NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR ASSC. BURIAL PRICE VS AVENIDAS BURIAL PRICE

 
BURIAL VS BURIAL, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? YOU DECIDE IF THATS HONESTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY...

 

 

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) released the results of its 2013 Member General Price List Study in August 2013. The report provides a comprehensive picture of the diversity of costs associated with a funeral/burial service in the United States..

Perhaps the most frequently requested piece of information produced by the survey is the national average  cost of a funeral. Since the 1960s, NFDA has calculated the average cost of a funeral by totaling the costs of the following items:

 

• Non-declinable basic services fee
• Removal/transfer of remains to funeral home
• Embalming
• Other preparation of the body
• A metal casket or rental casket
• Use of the funeral home and staff for viewing
• Use of the funeral home and staff for a funeral ceremony
• Use of the funeral home and staff for a graveside service or urn 
• Use of a hearse
• Use of a service car/van
• A basic memorial printed package (e.g., memorial cards, register book, etc.)

 

The national average cost of a funeral, as quoted by the NFDA for calendar year 2013 is $7,635. If a grave vault is included, something that is typically required by a cemetery, the average cost is $8,933. The cost does not take into account cemetery, monument or marker costs, crematory fees (if cremation is selected instead of burial), or miscellaneous cash-advance items, such as flowers, obituaries and funeral procession escorts. Many factors contribute to the final determination of how an individual funeral home prices its good and services, including the firm's business philosophy and the market in which it operates and corporate or independent ownership.

National AVERAGE Cost of an Adult Funeral vs. Avenidas Funeral Chapel as per the National Funeral Director Association for 2013

Services or Merchandise                                            NFDA COST   Avenidas COST

Non-declinable basic services Charge                                  $1,975             $795

Transfer of remains to funeral home                                     $285                $250

Embalming                                                                            $695                $395

Other preparation of the body                                               $225                $160

Use of facilities/staff for a visitation                                     $495                $295

Use of facilities/staff for funeral ceremony                          $495                $295

Use of facilities/staff for a graveside service or urn             $495                $175
Basic Memorial Print Package                                              $150                $85

Hearse                                                                                    $295                $300

Service car/van                                                                      $130                $50      

Subtotal without casket                                                      $5,240             $2,800

 

Metal casket                                                                          $2,395             $850 (12 different styles)

Average cost for the most frequently purchased casket)

Average cost of funeral with casket                                     $7,635             $3,650  

  

Vault(grave box)                                                                  $1,298             $680 (concrete grave box)

Average charge for the most frequently purchased vault)

 

Total with services, vault and casket                     $8,933     $4,330

That's a savings of  $4,603.00 with Avenidas Funeral Chapel or the standard price for a cemetery plot, or even a second funeral service. (pre-arrangement?) That gives you $273 left over (mariachi?).

So there you have it. This is a survey of random funeral homes, including those in the greater Phoenix area and their pricing for services for burial, but can also give you an idea as to what they may charge for cremation. The price comparison that is introduced reflecting Avenidas Funeral Chapels prices is as those items selected from our General Price List. We have funeral packages that offer much more at a substantial saving to you and your family far under the price listed above. These are burial packages that are inclusive of everything needed, also we have access to cemetery property at a local cemetery for $2,995, opening and closing included. Oh, and that price for direct cremation? $585. Compared to our local corporate competitor? $2,200.