Detroit, MI · 6 price lists
Traditional funeral and burial in Detroit
Each home's own General Price List. Every figure shows when we checked it.
Median $7,975 · $5,370 to $8,600
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Traditional funeral and burial · Detroit
6 price lists$7,975
median · the same a traditional funeral and burial runs $5,370 to $8,600 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.
Traditional funeral and burial · Detroit
6 price lists$7,975
median · the same a traditional funeral and burial runs $5,370 to $8,600 in this metro
40 of 136 homes serving Detroit
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 136 funeral homes serving Detroit, and 6 of them have a price list we've checked so far.
6 priced homes around Detroit
| Funeral home | Essential package | Distance | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
James H Cole Home For Funerals Detroit · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,370 | 2 mi | View prices |
| Detroit · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $5,370 | 4 mi | View prices |
Howe-Peterson Funeral Home – Taylor Chapel Detroit · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $7,975 | 3 mi | View prices |
| Dearborn · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $7,975 | 9 mi | View prices |
| Lincoln Park · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $7,975 | 11 mi | View prices |
| Livonia · license not yet checked · price list checked Oct 12, 2026 | $8,600 | 14 mi | View prices |
Thompson Funeral Home Detroit · license not yet checked · no checked price list yet | Call for a quote | 2 mi | Call |
Sorted by price. Our sort method is published and placement is never for sale.
Showing 1 to 7 of 40 homes serving Detroit

Michigan rules that apply here
Every line links to its statute. Checked Sep 18, 2026.
- When a funeral director is required
- Michigan's law gives the person with the legal right of disposition control over the deceased person's remains, and the state has specific licensing and procedural requirements for funeral establishments and crematories. Funeral Consumers Alliance identifies Michigan as one of the states where funeral-director involvement is required for several core tasks, including death-certificate filing, body removal and transportation, and supervision of burial or cremation. 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:
- Basic services of funeral director and staff
- $4,000
- Transfer of remains to funeral home
- $300
- Embalming
- $812.50
- Other preparation of the body
- $350
- Facilities and staff for viewing
- $835
- Facilities and staff for funeral ceremony
- $960
- Hearse
- $617.50
- Basket, median items
- $7,875
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 Detroit with a checked price list, a traditional funeral and burial runs from $5,370 to $8,600, with a median of $7,975. The middle half of these homes charge between $6,021 and $7,975. 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 136 funeral homes serving Detroit, 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: 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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