How much does an immediate burial cost in Missouri?
$4,575. That is the median of the figures posted by the 23 funeral homes in Missouri whose price lists we have read for an immediate burial. The least expensive of them is $1,490 and the most expensive is $5,760.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Feb 1, 2021 to Jul 28, 2026. We last checked them between Aug 17, 2026 and Sep 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrain County | 1 | $3,440 | not enough lists yet |
| Clay County | 2 | $4,575 | not enough lists yet |
| Douglas County | 1 | $1,490 | not enough lists yet |
| Jackson County | 2 | $4,490 | not enough lists yet |
| Monroe County | 1 | $4,715 | not enough lists yet |
| Scott County | 1 | $4,910 | not enough lists yet |
| St. Charles County | 1 | $1,510 | not enough lists yet |
| St. Louis County | 2 | $5,160 | not enough lists yet |
| St. Louis City | 2 | $4,910 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 9 of Missouri's 114 counties. We are still collecting in the other 105, 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 Missouri 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.
Other questions about Missouri
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 Missouri
See something wrong?
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.