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Type of Cremation Method. For dogs and cats, the main factor influencing the price for basic cremation services depends upon whether you choose communal, partitioned, or private cremation. Prices will vary by location, but a general starting point is $75-150.
According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), the price tag for a simple cremation costs an average of $1,650, and this includes a simple memorial service. If no memorial service is included and a simple direct cremation is performed, the average price is $725. The cost to inter a cremation urn is also significantly less than the cost for a burial plot for a casket. Burial plots can range anywhere between $1,650 and $5,000, whereas a cremation burial space averages about $995. In 1980 about one in ten people who died in the U.S. were cremated, by 2012 this has reached 41% and by 2018 it is expected that at least half of all deaths will be followed by a cremation.