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  Funeral Consumers Alliance of South Carolina

2022 Comparative Price Survey of Columbia Funeral Homes

Every two years we survey prices in the Greater Columbia area.  Here are our findings from 2022.  Our narrative explanation of the

survey can be found under the tab "News" on this site.


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2021 Lowcountry Survey of Funeral Homes
This is our first survey of funeral homes in Beaufort, Hilton Head, Bluffton, and Ridgeland.
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2020 Survey of Columbia Funeral Homes
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2019 Survey of Greater Charleston Area Funeral Homes

Our last survey of funeral homes in the greater Charleston area took place in 2011.  Here is an updated

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​​                                          2018 Survey of Columbia and Midlands Funeral Homes


Every two years we survey funeral home prices in the greater Columbia metropolitan area. 

This is our latest survey, covering 28 establishments.


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​Survey of Funeral Pricing Practices in the Upstate
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We are pleased to report the results of a survey of funeral pricing practices among 33 funeral homes

serving the counties of Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg. This is the 13th comparative

pricing survey we have conducted since 2001.  The four spreadsheets follow.

2017 Price Survey of Greenville County Funeral Homes

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2017 Price Survey of Spartanburg County Funeral Homes

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2017 Price Survey of Oconee County Funeral Homes

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2017 Price Survey of Pickens County Funeral Homes


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Price Survey of Columbia Area Funeral Homes, 2016
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​The survey shown below was prepared from data collected from 27 funeral 
homes and/or cremation services serving the Greater Columbia Metropolitan Area. Under regulations adopted by the Federal Trade Commission in 1984, and revised in 
1994, funeral homes are required to provide price information over the telephone 
and to supply a copy of their general price list (GPL) to anyone appearing in 
person or requesting it.  

The prices quoted below vary enormously.  They make abundantly 
clear why consumers should think carefully about the services they want and 
compare prices before agreeing to what might well be one of the most expensive 
purchases they will make over a lifetime.

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Survey of Grand Strand Funeral Homes, 2015
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National average* $2,000   $695   $310  $318                                                                       National Average*
From a 2014 survey by the National Funeral Directors Association.  Prices are medians, the point at which half the figures fall above and below.  www.nfda.org


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​Price Survey of Columbia Area Funeral Homes, 2014

The survey shown below was prepared from data collected from 24 funeral 
homes and/or cremation services serving the Greater Columbia area.  

Key to 2014 Survey Below:
*Indicates that the cost of the cremation itself is not mentioned.
** Indicates that the cost of the cremation itself in NOT included.
*** States that cremation is included "...if relevant."

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Price Survey of Charleston Area Funeral Homes, 2011


The survey shown below was prepared from data collected from 23 funeral
homes and/or cremation services serving the Greater Charleston area.  Under
regulations adopted by the Federal Trade Commission in 1984, and revised in
1994, funeral homes are required to provide price information over the telephone
and to supply a copy of their general price list (GPL) to anyone appearing in
person or requesting it.  Twenty-two of the funeral homes complied with our request for
information.  The prices quoted below vary enormously.  They make abundantly
clear why consumers should think carefully about the services they want and
compare prices before agreeing to what might well be one of the most expensive
purchases they will make over a lifetime.
 
 
 
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* Does NOT include the cost of cremation
** Includes "cremation, if relevant"
***Does not mention the cost of cremation



The prices displayed above have been taken from the General Price Lists provided by each of the funeral homes.  Although the information was often difficult to interpret, the FCASC has made a good-faith attempt to report the price information as accurately as possible.  Consumers are advised to check with the provider of their choice to confirm the accuracy of individual prices.
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