2025 Funeral Price Survey
The survey of prices charged by 108 area funeral homes was compiled by FCA-GKC volunteers from the General Price Lists (GPL’s) that the Federal Trade Commission requires funeral providers to provide to consumers. The 2025 price survey includes all active funeral providers in the following counties that are part of the Greater Kansas City area: Missouri (Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray) Kansas (Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte).
Standard Funeral
For purposes of comparing prices for this survey, the price shown includes the general services of the funeral director and staff, embalming, transfer of remains to the funeral home, preparation of the body, visitation, staff services during the funeral, the cost of the hearse, a family limousine, and staff at the graveside.
Immediate Burial
This burial choice is also known as natural or green burial; it eliminates embalming, visitation, and funeral services. This option often includes a plain wooden box, a shroud, or other simple covering. In addition to being less costly, some find this attractive as a natural and/or environmentally friendly way of burying the body. A limited number of cemeteries offer gravesites for immediate burials,
Direct Cremation
With this choice, the body is taken directly to the crematory without extra preparations or services and the ashes are returned directly to the family in a basic container.
Although the prices in this survey are based on selected services to promote comparability, some families choose more services in each category. Some may add a funeral or memorial service to an immediate burial. Cremations may include embalming, a visitation, and a funeral and graveside service, all of which increase the price. On the other hand, the price can be lowered if certain services are provided by family or friends. For example, in a “home funeral”, the family can wash and prepare the body, host a wake or service, and even transport the body to the cemetery.
The detailed survey chart does not list individual charges for items such as staff and overhead, embalming, transportation, visitation, funeral and graveside services, or vehicle use. These itemized prices are available on each provider’s General Price List (GPL), which must be provided upon request. The area-wide average prices for each of the excluded services are shown below.
Area Average Price for Specific Services
Funeral Director, staff, and overhead: $2,496
Embalming: $933
Transport Body to Funeral Provider: $388
Body Preparation: $535
Visitation at Funeral Home: $482
Funeral Services: $624
Hearse: $503
Limousine: $415
Graveside Service: $491