How much does cremation cost in Illinois?
$3,210. That is the median of the figures posted by the 71 funeral homes in Illinois whose price lists we have read for direct cremation. The least expensive of them is $995 and the most expensive is $5,635.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Nov 1, 2020 to Jul 29, 2026. We last checked them between Aug 18, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
Every figure is that home's own posted price with its county's permit fee and one certified copy of the death certificate added, wherever both are on file, rounded once. Open a home to change the county or the number of copies.
What this includes
A state's median is the middle of the figures the homes in it show, so it carries the same county fees and the same one certified copy those figures carry.
Narrowing it down by county
| County | Price lists we hold | Least expensive | Median |
| Cook County | 19 | $1,875 | $3,640 |
| DeKalb County | 1 | $3,075 | not enough lists yet |
| DuPage County | 2 | $1,395 | not enough lists yet |
| Lake County | 1 | $3,590 | not enough lists yet |
| McHenry County | 2 | $3,010 | not enough lists yet |
| McLean County | 1 | $3,210 | not enough lists yet |
| Peoria County | 3 | $4,505 | $4,505 |
| Sangamon County | 3 | $3,145 | $4,530 |
| St. Clair County | 1 | $3,615 | not enough lists yet |
| Tazewell County | 4 | $1,450 | $3,045 |
| Whiteside County | 1 | $1,850 | not enough lists yet |
| Will County | 1 | $2,665 | not enough lists yet |
| Winnebago County | 2 | $2,225 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 13 of Illinois's 102 counties. We are still collecting in the other 89, and a county is missing from this list because we have not read a price list there yet, not because its funeral homes charge nothing.
The Illinois price lists behind this, for direct cremation
Least expensive first. Every figure links to the funeral home's own page, where the price list it was read from is linked in full.
| Funeral home | Town | Figure |
| Central Cremation Center | Forsyth | $995 |
| Caring Cremations | Chicago | $1,000 |
| Caring Cremations | town not recorded | $1,000 |
| Stateline Cremations | Loves Park | $1,150 |
| Simplicity Funeral & Cremation Care | Darien | $1,395 |
| Cremation Specialist Of | East Peoria | $1,450 |
| Schmidt-Haller Burial & Cremation Service | Peoria | $1,515 |
| Schmidt-Haller Funeral Parlor | town not recorded | $1,515 |
| Short-Cunningham Funeral Home | town not recorded | $1,655 |
| Adduci-Zimny Funeral Home | Posen | $1,775 |
| Adduci-Zimny Funeral Home, Ltd. | Posen | $1,775 |
| Carl E. Ponds Funeral Home, Inc. | Rockford | $1,775 |
| Tri-State Cremation Center, Inc. | East Dubuque | $1,800 |
| Schilling Funeral Home | Sterling | $1,850 |
| Grein Funeral Directors | Chicago | $1,875 |
| Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services | Rockford | $2,225 |
| Funeral Care | CHICAGO | $2,305 |
| Opyt Funeral Home | Chicago | $2,435 |
| West Suburban Funeral Home | Westmont | $2,495 |
| Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home | Joliet | $2,665 |
| Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home | town not recorded | $2,690 |
| Thornridge Funeral Home | Orland Park | $2,745 |
| Maxton-Rosado Funeral Home | Centralia | $2,750 |
| Owens Funeral Home | town not recorded | $2,800 |
| Gibbons Family Funeral Home, Ltd | Chicago | $2,875 |
| Nichols Bewley Funeral Home & Cremation Services | town not recorded | $2,990 |
| Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Homes | Chicago | $2,990 |
| Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home | Niles | $2,990 |
| Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home | Crystal Lake | $3,010 |
| Marengo-Union Funeral Home | Marengo | $3,040 |
| Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory | Creve Coeur | $3,045 |
| Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory | Pekin | $3,045 |
| Beverage Family Funeral Home, Ltd. | Sandwich | $3,075 |
| Vancil-Murphy Funeral Chapel | Springfield | $3,145 |
| Richard-Midway Funeral Home | Chicago | $3,175 |
| East Lawn Funeral Home | Bloomington | $3,210 |
| Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home | Chicago | $3,240 |
| Owens Funeral Home | Champaign | $3,350 |
| Blake-Lamb Funeral Home | Lisle | $3,490 |
| Skyline Funeral Home | Monee | $3,490 |
| Chapel Hill Gardens West Funeral Home | town not recorded | $3,490 |
| Mount Auburn Funeral Home | Stickney | $3,490 |
| Kerry Funeral Home of Palos Heights | Palos Heights | $3,495 |
| Valhalla-Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home | Belleville | $3,515 |
| Marsh Funeral Home | Gurnee | $3,590 |
| Lake View Funeral Home | Fairview Heights | $3,615 |
| Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home | Wilmette | $3,620 |
| Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home | CHICAGO | $3,640 |
| Malec & Sons Funeral Home | Chicago | $3,640 |
| Ridge Funeral Home | Chicago | $3,640 |
| Woodlawn Funeral Home | Forest Park | $3,640 |
| Blake-Lamb Funeral Home | Oak Lawn | $3,640 |
| Chapel Hill Gardens South Funeral Home | Oak Lawn | $3,640 |
| Orland Funeral Home | Orland Park | $3,640 |
| Gibbons Funeral Home | Elmhurst | $3,675 |
| Gibbons Funeral Home | Elmhurst | $3,675 |
| Barr Funeral Home, Ltd. | Chicago | $3,775 |
| Oehler Funeral Home | Des Plaines | $3,840 |
| Bailey Funeral Home, Inc. | Vienna | $4,145 |
| Cage Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc | Chicago | $4,250 |
| Glueckert Funeral Home | Arlington Heights | $4,340 |
| Davison-Fulton/Bartonville Chapel | Bartonville | $4,505 |
| Remmert Funeral Home | East Peoria | $4,505 |
| Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel | Peoria | $4,505 |
| Davison-Fulton-Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home | Peoria | $4,505 |
| Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Chatham | Chatham | $4,530 |
| Butler Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center-Springfield | Springfield | $4,530 |
| Sunset Funeral Home | Machesney Park | $4,610 |
| Lauterburg-Oehler Funeral Home | Arlington Heights | $5,340 |
| Drake & Son Funeral Home | Chicago | $5,635 |
| Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home | Wilmette | $5,635 |
Other questions about Illinois
No funeral home charges the median. It's where to start, not what you'll pay. The home you call will quote its own price, and the Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule requires it to give you a price list you can keep when you sit down with it.
Every funeral home we know in Illinois
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