Phoenix cremation costs

Typical costs for ZIP 85003

These figures are a Phoenix, Arizona metro typical range. They start from the NFDA 2023 member General Price List study national medians, then a documented ZIP multiplier. The dollar ranges on this site are typical local estimates for education. They are not a quote from a specific firm and not a contract.

Ask the licensed provider for an itemized General Price List before you buy. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, you have a right to that list. Read the full consumer-rights explainer on the General Price List guide. Package definitions stay on the direct cremation and cremation vs. burial guides — this page does not reprint them.

Local planning in Phoenix

Downtown Phoenix sits at the I-10 / I-17 interchange, north of Sky Harbor (PHX). Relatives often fly into Sky Harbor and stay in a downtown or Tempe hotel. Extreme summer heat is why many families hold a short identification or nothing with the body present, then a later evening gathering in a rented hall. Those are different General Price List lines. Heat is not a price this calculator invents.

Sample ZIP 85003 is a downtown Phoenix postal code on the Phoenix-metro placeholder (NFDA 2023 national medians times a documented metro multiplier). It is not a quote for Mesa, Glendale, or every 850xx ZIP. Arizona’s high cremation share versus the U.S. overall describes dispositions, not a downtown package.

We do not invent a Phoenix funeral establishment. Arizona licenses funeral establishments through the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Confirm the firm on the board’s official site. Cemetery charges in the Valley are cemetery bills this page does not publish. This page does not state desert scattering rules.

Cremation by ZIP does not operate in Phoenix. We do not cremate, bury, or arrange services.

Paperwork and who to call

A death in Phoenix is an Arizona vital-records event. The Arizona Department of Health Services publishes how to obtain vital records. Maricopa County also issues local copies — confirm on the ADHS vital-records pages which counter is fastest for a recent death.

Look up any funeral establishment on the Arizona State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers site. The FTC Funeral Rule applies in Phoenix.

A medical examiner process applies only when the death is under that office’s jurisdiction. Ask the licensed provider. The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner is not a walk-in funeral home.

Licensed providers in Phoenix

Confirm a license on the Arizona State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers.

Questions to take to a licensed provider

This is a shopping list, not a script that binds any firm in Phoenix.

1. May I have your current General Price List in writing, including the direct-cremation line?
2. What is the price of direct cremation when we use your alternative container?
3. If we bring an urn purchased elsewhere, what — if anything — do you charge to handle it?
4. Does your transfer area include ZIP 85003 and Sky Harbor, or is mileage extra from the airport?
5. If we want a later evening gathering because of heat, can you itemize direct cremation now?

Nearby Arizona city pages

• Scottsdale
• Tucson