Cremation Specialist of Pennsylvania
AVOCA, PA
A funeral home.
Posted March 1, 2024 Checked September 11, 2026
This list is dated March 1, 2024; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.
Read this home's price list728 MAIN STREET, AVOCA, PA 18641
From this home's state license record.
Direct cremation
$1,565
The middle price in Pennsylvania is $2,890.
The home posts $1,495. With the Pennsylvania coroner cremation or disposition authorization and one certified copy, $1,565.
How this adds up
| "Direct Cremation Package" | $1,495 |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania coroner cremation or disposition authorization, set by 16 P.S. 1252-B, verified August 19, 2026 | $50 |
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $1,565 |
This covers transfer of deceased from anywhere in Pennsylvania (no mileage charge in listed counties, all other PA counties an additional $350). Review of all documents. Care, shelter, and refrigeration of the deceased (embalming is not required). Minimum Alternative Cardboard container for the body. Crematory Fee. Filing of the death certificate. Assistance in placing the family's obituary. Notification of Social Security and Veterans Administration. One PA certified copy of the death certificate. Cremated remains placed in plastic container. Delivery of cremated remains in container (express mail), or pick up at our location. 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 Pennsylvania coroner cremation or disposition authorization at $50 and one certified copy of the death certificate at $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- transfer of deceased from anywhere in Pennsylvania (no mileage charge in listed counties, all other PA counties an additional $350). Review of all documents. Care, shelter, and refrigeration of the deceased (embalming is not required). Minimum Alternative Cardboard container for the body. Crematory Fee. Filing of the death certificate. Assistance in placing the family's obituary. Notification of Social Security and Veterans Administration. One PA certified copy of the death certificate. Cremated remains placed in plastic container. Delivery of cremated remains in container (express mail), or pick up at our location.
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 Package".
The median across Pennsylvania is $2,890, from 54 posted price lists we have read.
Cremation with service
We have no price to show for this service from this home's price list, dated March 1, 2024, so please ask them directly.
Immediate burial
We have no price to show for this service from this home's price list, dated March 1, 2024, so please ask them directly.
Burial with graveside service
We have no price to show for this service from this home's price list, dated March 1, 2024, so please ask them directly.
Traditional funeral service
We have no price to show for this service from this home's price list, dated March 1, 2024, so please ask them directly.
3 other packages this home posts
Direct Cremation Package
$1,515
The home posts $1,495. With one certified copy, $1,515.
How this adds up
| "Direct Cremation Package" | $1,495 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $1,515 |
What is in it is listed below in the home's own words. 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 $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- care, shelter, and refrigeration of the deceased (embalming is not required)
- minimum Alternative Cardboard container for the body
- the cremation charge itself
- filing of the death certificate
- one PA certified copy of the death certificate(additional can be purchased)
- cremated remains placed in plastic container(urns available for purchase)
- delivery of cremated remains in container to anywhere in the Continental United States (express mail), or pick up at our location
Veteran Package
$1,515
This covers veteran Package.
How this adds up
| "Veteran Package" | $1,495 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $1,515 |
It does not cover what this package covers. 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 $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- veteran Package
What this home's price does not cover
- what this package covers
Do It Yourself Memorial Service Package
$1,915
This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.
How this adds up
| "Do It Yourself Memorial Service Package" | $1,895 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $1,915 |
It does not cover what this package covers. 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 $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- the price the home posts for this service
What this home's price does not cover
- what this package covers
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. Pennsylvania charges $20 for the first copy and $20 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 $20, and each one after that is $20.
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.
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