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Highlands Cremation & Funeral Home

Arden, NC

A funeral home.

Posted July 16, 2025 Checked September 11, 2026

This list is dated July 16, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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2393 Hendersonville Rd., Arden, NC 27804

From this home's state license record.

No website on file yet.

Direct cremation

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 16, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Cremation with service

$3,360

The middle price in North Carolina is $7,175.

The home posts $3,300. With the North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization and one certified copy, $3,360.

How this adds up
"Cremation ~ Traditional Service"$3,300
North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization, set by 10A NCAC 44 .0501(b), verified August 25, 2026$50
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,360

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it. It does not cover viewing or visitation, charged by the hour. A container, rental casket or cremation casket is not included in this price. A cremation casket or a rental casket will need to be purchased or rented for this package. That usually adds more than $1,000 to the figure shown, so ask the funeral home directly for an accurate price. Certified copy of the death certificate is already in this price. This home says so on its own price list, so there is nothing to add for it. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization at $50 and one certified copy of the death certificate at $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • embalming of your loved one, Other Preparation of your loved one... Receiving of friends and family one hour prior to funeral service, Funeral service using our spacious facility or at the location of your choice, Use of funeral coach on the day of service, if needed, is an additional service, Cremation process.

What this home's price does not cover

  • viewing or visitation, charged by the hour

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Cremation ~ Traditional Service".

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: "● Simple cremation option with complete online arrangement required ● Safe and secure transfer of your loved one from a facility into Highlands Care (within 20 miles) Additional charges apply when death occurs at a residence ● Cremation process ● Refrigeration (additional charges may apply after 3 days@ $25 per 24 hours) ● Preparation of deceased for private family only viewing is an additional service ● Preparation and filing authorizations, permits, death certificate, state and federal forms (Client is responsible for the accuracy of all information and for obtaining certified certificates through the appropriate county and/or state offices.) ● Host an online tribute wall for your loved one"

The median across North Carolina is $7,175, from 63 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 16, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 16, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 16, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

$5,055

The middle price in North Carolina is $7,050.

The home posts $5,045. With one certified copy, $5,055.

How this adds up
"Traditional Church, Chapel or Graveside Service"$5,045
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$5,055

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it. It does not cover a casket 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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • personalized consultation... Embalming of your loved one, Other Preparation of your loved one, Private family viewing... Receiving of friends and family one hour prior to funeral service, Funeral service using our spacious facility or at the location of your choice, Graveside committal service, Use of funeral coach on day of service.

What this home's price does not cover

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

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Traditional Church, Chapel or Graveside Service".

The median across North Carolina is $7,050, from 57 posted price lists we have read.

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

9 other packages this home posts

Itemized Cost

$3,630

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"Itemized Cost"$3,620
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,630

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

Cremation Service

$1,605

This covers cremation Service.

How this adds up
"Cremation Service"$1,595
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$1,605

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • cremation Service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

Itemized Cost

$3,930

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"Itemized Cost"$3,920
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,930

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

Cremation ~ Memorial Service

$2,635

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

How this adds up
"Cremation ~ Memorial Service"$2,625
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$2,635

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 $10 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

Itemized Cost

$4,830

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"Itemized Cost"$4,820
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$4,830

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

Cremation ~ Traditional Service

$3,310

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

How this adds up
"Cremation ~ Traditional Service"$3,300
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$3,310

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 $10 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

Itemized Cost

$5,505

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"Itemized Cost"$5,495
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$5,505

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 $10 to this home's own price.

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

D. AUTOPSIED REMAINS

$310

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

How this adds up
"D. AUTOPSIED REMAINS"$300
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$310

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 $10 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. FACILITIES, STAFF & EQUIPMENT

$810

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

How this adds up
"E. FACILITIES, STAFF & EQUIPMENT"$800
1 certified copy of the death certificate$10
Sum$810

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 $10 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 list does not post a price for a certified copy of the death certificate. North Carolina charges $10 for the first copy and $10 for each one after it, so those are the figures below. 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 $10, and each one after that is $10.

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

The same question, answered for every North Carolina home we have read:

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