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title: Funeral Costs in Georgia: Prices and Help Paying | Coverfolk
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# Funeral costs in Georgia

What it costs, who helps families with no money, and the Georgia rules that protect you.

Updated October 8, 2026[Fact checked](/editorial-standards)

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The short answer

Nationally, a funeral with viewing and burial had a median cost of $8,300 (2023, NFDA). In Georgia, between 51% and 60% of deaths led to cremation, per early 2025 numbers from the Cremation Association of North America.

## Help paying in Georgia

**County indigent burial (O.C.G.A. 36-12-5)**

The county where the person died. Each county sets who qualifies.. Set by each county. [Official page](https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Departments/Medical-Examiner/Fulton_County_Indigent_Burial_Policy_Manual_05-15-2012.pdf)

**Fulton County Indigent Burial**

Fulton County DFCS checks money, County pays. $600 for adult funeral services (set in 1990). Cemetery paid on a separate contract. [Official page](https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Departments/Medical-Examiner/Fulton_County_Indigent_Burial_Policy_Manual_05-15-2012.pdf)

## Medicaid and burial money

Georgia law makes all burial contracts sold in Georgia revocable, and Medicaid treats irrevocable ones the same. Many aged, blind, and disabled groups (non FBR, such as nursing home Medicaid) can keep up to $10,000 total for burial. That counts life insurance face value, burial funds, and burial contracts, minus paid up burial space items. SSI type (FBR) groups can keep up to $1,500.

## Prepaid funeral plans

The Georgia Secretary of State regulates preneed sellers. Sellers must put 100% of the price of funeral services and cash advance items in trust. Caskets need 100% of price, never less than 110% of wholesale. Vaults and monuments need at least 35%. If you ask for a refund before death, the seller must pay within 3 business days. The seller can keep a fee of the lesser of 10% or half the interest.

## Where to complain

Georgia State Board of Funeral Service, Secretary of State Licensing Division [Website](https://sos.ga.gov/georgia-state-board-funeral-service)

## Plan ahead

A small final expense policy can pay these costs so your family does not have to. [Final expense in Georgia](/states/georgia/final-expense).

## Common questions

How much does a funeral cost in Georgia?

Nationally, the median funeral with viewing and burial was $8,300 in 2023 and $6,280 with cremation. Prices in Georgia vary by funeral home, so ask for the itemized price list.

Is there help paying for a funeral in Georgia?

County indigent burial (O.C.G.A. 36-12-5) (The county where the person died. Each county sets who qualifies.); Fulton County Indigent Burial (Fulton County DFCS checks money, County pays).

Who regulates funeral homes in Georgia?

Georgia State Board of Funeral Service, Secretary of State Licensing Division

## Sources

1. [GA Cemetery and Funeral Services Act (O.C.G.A. 10-14)](https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/ga_cemetery_funeral_services_act_of_20006.pdf)
2. [GA Medicaid manual 2311 burial contracts](https://pamms.dhs.ga.gov/dfcs/medicaid/2311/)
3. [Fulton County Indigent Burial Policy Manual 2012](https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/-/media/Departments/Medical-Examiner/Fulton_County_Indigent_Burial_Policy_Manual_05-15-2012.pdf)
4. [2023 NFDA General Price List Study Shows Inflation Increasing Faster than the Cost of a Funeral (NFDA)](https://content.nfda.org/news/media-center/nfda-news-releases/id/8134/2023-nfda-general-price-list-study-shows-inflation-increasing-faster-than-the-cost-of-a-funeral)