Waterloo, IA · 4 price lists
Direct cremation in Waterloo
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $4,880 · $4,880 to $4,880
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Direct cremation · Waterloo
4 price lists$4,880
median · every home with a checked price list charges $4,880 for direct cremation
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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.
Direct cremation · Waterloo
4 price lists$4,880
median · every home with a checked price list charges $4,880 for direct cremation
9 of 10 homes serving Waterloo
Same package at every home: direct cremation (alternative container). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 10 funeral homes serving Waterloo, and 4 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
4 priced homes around Waterloo
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,880 | 13 mi | View prices |
| Readlyn · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,880 | 16 mi | View prices |
| Waverly · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,880 | 17 mi | View prices |
| Shell Rock · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $4,880 | 19 mi | View prices |
Locke Funeral Home Waterloo · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | under 1 mi | Call |
Hagarty Waychoff Grarup Waterloo · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 2 mi | Call |
Chapel Of Memories Parrott & Wood Waterloo · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 3 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 9 homes serving Waterloo
Iowa rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- Iowa's Final Disposition Act sets out who has the right to control final disposition. A person designated under the decedent's declaration has priority, followed by the surviving spouse and then other family members in the statutory order. statute →
- Paperwork before a cremation
- Iowa's rules require a cremation authorization form and identify the information that must accompany the authorization. The rules also govern what happens to cremated remains after cremation and provide for disposal of unclaimed remains after the statutory period. statute →
- When a funeral director is required
- Funeral Consumers Alliance identifies Iowa as one of the states where a funeral director must be involved to make cremation arrangements. 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 4 homes with a checked price list:
- Direct cremation (alternative container)
- $4,880
- Basket, median items
- $4,880
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 4 funeral homes serving Waterloo with a checked price list, direct cremation is $4,880 at every one of them. 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 10 funeral homes serving Waterloo, and 4 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
The total adds these items from each funeral home's price list: direct cremation (alternative container). 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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