How much does cremation cost in Massachusetts?
$4,395. That is the median of the figures posted by the 32 funeral homes in Massachusetts whose price lists we have read for direct cremation. The least expensive of them is $2,300 and the most expensive is $6,785.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Feb 1, 2024 to Jul 29, 2026. We last checked it on Aug 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable County | 3 | $4,395 | $4,395 |
| Bristol County | 5 | $3,670 | $3,695 |
| Essex County | 3 | $5,035 | $5,675 |
| Middlesex County | 2 | $3,415 | not enough lists yet |
| Norfolk County | 4 | $4,000 | $5,760 |
| Plymouth County | 1 | $3,785 | not enough lists yet |
| Suffolk County | 1 | $5,500 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 7 of Massachusetts's 14 counties. We are still collecting in the other 7, 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 Massachusetts 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.
Other questions about Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts
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If a price here does not match what a funeral home told you, or we are missing a home's price list, please tell us. Every message is read by a person.