How much does an immediate burial cost in North Carolina?
$3,305. That is the median of the figures posted by the 30 funeral homes in North Carolina whose price lists we have read for an immediate burial. The least expensive of them is $1,505 and the most expensive is $5,635.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke County | 1 | $2,630 | not enough lists yet |
| Caldwell County | 1 | $2,785 | not enough lists yet |
| Catawba County | 1 | $3,725 | not enough lists yet |
| Cumberland County | 1 | $4,805 | not enough lists yet |
| Haywood County | 2 | $1,505 | not enough lists yet |
| Hoke County | 1 | $1,805 | not enough lists yet |
| Iredell County | 1 | $4,030 | not enough lists yet |
| Mecklenburg County | 1 | $5,635 | not enough lists yet |
| Nash County | 1 | $4,165 | not enough lists yet |
| New Hanover County | 1 | $5,105 | not enough lists yet |
| Randolph County | 1 | $4,305 | not enough lists yet |
| Union County | 1 | $4,855 | not enough lists yet |
| Wilson County | 1 | $4,105 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 13 of North Carolina's 100 counties. We are still collecting in the other 87, 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina
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 North Carolina
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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.