How Much Is a Funeral

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Johnson Funeral Home

MA

A funeral home.

Posted May 15, 2025 Checked August 18, 2026

This list is dated May 15, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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(413) 625-6444

104 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

No website on file yet.

Direct cremation

$2,800

The middle price in Massachusetts is $4,395.

The home posts $2,600. With the Massachusetts medical examiner cremation view and authorization, $2,800.

How this adds up
"B. Direct cremation with alternative container"$2,600
Massachusetts medical examiner cremation view and authorization, set by 505 CMR 4.03(3), verified August 19, 2026$200
Sum$2,800

This covers removal of remains, local transportation to the crematory and necessary services of staff. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, 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 the Massachusetts medical examiner cremation view and authorization at $200 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • removal of remains
  • local transportation to the crematory
  • necessary services of staff

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "B. Direct cremation with alternative container".

The median across Massachusetts is $4,395, from 32 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$3,080

It does not cover a casket and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time.

How this adds up
"B. Immediate burial with Flat Top Gun Metal"$3,080
Sum$3,080

Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "B. Immediate burial with Flat Top Gun Metal".

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

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$2,140

The middle price in Massachusetts is $5,845.

How this adds up
"A. Immediate burial with casket provided by purchaser $2,140.00"$2,140
Sum$2,140

It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

The median across Massachusetts is $5,845, from 30 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

$3,195

The middle price in Massachusetts is $8,385.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, washing / Disinfecting when no embalming, a hearse and use of facilities and staff for a graveside service.

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND OVERHEAD"$1,900
"Within 30 mile local service radius"$295
"A. Other Prep includes cosmetology, dressing and casketing"$190
"A. Funeral Coach at funeral home"$390
"Equipment & Staff for Graveside Service"$420
Sum$3,195

It does not cover a casket and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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
  • washing / Disinfecting when no embalming
  • a hearse
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

The median across Massachusetts is $8,385, from 30 posted price lists we have read.

Traditional funeral service

$4,715

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, other Prep includes cosmetology, dressing and casketing, use of facilities and staff for a viewing, use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony, a hearse and use of facilities and staff for a graveside service.

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND OVERHEAD"$1,900
"Within 30 mile local service radius"$295
"EMBALMING - Standard"$520
"A. Other Prep includes cosmetology, dressing and casketing"$190
"Facilities & Staff for Viewing/Visitation"$490
"Facilities & Staff for Funeral Ceremony"$510
"A. Funeral Coach at funeral home"$390
"Equipment & Staff for Graveside Service"$420
Sum$4,715

It does not cover a casket, viewing or visitation, charged by the hour and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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
  • other Prep includes cosmetology, dressing and casketing
  • use of facilities and staff for a viewing
  • use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
  • a hearse
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • viewing or visitation, charged by the hour
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This list charges for a viewing or a visitation by the hour rather than at one posted price. How many hours a family wants is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Our services include set-up of visitation area, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, supervision of and attendance during the visitation. ($220 per hour)"

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.

1 other package this home posts

A. Acknowledgment cards (pkg of 25 after first 25)

$10

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

How this adds up
"A. Acknowledgment cards (pkg of 25 after first 25)"$10
Sum$10

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

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

This home's price list does not show a price for a certified copy of the death certificate, and we have no verified government fee for this place, so please ask the funeral home or the registrar in the county where the death happened what one copy costs.

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

Where to look next

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