How Much Is a Funeral

Posted prices and plain guides, with the paperwork attached.

Funeral prices in Iowa

We do not hold posted price lists for Iowa yet.

Status

Nothing collected for Iowa yet

We have not collected price lists in Iowa. We are not going to fill this page with averages or estimates in the meantime, because a number nobody can trace to a document is worse than an empty page.

The work moves state by state, starting with the states we can read carefully. When Iowa price lists are collected and reviewed, they will show up here.

What you can do today

Federal law already gives you this. Under the Funeral Rule, any funeral home in Iowa has to give you a printed general price list to keep when you ask about arrangements in person, and has to answer price questions over the phone. You do not have to explain why you are asking, and you do not have to give your name.

Ask two or three homes for that list and read them side by side. Our guides walk through how to read one and which lines tend to cost the most.