840 | $2,195 |
| Mission Park Funeral Chapels North | San Antonio, TX | $3,005 | $2,695 |
| Mission Park Funeral Chapels South | San Antonio, TX | $3,005 | $2,695 |
| Zoeller Funeral Home | New Braunfels, TX | $3,140 | $2,995 |
| Sunset Memorial Park Crematory | San Antonio, TX | $3,340 | $3,295 |
| Sunset North Funeral Home #4452 | San Antonio, TX | $3,340 | $3,295 |
| Sunset Northwest Funeral Home #4223 | San Antonio, TX | $3,340 | $3,295 |
| Porter Loring Mortuary | San Antonio, TX | $3,345 | $3,270 |
| Castle Ridge Mortuary LP | San Antonio, TX | $3,595 | $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 San Antonio.
Estimated burial with a service in San Antonio
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$6,310
- Casket, standard$2,340
- Cemetery plot$1,890
- Opening and closing the grave$1,570
- 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 San Antonio. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 30 homes charge against the Texas median, a factor of 1.04, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,570 in San Antonio
| Item | Billed by | San Antonio | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $6,310 | $6,080 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,340 | $2,450 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,890 | $1,930 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,570 | $1,510 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,590 | $1,660 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,870 | $1,960 |
| Total | $15,570 | $15,590 |
The 30 published fees above put San Antonio at $2,230 against $2,050 across Texas, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.04, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, San Antonio at 94.6 against 96.5 for Texas (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Texas page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the San Antonio area
The Census counts 77 death care establishments in the San Antonio metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 823 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 30 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $2,900. That is 5.2 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between San Antonio and Texas as a whole.
Cremation in San Antonio
Cremation with a service models out at $6,870 here, about $1,780 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 San Antonio homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $2,308, 30 of them measured, 8 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,562 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 San Antonio funeral home
All 30 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. San Antonio Mortuary Inc at $695 and Castle Ridge Mortuary LP at $3,595 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $2,308 in the middle of that list is worth $1,613 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Texas funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,570 in San Antonio
$15,570 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is the same as the Texas 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 San Antonio?
About $15,570 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $8,650 goes to the funeral home and $6,920 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the West South Central survey median moved by what 30 San Antonio homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in San Antonio than the rest of Texas?
Not on these figures. San Antonio lands within a percent of the Texas average of $15,590, and the $2,900 between the cheapest and dearest home inside the metro is the difference that actually decides the bill.
How much does cremation cost in San Antonio?
The middle of the 30 San Antonio area homes we hold a price for charges $2,308 for a direct cremation, from $695 at San Antonio Mortuary Inc up to $3,595 at Castle Ridge Mortuary LP. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,870. 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 San Antonio?
San Antonio Mortuary Inc in San Antonio, at $695, and 7 other San Antonio area homes are also under $1,000. Castle Ridge Mortuary LP is $2,900 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 San Antonio funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in San Antonio the published ones run $400 to $3,595 with $2,230 in the middle, across the 30 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 San Antonio Mortuary Inc, cheapest here on cremation at $695, asks $400 for it.