Santa Cruz, CA · 3 price lists
Traditional funeral and burial in Santa Cruz
Each home's own General Price List, which California requires them to publish. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $9,065 · $8,070 to $9,065
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Traditional funeral and burial · Santa Cruz
3 price lists$9,065
median · the same a traditional funeral and burial runs $8,070 to $9,065 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.
Traditional funeral and burial · Santa Cruz
3 price lists$9,065
median · the same a traditional funeral and burial runs $8,070 to $9,065 in this metro
8 of 11 homes serving Santa Cruz
Same package at every home: basic services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body, facilities and staff for viewing, facilities and staff for funeral ceremony, hearse. Ranked by price, then distance. Nobody can pay to move up. We list 11 funeral homes serving Santa Cruz, and 3 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
3 priced homes around Santa Cruz
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel Santa Cruz · license FD799 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $8,070 | 3 mi | View prices |
Darling Fischer Chapel Of The Hills Los Gatos · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $9,065 | 18 mi | View prices |
Darling Fischer Campbell Memorial Chapel Campbell · license FD898 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $9,065 | 22 mi | View prices |
Trident Society Santa Cruz · license FD2381 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 4 mi | |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville Cremation & Burial Service Soquel · license FD1384 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 5 mi | Call |
Ave Maria Memorial Chapel Watsonville · license FD438 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 16 mi | Call |
Mehl’s Colonial Chapel Watsonville · license FD323 · active · checked Oct 17, 2026 · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 16 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 8 homes serving Santa Cruz
California rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- Who can authorize a cremation
- California gives an adult a legally recognized right to control the disposition of their own remains, while also creating a detailed priority list for situations where the person did not leave controlling directions. That means California families should pay attention to who has the legal right to make the decision, especially when there are several surviving relatives. statute →
- Prices required online
- Every licensed funeral establishment with a website must post the goods and services from its general price list on that website, with a statement that the full list is available on request. This is why California prices can be checked without phoning anyone. statute →
- Scattering ashes
- California allows cremated remains and hydrolyzed human remains to be scattered where no local prohibition applies, but the person controlling disposition generally needs written permission from the property owner or governing agency for the property. Beginning January 1, 2027, California's statute also provides rules for integrating reduced human remains into soil where lawful. The simple rule for families is: private property can be possible, but permission matters, and public land is not automatically open for scattering. 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 3 homes with a checked price list:
- Basic services of funeral director and staff
- $3,995
- Transfer of remains to funeral home
- $895
- Embalming
- $1,095
- Other preparation of the body
- $595
- Facilities and staff for viewing
- $995
- Facilities and staff for funeral ceremony
- $995
- Hearse
- $495
- Basket, median items
- $9,065
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 3 funeral homes serving Santa Cruz with a checked price list, a traditional funeral and burial runs from $8,070 to $9,065, with a median of $9,065. 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 11 funeral homes serving Santa Cruz, and 3 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
The total adds these items from each funeral home's price list: basic services of funeral director and staff; transfer of remains to funeral home; embalming; other preparation of the body; facilities and staff for viewing; facilities and staff for funeral ceremony; hearse. 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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