How much does an immediate burial cost in California?
$3,435. That is the median of the figures posted by the 236 funeral homes in California whose price lists we have read for an immediate burial. The least expensive of them is $910 and the most expensive is $8,720.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Mar 1, 2016 to Aug 31, 2026. We last checked them between Aug 15, 2026 and Oct 4, 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 |
| Alameda County | 9 | $2,435 | $2,835 |
| Butte County | 2 | $2,210 | not enough lists yet |
| Contra Costa County | 5 | $1,920 | $2,765 |
| El Dorado County | 1 | $4,535 | not enough lists yet |
| Fresno County | 11 | $1,635 | $3,910 |
| Humboldt County | 1 | $2,230 | not enough lists yet |
| Kern County | 5 | $2,285 | $3,810 |
| Kings County | 1 | $4,335 | not enough lists yet |
| Lake County | 1 | $2,165 | not enough lists yet |
| Lassen County | 1 | $2,735 | not enough lists yet |
| Los Angeles County | 39 | $1,535 | $3,385 |
| Madera County | 2 | $4,210 | not enough lists yet |
| Marin County | 1 | $2,470 | not enough lists yet |
| Merced County | 2 | $2,800 | not enough lists yet |
| Monterey County | 5 | $2,985 | $3,690 |
| Nevada County | 2 | $1,890 | not enough lists yet |
| Orange County | 13 | $1,035 | $3,435 |
| Placer County | 2 | $4,510 | not enough lists yet |
| Riverside County | 12 | $2,035 | $2,790 |
| Sacramento County | 9 | $910 | $4,110 |
| San Bernardino County | 16 | $1,035 | $3,823 |
| San Diego County | 21 | $1,795 | $4,043 |
| San Francisco County | 2 | $4,210 | not enough lists yet |
| San Joaquin County | 5 | $2,175 | $4,020 |
| San Luis Obispo County | 4 | $2,235 | $4,900 |
| San Mateo County | 4 | $2,765 | $3,730 |
| Santa Barbara County | 2 | $2,435 | not enough lists yet |
| Santa Clara County | 5 | $2,300 | $4,535 |
| Santa Cruz County | 1 | $1,850 | not enough lists yet |
| Shasta County | 2 | $3,035 | not enough lists yet |
| Solano County | 1 | $1,855 | not enough lists yet |
| Sonoma County | 3 | $2,935 | $3,190 |
| Stanislaus County | 2 | $3,415 | not enough lists yet |
| Tehama County | 1 | $4,470 | not enough lists yet |
| Tulare County | 3 | $2,875 | $4,360 |
| Ventura County | 6 | $1,885 | $3,145 |
| Yolo County | 1 | $3,500 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 37 of California's 58 counties. We are still collecting in the other 21, 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 California price lists behind this, for an immediate burial
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 |
| All Faith Cremation | Sacramento | $910 |
| Cremation and Burial Services | Brea | $1,035 |
| Cremation and Burial Services | Highland | $1,035 |
| College Chapel Mortuary | town not recorded | $1,140 |
| Alta Vista Cremation and Funeral Service | town not recorded | $1,230 |
| Cedar Hill Mortuary & Accommodations | Los Angeles | $1,535 |
| Socal Cremations and Funerals | North Hollywood | $1,620 |
| Reade & Sons Funeral Directors, Inc | Fresno | $1,635 |
| Reade & Sons Funeral Directors, Inc | Kerman | $1,635 |
| Divine Memory Cremation and Funeral Services | Mission Hills | $1,640 |
| South Coast Family Funeral Services, Inc. | Costa Mesa | $1,735 |
| Wallin's Sanger Funeral Home | Sanger | $1,735 |
| Accucare Cremation & Funerals | Carlsbad | $1,795 |
| Accu-Care Cremation & Funerals | Fullerton | $1,795 |
| Tracy Memorial Chapel | town not recorded | $1,835 |
| Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation & Burial Service | Soquel | $1,850 |
| Skyview Memorial Lawn | Vallejo | $1,855 |
| Marshall Funeral | Ojai | $1,885 |
| Truckee Tahoe Mortuary | Truckee | $1,890 |
| Bay Area Cremation Society | Brentwood | $1,920 |
| Hemphill Mortuary | San Bernardino | $1,935 |
| Bayview Crematory & Burial Services | Chula Vista | $1,940 |
| Abbey Cremation & Funeral Service | El Cajon | $1,995 |
| Foothill Funeral & Cremation | town not recorded | $2,035 |
| Hemet Valley Mortuary | Hemet | $2,035 |
| Hemet Valley Mortuary & Cremations | Hemet | $2,035 |
| Memorial Funeral Services | Hemet | $2,035 |
| Friends Funeral Home | Venice | $2,040 |
| Evans Brown Mortuary | Lake Elsinore | $2,085 |
| Evans Brown Mortuary | Perris | $2,085 |
| Evans Brown Sun City Mortuary | Sun City | $2,085 |
| Golden State Cremations and Funeral Care | Fresno | $2,140 |
| Walter's Funeral Services, Inc. | Glendale | $2,140 |
| Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary and Chapel | Lakeport | $2,165 |
| Chapel of the Palms | Stockton | $2,175 |
| White Rose Aqua Cremation Inc. | San Clemente | $2,190 |
| Affordable Mortuary | Chico | $2,210 |
| Agape Funeral Home | Los Angeles | $2,210 |
| Sanders Funeral Home | Eureka | $2,230 |
| Price Funeral Chapel Inc | Citrus Heights | $2,235 |
| Reis Family Mortuary & Crematory | San Luis Obispo | $2,235 |
| Boyd Funeral Home | Los Angeles | $2,265 |
| Loving Care Funeral Services | Delano | $2,285 |
| Bay Area Mortuary Services | San Jose | $2,300 |
| Chapel of the Angels Mortuary | Grass Valley | $2,335 |
| Adobe Creek Funeral Home & Cremation Services | Petaluma | $2,395 |
| Cremation with Memorial Service 8 | Sebastopol | $2,395 |
| Funerals Your Way | San Diego | $2,430 |
| Monte Vista Memorial Gardens and Mortuary | Livermore | $2,435 |
| Santos Robinson Mortuary | San Leandro | $2,435 |
| Cremation Care | Santa Barbara | $2,435 |
| Berry-Bell & Hall Fallbrook Mortuary | Fallbrook | $2,470 |
| Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery and Mortuary | San Rafael | $2,470 |
| Simple Traditions Cremation & Burial | Carmichael | $2,535 |
| Grissoms Chapel & Mortuary | San Lorenzo | $2,535 |
| Huntington Funeral Home | Los Angeles | $2,540 |
| Grissom's Cremation & Burial Centers | San Ramon | $2,540 |
| Brusie Funeral Home | Chico | $2,560 |
| Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel | town not recorded | $2,610 |
| Deer Creek Funeral Service | Castro Valley | $2,635 |
| Torres Cremation and Burial Services Chino | Chino | $2,635 |
| Deer Creek Funeral Service | Dublin | $2,635 |
| Torres & Mumaw Cremation and Burial Services | Lancaster | $2,635 |
| Melrose Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary | Anaheim | $2,655 |
| Wiefels & Son | Banning | $2,675 |
| North Sacramento Funeral Home | Sacramento | $2,680 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Hillcrest | Bakersfield | $2,705 |
| Miller Mies Downey Mortuary | Downey | $2,735 |
| Fink Funeral Home | Susanville | $2,735 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Gardena | $2,760 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Redondo Beach | $2,760 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Torrance | $2,760 |
| Honor Cremations | Burlingame | $2,765 |
| Honor Cremations | Walnut Creek | $2,765 |
| Funeraria Del Angel-Hesperia | Hesperia | $2,775 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Oxnard | Oxnard | $2,780 |
| Bobbitt Memorial Chapel Inc | San Bernardino | $2,785 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and McWane Family Funeral Home | Hemet | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Hemet | $2,790 |
| Valley of Peace Cremation & Burial | Lancaster | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Moreno Valley | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Murrieta | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary And | Perris | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary And | San Jacinto | $2,790 |
| Valley of Peace Cremation & Burial | Santa Clarita | $2,790 |
| Valley of Peace Cremation and Burial | Thousand Oaks | $2,790 |
| Fierro Family Funeral Home | Dos Palos | $2,800 |
| White Emerson Mortuary | Whittier | $2,830 |
| White-Emerson Mortuary | Whittier | $2,830 |
| Lodi Funeral Home | Lodi | $2,835 |
| Dopkins Funeral Chapel | Dinuba | $2,875 |
| Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel | Reedley | $2,875 |
| Inglewood Mortuary | town not recorded | $2,910 |
| Duggan's Mission Chapel | Sonoma | $2,935 |
| Bermudez Cremations and Funerals | Monterey | $2,985 |
| Bermudez Cremations and Funerals | Monterey | $2,985 |
| Destiny Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc | Long Beach | $3,005 |
| Affordable Cremation & Burial | Anderson | $3,035 |
| East County Mortuary & Cremation Service | El Cajon | $3,035 |
| Grant Miller – John Cox Mortuary | Oakland | $3,035 |
| Los Angeles Funeral Service, Inc | Inglewood | $3,045 |
| Parent-Sorensen Mortuary and Crematory Services | Sebastopol | $3,165 |
| Parent-Sorensen Mortuary & Crematory | Petaluma | $3,190 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Montebello | Montebello | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Pico Rivera | Pico Rivera | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Van Nuys | Van Nuys | $3,285 |
| Mountain View Cemetery, Mortuary & Crematory | Altadena | $3,385 |
| Tulocay Cemetery Funeral Home & Crematory | town not recorded | $3,385 |
| Riverside Funeral Care | Riverside | $3,385 |
| Ouimet Bros. Concord Funeral Chapel & Cremations | Concord | $3,390 |
| Franklin & Downs Funeral Home | Modesto | $3,415 |
| Duggans Serra Mortuary | Daly City | $3,430 |
| Family Mortuary | Santa Ana | $3,430 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Anaheim | Anaheim | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Bell | Bell | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Bellflower | Bellflower | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Chino | Chino | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Lincoln Heights | Los Angeles | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Panorama City | Panorama City | $3,435 |
| Sacred Tidings Holistic Funeral Care | Santa Rosa | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel South Gate | South Gate | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Victor Valley | Victorville | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel West Covina | West Covina | $3,435 |
| Conejo Mountain Funeral Home & Memorial Park | Camarillo | $3,500 |
| Smith Funeral Home | Davis | $3,500 |
| Cali Home Funeral Services | San Diego | $3,540 |
| Weaver-Hughes Mortuary | Yucaipa | $3,590 |
| Miramar Memorial Services | San Diego | $3,625 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Santa Paula | Santa Paula | $3,665 |
| Dimond & Shannon Mortuary | Garden Grove | $3,690 |
| Mission Mortuary | Monterey | $3,690 |
| Mission Mortuary & Memorial Park | Seaside | $3,690 |
| Funeraria Del Angel National City | National City | $3,700 |
| Funeraria Del Angel San Diego | San Diego | $3,700 |
| All Souls Mortuary Calvary Mortuary Holy Cross Mortuary | Culver City | $3,710 |
| All Souls Mortuary Calvary Mortuary Holy Cross Mortuary | Long Beach | $3,710 |
| Catholic Mortuary Mortuary | Mission Hills | $3,710 |
| Santa Clara Mortuary | Oxnard | $3,710 |
| Queen of Heaven Mortuary | Rowland Heights | $3,710 |
| Affordable Cremations and Burial | Apple Valley | $3,730 |
| Woodlawn Funeral Home | Colma | $3,730 |
| Joshua Mortuary Palmdale | Palmdale | $3,735 |
| Miller Jones Menifee Memorial Park and Mortuary | Menifee | $3,785 |
| Mt. View Mortuary & Cemetery | San Bernardino | $3,785 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Hillcrest | Bakersfield | $3,810 |
| C. P. Bannon Mortuary | Oakland | $3,835 |
| Bayside Community Mortuary | Seaside | $3,835 |
| Wfg-Fuller Funerals | Richmond | $3,840 |
| Dimond & Sons Needles Mortuary | Needles | $3,860 |
| Green Acres Memorial Park & Mortuary | Bloomington | $3,885 |
| Weaver Mortuary and Crematory | Beaumont | $3,890 |
| Stone Funeral Home | Upland | $3,890 |
| Paris Frederick Mortuary & Cremation Service | El Cajon | $3,910 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Fresno | Fresno | $3,910 |
| Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations | Fresno | $3,910 |
| Palm Memorial-Kerman Chapel | Kerman | $3,910 |
| Gates, Kingsley & Gates Praiswater Mortuary | Canoga Park | $3,935 |
| Bastian and Perrott, Oswald Mortuary | Northridge | $3,935 |
| Lawncrest Chapel | Redding | $3,970 |
| Hua Yuan | Whittier | $3,985 |
| Collins Family Funeral Home | Lodi | $4,020 |
| Gates, Kingsley & Gates Smith Salsbury Funeral Directors | Culver City | $4,035 |
| Coast Cities Cremations | Goleta | $4,035 |
| Coast Cities Cremations | Ventura | $4,035 |
| Lombard Funeral Home | Sacramento | $4,110 |
| Peek Funeral Home | Westminster | $4,125 |
| Rose Chapel Mortuary | Paradise | $4,130 |
| Armstrong, Garcia, & McKenzie Mortuary | Los Angeles | $4,135 |
| McLeod Mortuary | Escondido | $4,175 |
| Erickson-Anderson Mortuary | LA MESA | $4,175 |
| Palm Memorial-Worden Chapel | Chowchilla | $4,210 |
| Beardsley-Mitchell Funeral Home | San Diego | $4,210 |
| Pacific Beach – La Jolla Chapel Merkley-Mitchell Mortuary | San Diego | $4,210 |
| Pacific Beach – La Jolla Chapel Merkley-Mitchell Mortuary | San Diego | $4,210 |
| San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home | San Francisco | $4,210 |
| Cypress Lawn | Colma | $4,235 |
| Cypress Lawn Funeral Home | Colma | $4,235 |
| Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home | Merced | $4,235 |
| Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary | Monrovia | $4,235 |
| Fairhaven Memorial Park Mortuary | Santa Ana | $4,240 |
| Acheson & Graham Garden of Prayer Draper Mortuary | Ontario | $4,290 |
| Acheson & Graham Garden of Prayer Draper Mortuary | Riverside | $4,290 |
| Boice Funeral Home | Clovis | $4,310 |
| Goodbody Mortuary | San Diego | $4,310 |
| Grand Legacy Funeral Home and Crematory | Bakersfield | $4,315 |
| Peoples Funeral Chapel | Hanford | $4,335 |
| Miller Memorial Chapel | Visalia | $4,360 |
| Miller Memorial Chapel | Woodlake | $4,360 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Delano | Delano | $4,385 |
| Pierce Brothers Turner & Stevens Mortuary | San Gabriel | $4,385 |
| Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary | Westminster | $4,385 |
| Mead Mortuary | Barstow | $4,460 |
| Palm Memorial-Sierra Chapel | Oakhurst | $4,465 |
| Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers | Red Bluff | $4,470 |
| Oakdale Mortuary | Glendora | $4,485 |
| Chapel of the Hills | Auburn | $4,510 |
| Desert View | Victorville | $4,510 |
| Harbor Lawn-Mt. Olive Memorial Park & Mortuary | Costa Mesa | $4,535 |
| Lakewood Funeral Home | Hughson | $4,535 |
| Joshua Memorial Park & Mortuary | Lancaster | $4,535 |
| Chapel of the Pines | Placerville | $4,535 |
| Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel | San Jose | $4,535 |
| Willow Glen Funeral Home | San Jose | $4,535 |
| Sunset Hills Mortuary | Apple Valley | $4,550 |
| Montecito Memorial Park and Mortuary | Colton | $4,585 |
| The Paul Mortuary | Pacific Grove | $4,585 |
| Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary | Riverside | $4,585 |
| Lambert Funeral Home | Roseville | $4,610 |
| De Young Memorial Chapel | Stockton | $4,635 |
| De Young Shoreline Chapel | Stockton | $4,635 |
| Gates Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors | Santa Monica | $4,650 |
| Chapel of the Chimes | Oakland | $4,665 |
| Valley Funeral Home | Burbank | $4,735 |
| Glendale Funeral Home | Glendale | $4,735 |
| Reichert's Funeral & Cremation Services | Citrus Heights | $4,755 |
| Cypress View Mausoleum, Mortuary and Crematory | San Diego | $4,760 |
| El Camino Memorial-Encinitas | Encinitas | $4,765 |
| Eternal Valley Memorial Park Mortuary | Newhall | $4,835 |
| Chapel of the Roses | Atascadero | $4,900 |
| Los Osos Valley | Los Osos | $4,900 |
| Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home | Paso Robles | $4,900 |
| Lisle Funeral Home | Fresno | $4,910 |
| Stephens and Bean Funeral Chapel | Fresno | $4,910 |
| Whitehurst Sullivan Burns & Blair Funeral Home | Fresno | $4,910 |
| Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home | Hayward | $5,060 |
| Nicoletti, Culjis & Herberger Funeral Home | Sacramento | $5,060 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Park | Fair Oaks | $5,110 |
| Harry a. Nauman & Son | Sacramento | $5,110 |
| Green Street Mortuary | San Francisco | $5,155 |
| Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary | Santa Clara | $5,235 |
| Lima Family Milpitas-Fremont Mortuary | Fremont | $5,335 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Chula Vista | Chula Vista | $5,360 |
| Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park | San Jose | $5,435 |
| El Camino Memorial-Sorrento Valley | San Diego | $5,785 |
| Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary | Bonita | $6,120 |
| Pacific View Memorial Park and Mortuary | Corona Del Mar | $8,720 |
Other questions about California
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