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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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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