How Much Is a Funeral

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

Bakersfield Funeral Home

Bakersfield, Kern County, CA

A funeral home.

Posted January 1, 2024 Checked August 15, 2026

This list is dated January 1, 2024; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

Read this home's price list

3125 19TH ST., BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301

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Direct cremation

$1,580

The middle price in Kern County is $1,845.

The home posts $1,555. With one certified copy, $1,580.

How this adds up
"Direct cremation"$1,555
1 certified copy of the death certificate$24
Sum$1,579
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $1,580

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 $24 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • direct cremation

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

The median across Kern County is $1,845, from 10 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Immediate burial

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$4,015

The home posts $3,990. With one certified copy, $4,015.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial"$3,990
1 certified copy of the death certificate$24
Sum$4,014
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $4,015

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 $24 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial".

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$2,620

The middle price in Kern County is $3,258.

The home posts $2,595. With one certified copy, $2,620.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides"$2,595
1 certified copy of the death certificate$24
Sum$2,619
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $2,620

This covers immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides. 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 $24 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides".

The median across Kern County is $3,258, from 6 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

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

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 own price list posts a certified copy of the death certificate at $24 each. 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 $24.

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

What the other funeral homes in Kern County charge

The closest funeral homes whose posted prices we also hold:

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

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