Columbia, SC · 6 price lists
Immediate burial in Columbia
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $5,160 · $3,070 to $5,850
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Immediate burial · Columbia
6 price lists$5,160
median · the same immediate burial runs $3,070 to $5,850 in this metro
How we're paid
Funeral homes can pay for a listing labelled "Sponsored", kept apart from the price list. Payment never changes the order or the prices, and you never need an email to see a price.
How we're paid
Funeral homes can pay for a listing labelled "Sponsored", kept apart from the price list. Payment never changes the order or the prices, and you never need an email to see a price.
Immediate burial · Columbia
6 price lists$5,160
median · the same immediate burial runs $3,070 to $5,850 in this metro
20 of 23 homes serving Columbia
Same package at every home: immediate burial (casket provided by purchaser). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 23 funeral homes serving Columbia, and 6 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
6 priced homes around Columbia
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
Elmwood Funeral Home, Cremation Service And Cemetery Columbia · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $3,070 | 8 mi | View prices |
| Lexington · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,370 | 20 mi | View prices |
Thompson Funeral Homes - Columbia Columbia · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,470 | 5 mi | View prices |
Dunbar Funeral Home - Northeast Columbia · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $5,850 | 3 mi | View prices |
| Columbia · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $5,850 | 6 mi | View prices |
Dunbar Funeral Home – Dutch Fork Chapel Irmo · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $5,850 | 17 mi | View prices |
Palmer Memorial Chapel Columbia · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 5 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 20 homes serving Columbia

South Carolina rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Naming a disposition agent
- South Carolina allows a person to authorize their own cremation and specify what should happen to the cremated remains. The crematory must have the required authorization and permits before carrying out the cremation and must follow the instructions in the authorization. statute →
- Scattering ashes
- South Carolina allows cremated remains to be placed in a grave, crypt, or niche, or scattered in a scattering area, and it expressly permits disposition on private property with the consent of the owner. Public lands and waters remain subject to applicable state and federal laws. statute →
Why these numbers are comparable
A price list is a list of line items, and no two homes itemize the same way. We rebuild the same basket at every home. Medians across the 6 homes with a checked price list:
- Immediate burial (casket provided by purchaser)
- $5,160
- Basket, median items
- $5,160
Anything a home charges outside this basket is shown on its own page, not hidden in the comparison.

Questions families ask
Answers use the figures on this page, not national averages.
Among 6 funeral homes serving Columbia with a checked price list, immediate burial runs from $3,070 to $5,850, with a median of $5,160. The middle half of these homes charge between $3,645 and $5,850. Each figure comes from that funeral home's own General Price List, and we checked it against that list; the oldest check was Oct 11, 2026 and the most recent was Oct 12, 2026. We list 23 funeral homes serving Columbia, and 6 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
The total adds these items from each funeral home's price list: immediate burial (casket provided by purchaser). Cemetery or crematory fees charged by third parties, death certificates, and merchandise such as an urn or casket are extra unless a funeral home lists them.
No. Under the federal Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453) you have the right to choose only the goods and services you want, and every funeral home must give you an itemized General Price List. The packages here are a comparison aid built from those itemized prices, not something the funeral home sells as a bundle.
The biggest differences are the non-declinable basic services fee, whether the funeral home has its own crematory or uses a third party, and how far it will travel to collect the deceased before a mileage charge applies. Each funeral home's page shows all of these.
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