How we gather and compare prices.
Funeral and cremation prices are hard to compare. Here is exactly where ours come from, how we keep them fair, and how you can tell when a number was checked.
The short version
- We take prices from providers’ own price lists, websites and phone calls.
- Every price shows the date we checked it.
- City comparisons list providers alphabetically, and no one can pay to move up. In the Wayfinder Plan, a partner may be shown first, always labeled “Sponsored.”
- When we leave a figure out of a headline range, we say so and show it in the city table.
Where our prices come from
We go to the source. We don’t estimate, and we don’t use national averages.
Price lists
The general price list (GPL) each provider is required to give you.
Provider websites
Prices and packages published on their own sites.
Phone calls
When a price isn’t published, we ask. We record who we spoke with and when.
Fee schedules
Cemetery and government fees, such as permits and certificates.
How to read the dates
Next to each price you’ll see when we checked it. Prices change, so treat older figures as a starting point.
Illustration with made-up providers and prices. A green date means checked within the last six months. A tan date means older than six months, so confirm with the provider before relying on it.
How we build a headline range
The range at the top of a page shows the lowest and highest price we confirmed. Here is what one looks like.
Direct cremation, Salt Lake County
Why two similar prices aren’t the same
Two providers can advertise the same service at very different prices, and the lower number isn’t always the lower cost.
- Basic services
- included
- Transport
- included
- Cremation fee
- included
- Container
- included
- Basic services
- included
- Transport
- included
- Cremation fee
- + $400
- Container
- + $150
Illustration with made-up numbers, not a real provider.
This is why we look past the headline number. When we compare, we check things like:
- Cremation container
- Crematory fee
- Vault-setting fee
- Casket manufacturer
- What’s itemized vs. bundled
Order and ownership
Providers are always listed alphabetically by name. Where one company owns another, we say so.
Utah Simple Cremations
Owned by Larkin.
Wasatch Lawn, Neptune and Family Funeral Care
All part of Dignity Memorial (SCI).
Corrections and update log
When we change the data, we note it here. Each city page also shows its own “last updated” date.
| Date | What changed | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2026 | Added SereniCare Funeral Home (South Salt Lake) from the prices on its website. Its $1,995 graveside plan is now the low end of the Salt Lake City and county traditional burial range. | Salt Lake City, cost guides, glossary |
| October 5, 2026 | Added Just Cremations & Funerals (price list effective January 1, 2025) and Peel Funeral Home (online price list effective January 1, 2024) to Salt Lake City, and updated Neptune Society to its price list effective July 22, 2026 (direct cremation now $2,327–$2,422; its $2,815 Traditional Plan is shown as a package). New low ends: transfer into care from $200, refrigeration from $50 a day; weekend and holiday charges now reach $995. Salt Lake City cremation with a service now starts at $2,800. | Salt Lake City, glossary, cost guide |
| October 2, 2026 | Added Kramer Family Funeral Home (West Valley City, serves Salt Lake County) from its price list updated October 13, 2024, which Kramer confirmed is current. Its $639 direct cremation is now the low end of the Salt Lake City and county direct cremation ranges. Its itemized prices also widened the ranges for embalming, the basic services fee, transfer into care, rental caskets and receiving remains from another funeral home. | Salt Lake City, What It Costs, How Funeral Prices Work, Direct Cremation Cost, Immediate Need, Planning Ahead, city pages (receiving remains), glossary |
| September 29, 2026 | Traditional burial ranges now show the funeral home’s charges without the casket (casket, vault and cemetery listed separately). Confirmed prices and details by phone with nine providers and the Utah Veterans Cemetery; corrected Starks Funeral Parlor’s aquamation price and Broomhead Funeral Home’s weekend and holiday charges; added Neil O’Donnell Funeral Home’s price list (effective September 1, 2026), which replaces the separate Wiscombe Memorial / Utah Cremation Society listing: the three names share one address, phone number and price list | City pages, glossary, cost guides, veterans pages |
| September 27, 2026 | Updated Premier Funeral Services prices to its online price list (effective July 15, 2025) | Sandy, glossary, transportation guide |
| September 19, 2026 | Added Broomhead Funeral Home cremation prices | Riverton |
| September 14, 2026 | Provider tables sorted alphabetically | All city pages |
| September 5, 2026 | Price ranges recomputed using 19 providers | Cost guide, city pages |
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