How Much Is a Funeral

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

Universal Ii Mortuary Service Inc.

Washington, DC, DC

A funeral home.

Posted January 1, 2024 Checked August 29, 2026

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

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No phone number on file yet.

411 KENNEDY ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20011, USA, Washington, DC, DC

From this home's state license record.

Direct cremation

$1,520

The middle price in District of Columbia is $3,350.

This covers Transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care.

How this adds up
"DIRECT CREMATION WITH CONTAINER FROM FUNERAL HOME"$1,500
1 certified copy of the death certificate$18
Sum$1,518
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $1,520

additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes are extra, priced one at a time. The county permit fee belongs to the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. 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 $18 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • Transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care

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 WITH CONTAINER FROM FUNERAL HOME".

The median across District of Columbia is $3,350, from 7 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

This home's price list, dated January 1, 2024, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Immediate burial

$4,065

The middle price in District of Columbia is $4,065.

This covers IMMEDIATE BURIAL $3,045.00.

How this adds up
"IMMEDIATE BURIAL $3,045.00"$3,045
"CASKETS $1,000.00 - $60,000.00"$1,000
1 certified copy of the death certificate$18
Sum$4,063
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $4,065

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 $18 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • IMMEDIATE BURIAL $3,045.00

The median across District of Columbia is $4,065, from 7 posted price lists we have read.

$3,065

This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.

The home posts $3,045. With one certified copy, $3,065.

How this adds up
"IMMEDIATE BURIAL WITH CASKET PROVIDED BY CUSTOMER)"$3,045
1 certified copy of the death certificate$18
Sum$3,063
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $3,065

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; ask the funeral home. 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 $18 to this home's own price.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "IMMEDIATE BURIAL WITH CASKET PROVIDED BY CUSTOMER)".

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

Burial with graveside service

$3,065

The middle price in District of Columbia is $5,110.

The home posts $3,045. With one certified copy, $3,065.

How this adds up
"GRAVESIDE SERVICE"$3,045
1 certified copy of the death certificate$18
Sum$3,063
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $3,065

This covers GRAVESIDE SERVICE $3,045.00. 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 $18 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • GRAVESIDE SERVICE $3,045.00

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "GRAVESIDE SERVICE".

The median across District of Columbia is $5,110, from 5 posted price lists we have read.

Traditional funeral service

This home's price list, dated January 1, 2024, does not show a price for this service, so please 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.

What the county fee is

This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. The amount for this state is not on file here, so ask the funeral home.

In this list: in MD, 24 counties charging no fee. A county not in this list charges something too; ask that county or the funeral home.

The counties of the states this one touches are in the list too, each one labeled with its state, because a death does not stop at a state line.

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. This state charges $18 for the first copy and $18 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 $18, and each one after that is $18.

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 Washington, DC charge

The same question, answered for every District of Columbia home we have read:

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