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Someone important just died. You’re not alone.

Take a breath. We’ll walk through this with you, one step at a time. The first one matters more than you think.

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Families often overpay by $2,000 to $5,000 on the funeral arrangement alone. Knowing the fair range is usually the whole difference.

The one guide paid by no one with a stake in your funeral bill.

No commissions. No kickbacks. No referral fees. We take no money from any funeral home, cemetery, or vendor on this site. We keep everything free for families and are funded by the institutions we partner with.

If a hospice, employer, or care team told you about Honest Funeral, here’s why they partner with us and what that means for you.

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Here’s what happens when you click the button.

  1. Step 1
    Tell us where you are
    Hospital, home, hospice, somewhere else — the right next steps are different for each.
  2. Step 2
    See fair prices for your zip code
    What a funeral should cost in your area, by line item. No account, no email.
  3. Step 3
    Get a checklist for the next 30 days
    Death certificates, Social Security, accounts to close — in the right order, with scripts.
Typical overcharge
$2,000–$5,000

per family, on the funeral arrangement alone. Knowing the fair range up front is usually the whole difference.

Everything is free to families — the tools and the funeral-home outreach. We contact homes on your behalf at no charge.

How we help

Everything here is free to families. Start with the fair-price check, or let us gather quotes for you — at no charge, ever.

See fair prices for your area · free, no account

You’ll see a fair-price range for your zip code. No account, no email. Nothing is saved.

Is this quote fair? · free, no account

Snap a photo of any funeral price list.

In seconds, see the overcharges line by line, the FTC-rule violations, and exactly how much you’re paying above fair for your region. No one else can tell you that — every comparison site is paid by the funeral homes.

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Fair price lookup

In three minutes, see what funeral services should cost in your zip code. Rate any home’s quote against local data.

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Prep kit

The questions to ask. The upsells to decline. The rights families don’t know they have. A one-page printable cheat sheet.

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Have us get you quotes

We contact funeral homes on your behalf, collect itemized quotes, and put them side by side so you can choose. Free to families — we contact homes for you at no charge, and choosing a home costs nothing. We’re funded by the institutions we partner with, never by funeral homes.

How we work for you →

For hospices & employers

A funeral-cost benefit you can hand a grieving family without worrying what it costs them.

We take no money from funeral homes or insurers — your organization pays us, so we have no reason to point a family anywhere but where’s right for them.

Typical overcharge
$2,000–$5,000

per family, on the funeral arrangement alone.

Bereavement mandate
~13 months

of support Medicare requires per death (42 CFR 418.64) — unfunded.