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Funeral Home Cost Comparison Survey - Greater New Orleans Area
Updated January 1, 2025
If you are considering purchasing funeral and burial services for yourself or another, we highly encourage you to shop for prices. Following is pricing information compiled from the general price lists of all of the funeral homes in the Greater New Orleans area that provided information. Contact individual funeral homes for more information. You may also contact Wake to see the individual price list (with a great deal more services detailed) for any of the locations listed below.
Funeral Home | Address | Cost of Direct Burial | Casket included? | Cost of Direct Cremation | Urn included? | Refrigeration Cost | Own Cemetery? If yes, cost of plot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affordable Funeral Home, LLC | 28105 Highway 190
Lacombe, LA 70445 | $2,500 | no | $1,475 | no | $100/day >48 hours $150/day >36 hours (unembalmed) | |
Audubon Funeral Home & Cremation Services | 61101 Highway 11
Slidell, Louisiana 70458 | $3,200 w/own casket | No. $4,695 w/minimum casket from FH | $2,450 w/own container.
$2,500 w/minimum alternative container from FH | Standard urn included | $80/day > 30 hours | Yes |
Bagnell & Son Funeral Home | 75212 Lee Rd
Covington, LA 70435 | $2,595 and up | No | $1,495 (included alternative container from FH) | Temporary urn included | No | |
Charbonnet Family Services | 1615 St. Philip Street
New Orleans, LA 70116 | $2,585 with casket provided by purchaser
| No. $2,995 w/unfinished wood box | $2,985 w/own container: $3,240 and up w/FH container. | $100/day > 5 days | no | |
Dennis Funeral Home | 1812 Lousiana Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 | $1,450 w/own casket | No. $2,600 w/minimum casket from FH | $1,895 | $50/day > 10 days | no | |
Doyle's Funeral Home | 2430 4th St.
Slidell, LA 70458 | $3,300 - $4,65 | yes | $1,825 | no | ||
E.J. Fielding Funeral Home | 2260 West 21st Ave.
Covington, LA 70433 | $4,300 w/own casket | No. Start at $1,280. | $4,010 w/own container
$4,135 and up w/FH container | Temporary urn included | $75/day > 30 hours unless embalmed | Yes |
Estelle J Wilson Funeral Home | 2715 Danneel St,
New Orleans, LA 70113 | $3,795 w/own container | $4,395 and up w/FH container | $2,595 w/own container
$2,895 and up w/FH container | No. Start at $95 | $50/day > 4th day | no |
Garden of Memories Funeral Home | 4900 Airline Drive
Metairie, LA 70001 | $3,995 | No. Caskets start at $2,050 | $2,800 w/own container Add $175 and up w/FH container | No. Start at $95. | $795 > 24 hours Sheltering = $60/day | yes |
Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home | 2120 Jackson Ave.
New Orleans, LA. 70113
Houma Branch
617 Bond St.
Houma, Louisiana 70630 | $1,800 | no | $85 per day | |||
Grace Funeral Home | 450 Holy Trinity Dr.
Covington, LA 70433 | $4,595 w/own casket. | $6,090 & up w/FH casket | $2,745 w/own container
$2,940 & up w/FH container | No. Prices start at $65 | $695 > 24 hours | |
Greenwood | 5200 Canal Blvd.
New Orleans,LA 70124 | $3,675 w/own casket | $4,970 & up w/FH casket | $2,725 w/own container
$2875 & up w/FH container | no | $425 > 24 hours (but may be included in packages) | |
Heritage | 4101 Saint Claude Ave,
New Orleans Louisiana 70117 | $2,295 w/own casket | No. Casket prices start at $995 | $1,325 | No | $125/day included in immediate burial package | |
Honaker Funeral Home | 1751 Gause Boulevard West
Slidell, Louisiana 70460
| $4,140 w/own casket | $5,535 and up w/casket | $3,570 w/own container. $3,695+ w/FH container | No. $195 and up | $100/day after 3 days | yes, $1,800 - $2,400 |
Jacob Schoen & Son | 3827 Canal St
New Orleans, LA 70119 | $3,650 w/own casket | $5,345 and up w/FH casket | $2,700 w/own container. $2,845 and up w/FH container | $25 and up | $695 > 24 hours. $695/day >7 days. $60 sheltering fee. | |
L.A. Muhleisen & Son | 2607 Williams Blvd
Kenner, LA 70062 | $3,495 w/own casket | No. $1,795 and up | $1,955 w/own container | Start at $125 | $60 a day> 3 days | |
Lake Lawn | 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70124 | $6,395 w/own casket | $7,890 and up w/FH casket | $3,285 w/own container. $3,480 and up w/FH container | Start at $95 | $695 > 24 hours | |
Leitz-Eagan | 4747 Veterans Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006 | $4,695 w/own casket | $6,190 and up w/FH casket | $2,395 w/own container. $2,590 and up w/FH container | $65 and up | $295 > 24 hours (unembalmed) | |
Littlejohn's | 2163 Aubry St,
New Orleans, LA 70119 | $2,095 w/own casket | $2,595 and up w/FH casket | $2,095 | $175 and up | $50 per day > 7 days | |
Majestic Mortuary Service | 1833 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113 | $2,995 w/alternative container | Unclear | $2,450 includes ID & container | No. Prices available at FH | No refrigeration. Shelter $120/day >10 days | Affiliation w/Resthaven Memorial Park |
Mothe Funeral Homes | 1300 Vallette Street,
Algiers, LA 70114 | $2,600 w/own casket | No. Caskets start at $1,475 | $2,125 | Start at $250 | $60/day > 3 days | no |
Murray Henderson Funeral Home | 1209 Teche Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 | NO INFORMATION PROVIDED | |||||
Neptune Society - New Orleans | 3801 Williams Blvd. Ste A., Kenner, LA 70065 | $5,120 w/own casket | $5,215 and up w/FH casket | $2,197 w/own container. $2,292 and up w/FH container | $369. After 7 days, additional $50/day | No | |
New Orleans Funeral and Cremation Services | 9200 I-10 Service Rd., New Orleans, LA 70127 | $3,445 w/own casket | No. Casket $938 and up | $1,175 w/own container. $1,195 and up w/FH container | Temporary urn included | $75/day > 10 days. Sheltering $50/day | No |
Professional Funeral Services | 1449 N. Claiborne Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70116 | $2,650 and up | No. $425 and up | $1,625 w/own container $1,675 w/FH container | Temporary urn w/$1,675 package | $75/day. | no |
Rhodes Family Funeral Home | 7411 Chef Menteur Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70126 | $2,545 w/own casket | No | $1,465 w/own container $1,695 & up w/FH container | $45/day | No | |
Richardson Funeral Home | 11112 Jefferson Highway
River Ridge, LA 70123 | $2,965 w/own casket | Caskets $1,299 and up | $2,830 w/own container. $3,091 and up w/FH container | No. $250 and up | $126 per day > 6 days | |
Robinson Family Funeral Home | 9611 Highway 23
Belle Chasse, LA 70037 | $2,350 | no | $1,500 | no | no | |
Serenity Funeral Home | 20419 Hwy 36
Covington, LA 70433 | $2,825 w/own casket | $3,870 and up w/FH casket | $1,985 w/own container. $2,160 and up w/FH container | no | $75/day | no |
St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home & Gardens | 701 W Virtue St Chalmette, LA 70043 | $5,995 w/own casket | $7,490 and up w/FH casket | $2,300 w/own container. $2,495 and up w/FH container | no | $695 > 24 hours | |
Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home | 1600 North Causeway Blvd
Metairie, LA 70001 | $3,520 w/own casket | $5,015 and up w/casket from FH | $2,380 w/own container. $2,675 and up w/FH container | no | $695 for unembalmed > 24 hours. Sheltering $75 > 3 days | no |
The Boyd Family | 5001 Chef Menteur Hwy.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70126 | $1,975 | No | $1,570 w/own container. $1,595 and up w/FH container | Temporary urn included. | $75 per day > 30 hours | |
Westside/Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home | 5101 Westbank Expressway
Marrero, LA 70072 | $4,395 w/own casket | $5,890 and up w/FH casket | $2,395 w/own container. $2,590 and up w/FH container | no | $695 for unembalmed > 24 hours | |
Williams Funeral Home | 67525 Hwy. 41
Pearl River, LA 70452 | NO INFORMATION PROVIDED |
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