St. Louis, MO · 11 price lists
Direct cremation in St. Louis
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $3,501 · $1,150 to $3,751
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Direct cremation · St. Louis
11 price lists$3,501
median · the same direct cremation runs $1,150 to $3,751 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.
Direct cremation · St. Louis
11 price lists$3,501
median · the same direct cremation runs $1,150 to $3,751 in this metro
40 of 107 homes serving St. Louis
Same package at every home: direct cremation (alternative container). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 107 funeral homes serving St. Louis, and 11 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
11 priced homes around St. Louis
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Charles · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $1,150 | 19 mi | View prices |
| St. Louis · license 002403 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $2,390 | 4 mi | View prices |
| Saint Charles · license 001922 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,070 | 17 mi | View prices |
Baue Funeral Home Cave Springs St Charles · license 1999137800 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,070 | 18 mi | View prices |
Baue Care And Cremation Center St Peters · license 2017010507 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,070 | 23 mi | View prices |
| St. Louis · license 002625 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $3,501 | 1 mi | View prices |
Kriegshauser Mortuary-West Chapel St. Louis · license 2012014146 · active · checked Sep 25, 2026 · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $3,551 | 8 mi | View prices |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 40 homes serving St. Louis
Missouri rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- Missouri recognizes the right of sepulcher - the right to choose and control the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of a dead human body. The statute establishes who counts as next of kin for these purposes and places the qualifying people in a statutory priority order. "Right of sepulcher" sounds old-fashioned, but in practice it is Missouri's statutory way of defining who can make a very modern decision: burial, cremation, or another lawful final disposition. 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 11 homes with a checked price list:
- Direct cremation (alternative container)
- $3,501
- Basket, median items
- $3,501
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 11 funeral homes serving St. Louis with a checked price list, direct cremation runs from $1,150 to $3,751, with a median of $3,501. The middle half of these homes charge between $3,070 and $3,551. 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 23, 2026. We list 107 funeral homes serving St. Louis, and 11 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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