How much does an immediate burial cost in South Carolina?
$4,020. That is the median of the figures posted by the 15 funeral homes in South Carolina whose price lists we have read for an immediate burial. The least expensive of them is $1,615 and the most expensive is $6,490.
The price lists behind these figures are dated Feb 5, 2024 to Jul 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort County | 1 | $3,370 | not enough lists yet |
| Charleston County | 2 | $3,370 | not enough lists yet |
| Lexington County | 1 | $6,005 | not enough lists yet |
| Pickens County | 1 | $3,965 | not enough lists yet |
| Richland County | 3 | $3,090 | $5,870 |
We hold posted prices in 5 of South Carolina's 46 counties. We are still collecting in the other 41, 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 South 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.
| Funeral home | Town | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| Harris-Nadeau Mortuary | Chesnee | $1,615 |
| Hatcher Funeral Home & Cremation Service | town not recorded | $1,970 |
| Elmwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service | Columbia | $3,090 |
| Simplicity Cremation Bluffton | Bluffton | $3,370 |
| Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation | North Charleston | $3,370 |
| Anderson Funeral Home | Beaufort | $3,540 |
| Dillard Memorial Funeral Home | PICKENS | $3,965 |
| Lee Funeral Home | Little River | $4,020 |
| Cremation Society of Sc-Westville Funerals | town not recorded | $5,605 |
| Dunbar Funeral Home (Devine) | COLUMBIA | $5,870 |
| Dunbar Funeral Home-Northeast | COLUMBIA | $5,870 |
| Caughman-Harman Funeral Home-West Columbia Chapel | Chapin | $6,005 |
| Caughman-Harman Funeral Home-West Columbia Chapel | Lexington | $6,005 |
| Caughman-Harman Funeral Home-West Columbia Chapel | W. Columbia | $6,005 |
| Carolina Funeral Home | North Charleston | $6,490 |
Other questions about South 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 South Carolina
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