Madison, WI · 8 price lists
Immediate burial in Madison
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $5,395 · $4,320 to $5,395
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Immediate burial · Madison
8 price lists$5,395
median · the same immediate burial runs $4,320 to $5,395 in this metro
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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 · Madison
8 price lists$5,395
median · the same immediate burial runs $4,320 to $5,395 in this metro
23 of 25 homes serving Madison
Same package at every home: immediate burial (casket provided by purchaser). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 25 funeral homes serving Madison, and 8 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
8 priced homes around Madison
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
Nitardy Funeral Homes - Cambridge Cambridge · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,320 | 22 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service Madison · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 2 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service - Madison Far West Madison · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 3 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service Waunakee · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 7 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service McFarland · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 9 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service Sun Prairie · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 12 mi | View prices |
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service Stoughton · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,395 | 15 mi | View prices |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 23 homes serving Madison
Wisconsin rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Oct 7, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- The person with the legal right to decide is not automatically the person who happens to be arranging the funeral. Wisconsin law sets a priority order for who controls final disposition, including its location, manner and conditions, starting with a representative the person named in a signed authorization for final disposition. Someone who does not act within 2 days after being told of the death loses the right, and so does a spouse in a pending divorce. Paying for the funeral or being the estate's personal representative does not by itself give anyone more say. statute →
- Waiting period before cremation
- Wisconsin does not allow cremation within 48 hours after the death, or after the death is discovered, unless the death was caused by a contagious or infectious disease. A cremation permit from the coroner or medical examiner is also required, and it is issued only after that official views the body and looks into the cause and manner of death. statute →
- Naming a disposition agent
- An adult of sound mind in Wisconsin can sign an authorization for final disposition that names a representative and at least one successor to carry out their wishes about a viewing, services, and burial, cremation or body donation. The representatives must follow those directions unless they exceed what the estate can pay, are unlawful, or cannot realistically be done. A funeral director, crematory or cemetery serving the person cannot act as representative unless related. 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 8 homes with a checked price list:
- Immediate burial (casket provided by purchaser)
- $5,395
- Basket, median items
- $5,395
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 8 funeral homes serving Madison with a checked price list, immediate burial runs from $4,320 to $5,395, with a median of $5,395. Each figure comes from that funeral home's own General Price List, and we checked it against that list on Oct 12, 2026. We list 25 funeral homes serving Madison, and 8 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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