How Much Is a Funeral

Their own posted prices, dated and sourced. Every funeral home, as we reach them.

Cierpial Memorial Funeral Homes Inc

MA

A funeral home.

Checked August 18, 2026

This list carries no date of its own; we read it on August 18, 2026.

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Direct cremation

We could not confirm a price for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Cremation with service

We could not confirm a price for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Immediate burial

We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, so please ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

We could not confirm a price for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

$5,050

The middle price in Massachusetts is $10,045.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, embalming, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony, a hearse, service vehicle and use of facilities and staff for a graveside service.

How this adds up
"SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF"$1,800
"TRANSFER OF REMAINS TO THE FUNERAL HOME (within 25 mile radius)"$405
"EMBALMING"$600
"E. Dressing, casketing, cosmetology, hair care"$300
"USE OF FACILITIES AND STAFF FOR COMBINATION WAKE AND FUNERAL CEREMONY"$700
"HEARSE (Local)**"$525
"CLERGY/FLOWER/LEAD/CAR (Local)**"$305
"USE OF EQUIPMENT AND STAFF FOR GRAVESIDE SERVICE § 400.00"$400
1 certified copy of the death certificate$15
Sum$5,050

It does not cover a casket, mileage beyond the distance this list includes and additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $15 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
  • transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care
  • embalming
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
  • a hearse
  • service vehicle
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, which are priced one at a time

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "**T ocal is within 25 mile RT-beyond is $1.25/mile RT and over **Prices include 3 1/2 hours livery service. If overtime occurs there will be an additional $75 per hour added to the bill CASKET"

The median across Massachusetts is $10,045, from 31 posted price lists we have read.

These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.

2 other packages this home posts

A. Acknowledgement cards (per 25 cards)

$35

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

How this adds up
"A. Acknowledgement cards (per 25 cards)"$20
1 certified copy of the death certificate$15
Sum$35

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $15 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • the price the home posts for this service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

E. Memorial Package

$190

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

How this adds up
"E. Memorial Package"$175
1 certified copy of the death certificate$15
Sum$190

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $15 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • the price the home posts for this service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers
These figures are ballparks for comparing homes, not quotes.

These figures are assembled from this home's own posted price list, and each one is rounded up to the next $5. Treat them as a way to compare homes, not as a quote. Only the funeral home can quote you.

Certified copies of the death certificate

One certified copy of the death certificate is included in every figure on this page.

This home's own price list posts a certified copy of the death certificate at $15 each. This is what the record itself costs. Ask the funeral home whether it charges anything to order them for you.

How many certified copies do you need?

Most families need more than one. Raising the count raises every figure on this page.

One certified copy is $15.

Nobody can tell you how many you will need. Banks, insurers, and pension offices each tend to want their own, so families commonly order several. Set the count and the line says what that comes to.

Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

Where to look next

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