How Much Is a Funeral

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

Island Cremations & Funeral Home

NC

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

$855

The middle price in North Carolina is $2,725.

The home posts $795. With the North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization and one certified copy, $855.

How this adds up
"Direct Cremation starting at"$795
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$855

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; ask the funeral home. It does not cover 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 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 does not cover

  • 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 "Direct Cremation starting…".

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

The median across North Carolina is $2,725, from 70 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$2,955

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

The home posts $2,895. With the North Carolina medical examiner cremation authorization and one certified copy, $2,955.

How this adds up
"Traditional Cremation starting at"$2,895
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$2,955

This covers same base list as direct cremation, plus Embalming, cosmetics, and dressing. It does not cover 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 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

  • same base list as direct cremation, plus Embalming, cosmetics, and dressing

What this home's price does not cover

  • 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 Cremation starting…".

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

Immediate burial

The price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

The price list we read from this home on August 18, 2026, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Traditional funeral 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.

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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