Richmond, VA · 6 price lists
Direct cremation in Richmond
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $4,920 · $3,665 to $4,920
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Direct cremation · Richmond
6 price lists$4,920
median · the same direct cremation runs $3,665 to $4,920 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 · Richmond
6 price lists$4,920
median · the same direct cremation runs $3,665 to $4,920 in this metro
24 of 34 homes serving Richmond
Same package at every home: direct cremation (alternative container). Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 34 funeral homes serving Richmond, and 6 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
6 priced homes around Richmond
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 15, 2026 | $3,665 | 7 mi | View prices |
E Alvin Small Funeral Home Inc Colonial Heights · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $3,870 | 19 mi | View prices |
Nelsen Funeral Home & Crematory Richmond · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $4,920 | 7 mi | View prices |
| Richmond · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $4,920 | 7 mi | View prices |
Woody Funeral Home - Atlee Chapel Mechanicsville · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $4,920 | 12 mi | View prices |
Nelsen Funeral Home & Crematory - Reid Chapel Ashland · license not yet checked · could not re-check since Oct 9, 2026 | $4,920 | 14 mi | View prices |
Jenkins Joseph Richmond · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 1 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 24 homes serving Richmond
Virginia rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- Virginia recognizes disputes among next of kin and provides a court process for deciding who has authority to make funeral or disposition arrangements when relatives disagree. The law also regulates what happens to unclaimed cremains. After 120 days from cremation, a funeral director may dispose of unclaimed cremains in the ways permitted by statute when the contracting agent has not claimed them or instructed the funeral director. A family disagreement does not necessarily mean the funeral home gets to choose whose wishes matter. Virginia provides a legal route for the dispute to be decided. statute →
- Unclaimed cremated remains
- Virginia recognizes disputes among next of kin and provides a court process for deciding who has authority to make funeral or disposition arrangements when relatives disagree. The law also regulates what happens to unclaimed cremains. After 120 days from cremation, a funeral director may dispose of unclaimed cremains in the ways permitted by statute when the contracting agent has not claimed them or instructed the funeral director. 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:
- Direct cremation (alternative container)
- $4,920
- Basket, median items
- $4,920
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 Richmond with a checked price list, direct cremation runs from $3,665 to $4,920, with a median of $4,920. The middle half of these homes charge between $4,133 and $4,920. 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 15, 2026. We list 34 funeral homes serving Richmond, 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: 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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