How much does an immediate burial cost in California?
$4,043. That is the middle figure of the 138 funeral homes in California whose own posted price lists we have read for an immediate burial. The least expensive of them is $2,035 and the most expensive is $8,720.
The price lists behind these figures are dated May 22, 2025 to Aug 17, 2026. We last checked them between Aug 15, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026.
Every figure is that home's own posted price with its county's fee and one certified copy of the death certificate added, wherever both are on file, rounded once. Open a home to change the county or the number of copies.
A state's median is the middle of the figures the homes in it show, so it carries the same county fees and the same one certified copy those figures carry.
Narrowing it down by county
| County | Price lists we hold | Least expensive | Middle figure |
| Alameda County | 2 | $3,835 | not enough lists yet |
| Contra Costa County | 1 | $3,840 | not enough lists yet |
| El Dorado County | 1 | $4,535 | not enough lists yet |
| Fresno County | 7 | $2,875 | $3,910 |
| Kern County | 4 | $2,705 | $3,720 |
| Kings County | 1 | $4,335 | not enough lists yet |
| Los Angeles County | 29 | $2,035 | $3,535 |
| Madera County | 2 | $4,210 | not enough lists yet |
| Merced County | 1 | $4,235 | not enough lists yet |
| Monterey County | 2 | $3,835 | not enough lists yet |
| Orange County | 12 | $2,655 | $3,865 |
| Placer County | 2 | $4,510 | not enough lists yet |
| Riverside County | 13 | $2,790 | $2,790 |
| Sacramento County | 5 | $2,680 | $5,060 |
| San Bernardino County | 13 | $2,775 | $3,885 |
| San Diego County | 15 | $3,625 | $4,210 |
| San Francisco County | 2 | $4,210 | not enough lists yet |
| San Joaquin County | 3 | $3,235 | $4,635 |
| San Luis Obispo County | 3 | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| San Mateo County | 1 | $3,730 | not enough lists yet |
| Santa Clara County | 5 | $4,535 | $4,535 |
| Shasta County | 1 | $3,970 | not enough lists yet |
| Sonoma County | 1 | $3,435 | not enough lists yet |
| Stanislaus County | 2 | $4,535 | not enough lists yet |
| Tehama County | 1 | $4,470 | not enough lists yet |
| Tulare County | 3 | $2,875 | $4,360 |
| Ventura County | 2 | $2,755 | not enough lists yet |
We hold posted prices in 27 of California's 58 counties. We are still collecting in the other 31, and a county is missing from this list because we have not read a price list there yet, not because its funeral homes charge nothing.
The California price lists behind this, for an immediate burial
Least expensive first. Every figure links to the funeral home's own page, where the price list it was read from is linked in full.
| Funeral home | Town | Figure |
| Foothill Funeral & Cremation | Altadena | $2,035 |
| Affordable Cremations and Burial | Apple Valley | $2,395 |
| Melrose Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary | Anaheim | $2,655 |
| North Sacramento Funeral Home | Sacramento | $2,680 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Hillcrest | Bakersfield | $2,705 |
| Miller Mies Downey Mortuary | Downey | $2,735 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Oxnard | Oxnard | $2,755 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Gardena | $2,760 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Redondo Beach | $2,760 |
| Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions | Torrance | $2,760 |
| Funeraria Del Angel-Hesperia | Hesperia | $2,775 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and McWane Family Funeral Home | Hemet | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Hemet | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Moreno Valley | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Moreno Valley | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary and Crematory | Murrieta | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary And | Perris | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary And | San Jacinto | $2,790 |
| Miller Jones Mortuary And | San Jacinto | $2,790 |
| Dopkins Funeral Chapel | Dinuba | $2,875 |
| Dopkins Reedley Funeral Chapel | Reedley | $2,875 |
| Frisbie Warren & Carroll Mortuary | Stockton | $3,235 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Anaheim | Anaheim | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Bell | Bell | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Bellflower | Bellflower | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Chino | Chino | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Lincoln Heights | Los Angeles | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Montebello | Montebello | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Panorama City | Panorama City | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Pico Rivera | Pico Rivera | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel South Gate | South Gate | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Van Nuys | Van Nuys | $3,285 |
| Funeraria Del Angel West Covina | West Covina | $3,285 |
| McAulay and Wallace Mortuary McAulay-Wallace Mortuary Yorba | Fullerton | $3,370 |
| McAulay and Wallace Mortuary McAulay-Wallace Mortuary Yorba | Yorba Linda | $3,370 |
| Family Mortuary | Santa Ana | $3,430 |
| Sacred Tidings Holistic Funeral Care | Santa Rosa | $3,435 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Victor Valley | Victorville | $3,435 |
| Stricklin/Snively | Long Beach | $3,495 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Santa Paula | Santa Paula | $3,515 |
| Groman Eden Mortuary | Mission Hills | $3,535 |
| Weaver-Hughes Mortuary | Yucaipa | $3,590 |
| Miramar Memorial Services | San Diego | $3,625 |
| Mission Family Mortuary | Bakersfield | $3,630 |
| Dimond & Shannon Mortuary | Garden Grove | $3,690 |
| Funeraria Del Angel National City | National City | $3,700 |
| Funeraria Del Angel San Diego | San Diego | $3,700 |
| Woodlawn Funeral Home | Colma | $3,730 |
| Joshua Mortuary Palmdale | Palmdale | $3,735 |
| Miller Jones Menifee Memorial Park and Mortuary | Menifee | $3,785 |
| Miller Jones Menifee Memorial Park and Mortuary | Menifee | $3,785 |
| Mt. View Mortuary & Cemetery | San Bernardino | $3,785 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Hillcrest | Bakersfield | $3,810 |
| C. P. Bannon Mortuary | Oakland | $3,835 |
| Bayside Community Mortuary | Seaside | $3,835 |
| Wfg-Fuller Funerals | Richmond | $3,840 |
| Dimond & Sons Needles Mortuary | Needles | $3,860 |
| Green Acres Memorial Park & Mortuary | Bloomington | $3,885 |
| Weaver Mortuary and Crematory | Beaumont | $3,890 |
| Stone Funeral Home | Upland | $3,890 |
| Paris Frederick Mortuary & Cremation Service | El Cajon | $3,910 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Fresno | Fresno | $3,910 |
| Palm La Paz Funerals & Cremations | Fresno | $3,910 |
| Palm Memorial-Kerman Chapel | Kerman | $3,910 |
| Gates, Kingsley & Gates Praiswater Mortuary | Canoga Park | $3,935 |
| Bastian and Perrott, Oswald Mortuary | Northridge | $3,935 |
| Lawncrest Chapel | Redding | $3,970 |
| Gates, Kingsley & Gates Smith Salsbury Funeral Directors | Culver City | $4,035 |
| Fairhaven Memorial Services | Mission Viejo | $4,040 |
| Pierce Brothers Valhalla | N Hollywood | $4,045 |
| Lombard Funeral Home | Sacramento | $4,110 |
| Peek Funeral Home | Westminster | $4,125 |
| McLeod Mortuary | Escondido | $4,175 |
| Erickson-Anderson Mortuary | La Mesa | $4,175 |
| Palm Memorial-Worden Chapel | Chowchilla | $4,210 |
| Beardsley-Mitchell Funeral Home | San Diego | $4,210 |
| Pacific Beach – La Jolla Chapel Merkley-Mitchell Mortuary | San Diego | $4,210 |
| San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home | San Francisco | $4,210 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Delano | Delano | $4,235 |
| Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home | Merced | $4,235 |
| Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary | Monrovia | $4,235 |
| Pierce Brothers Turner & Stevens Mortuary | San Gabriel | $4,235 |
| Fairhaven Memorial Park Mortuary | Santa Ana | $4,240 |
| Acheson & Graham Garden of Prayer Draper Mortuary | Ontario | $4,290 |
| Acheson & Graham Garden of Prayer Draper Mortuary | Riverside | $4,290 |
| Boice Funeral Home | Clovis | $4,310 |
| Goodbody Mortuary | San Diego | $4,310 |
| Peoples Funeral Chapel | Hanford | $4,335 |
| Miller Memorial Chapel | Visalia | $4,360 |
| Miller Memorial Chapel | Woodlake | $4,360 |
| Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary | Westminster | $4,385 |
| Halverson, Stone & Myers Mortuary | Torrance | $4,435 |
| Mead Mortuary | Barstow | $4,460 |
| Palm Memorial-Sierra Chapel | Oakhurst | $4,465 |
| Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers | Red Bluff | $4,470 |
| Oakdale Mortuary | Glendora | $4,485 |
| Chapel of the Hills | Auburn | $4,510 |
| Desert View | Victorville | $4,510 |
| Harbor Lawn-Mt. Olive Memorial Park & Mortuary | Costa Mesa | $4,535 |
| Lakewood Funeral Home | Hughson | $4,535 |
| Joshua Memorial Park & Mortuary | Lancaster | $4,535 |
| Chapel of the Pines | Placerville | $4,535 |
| Willow Glen Funeral Home | San Jose | $4,535 |
| Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel | San Jose | $4,535 |
| Willow Glen Funeral Home | San Jose | $4,535 |
| Sunset Hills Mortuary | Apple Valley | $4,550 |
| Montecito Memorial Park and Mortuary | Colton | $4,585 |
| The Paul Mortuary | Pacific Grove | $4,585 |
| Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary | Riverside | $4,585 |
| Lambert Funeral Home | Roseville | $4,610 |
| De Young Memorial Chapel | Stockton | $4,635 |
| De Young Shoreline Chapel | Stockton | $4,635 |
| Gates Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors | Santa Monica | $4,650 |
| Valley Funeral Home | Burbank | $4,735 |
| Cypress View Mausoleum, Mortuary and Crematory | San Diego | $4,760 |
| El Camino Memorial-Encinitas | Encinitas | $4,765 |
| Whitehurst-Norton-Dias Funeral Service | Turlock | $4,785 |
| Eternal Valley Memorial Park Mortuary | Newhall | $4,835 |
| Whitehurst Sullivan Burns & Blair Funeral Home | Fresno | $4,870 |
| Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Mortuary and Crematory | Oceanside | $4,885 |
| Chapel of the Roses | Atascadero | $4,900 |
| Los Osos Valley | Los Osos | $4,900 |
| Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home | Paso Robles | $4,900 |
| Lisle Funeral Home | Fresno | $4,910 |
| Stephens and Bean Funeral Chapel | Fresno | $4,910 |
| Nicoletti, Culjis & Herberger Funeral Home | Sacramento | $5,060 |
| Mount Vernon Memorial Park | Fair Oaks | $5,110 |
| Harry a. Nauman & Son | Sacramento | $5,110 |
| Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks-Griffin Memorial Park, Mortuary & | Westlake Village | $5,135 |
| Green Street Mortuary | San Francisco | $5,155 |
| Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary | Santa Clara | $5,235 |
| Lima Family Milpitas-Fremont Mortuary | Fremont | $5,335 |
| Funeraria Del Angel Chula Vista | Chula Vista | $5,360 |
| Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park | San Jose | $5,435 |
| Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary | Los Angeles | $5,675 |
| El Camino Memorial-Sorrento Valley | San Diego | $5,785 |
| Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary | Bonita | $6,120 |
| Pacific View Memorial Park and Mortuary | Corona Del Mar | $8,720 |
Other questions about California
No funeral home charges the middle figure. It is a place to start from. The home you call will quote you its own price, and the federal Funeral Rule says it has to give you its price list in writing when you sit down with it.
Every funeral home we know in California
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