General Price List
These prices are effective June 22, 2026. They are subject to change without notice. The goods and services shown below are those that we can provide to our customers. You may choose any items that you desire. However, any funeral arrangements you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead.
If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason, in writing, in the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services you selected.
Prior to drafting any contract for goods or services, the responsible party or the decedent’s survivor who is handling the funeral arrangements is entitled to receive a copy of any preneed agreement in the possession of the funeral establishment that has been signed and paid for, in full or in part, by or on behalf of the decedent.
All persons making funeral arrangements are entitled to a copy of the “Consumer Guide to Funeral & Cemetery Purchases” from the California State Department of Consumer Affairs prior to drafting a contract for funeral services. A copy of this guide will be provided for you.
Featured Arrangements Package
Our arrangements package includes basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, removal of the deceased from the place of death into our care and to the crematory, refrigeration, cremation fee, cremation container, electronic or manual filing of death certificate and disposition permits, Department of Consumer Affairs fee, sales tax, and appropriate plan urn.
Better Place
Arrangements Package
Includes non-declinable Basic Professional Services fee of $2,000.
- Transportation into our care (first 30 miles included)
- Secure storage and refrigeration (first 5 days included)
- Flame cremation
- Aquamation (incremental add on: $1,455)
- Natural organic reduction (talk to a Guide for a quote)
- Sustainable urn
- Return of ashes via USPS
- All required authorizations, cremation permits, and disposition paperwork
- 3 certified death certificates (filed and mailed directly by authorizing authority, usually within 3-6 weeks)
- Online tribute and obituary platform
- Online resources, workshops, and support programming
- 6-month Help Texts subscription
- Executor guide – a digital guide to navigating after-loss
- Ongoing support from a dedicated Guide
- $1,000 off a Memorial Tree (valid for one year)
- $1,000 off a Spreading Grove (regularly $2,250)
- $500 off Advanced planning arrangements for immediate family members (valid 1 year)
This package is optional. Everything in it can be purchased on its own. This package includes all applicable taxes and non-declinable fees.
*Carbon neutral is defined as off-setting 0.29 tons of CO₂ per cremation.
Licensee information:
Better Place, CA Funeral Director License #FD-2542. Regulated by the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-208, Sacramento, CA 95834 Phone: (916) 574-7870. Website: www.cfb.ca.gov.
Convenience Options
The days that follow a loss bring both grief and responsibility. These services are designed to ease the practical demands of handling a death while ensuring that one’s affairs are handled with the same care and attention they deserve in life.
Includes 60+ administrative tasks managed on your behalf including account closure, asset recovery and fraud prevention. This service is arranged and paid for by Better Place on your behalf through AnnCare. We charge you for our services in obtaining cash advance items. The price charged to you for each item may be more than the price charged to us.
Memorialization
We have carefully curated a selection of memorialization options that reflect our commitment to sustainability, a connection to the natural world, and a modern approach to remembrance—because the ways we memorialize those we love should be as thoughtful and individual as they were. All providers meet the same care and service standards you expect from us.
Memorial Tree
A dedicated tree in a private, protected Memorial Forest.
- Contractual rights to spread ashes in a protected Memorial Forest at your tree
- Resting place at a private, established tree
- Self-guided ash scattering experience, or ashes placed by our local guide
- Ongoing access to the forest for family and friends
Prices and availability may vary by location. Payment plans available for preplanning. Contracts for Memorial Trees are arranged and paid directly to Better Place Forests. Better Place serves as a representative to facilitate this arrangement.
We charge you for our services in obtaining Memorial Tree arrangements through Better Place Forests. The price charged to you for this item may be more than the price charged to us.
Spreading Grove
A place within a protected Memorial Forest to return ashes to the earth.
- Resting place in a protected Spreading Grove
- Self-guided ash scattering experience and up to 10 guests
- Personalized Memorial Marker with name, year of birth, and year of death
- Ongoing access to the forest for family and friends
Preferred pricing for Spreading Grove available exclusively to Better Place Arrangements clients; retail value $2,250). Contract arranged and paid directly to Better Place Forests. Payment plans are not available for Spreading Groves.
Nature Memorial Ceremony
A natural, guided ceremony in which ashes and soil are combined and placed at the base of the Memorial Tree or Spreading Grove. The experience is personalized and can include readings, songs, or other meaningful elements.
- Memorial planning facilitated by a dedicated Guide
- Guided Nature Memorial Ceremony hosted by local, experienced Guides
- Custom printed programs and wildflower seed takeaway for each guest
Memorial Marker
Honor your place in a Memorial Forest with a personalized marke
- Bronze Marker anchored near the base of your Memorial Tree
- Customized inscription included, up to 180 characters
- Up to 4 per tree
Itemized Products, Services & Merchandise
Basic Professional Services of Funeral Director and Staff
This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations and forwarding or receiving remains.)
Conducting the arrangements conference; planning the funeral; consulting with family and clergy; shelter of remains; preparing and filing of necessary notices; obtaining necessary authorizations and permits; coordinating with the cemetery, crematory, or other third parties. In addition, this fee includes a proportionate share of our basic overhead costs.
Direct Cremation
Basic services of funeral director and staff; a proportionate share of overhead costs; removal of remains; transportation to crematory; storage for up to 5 days; necessary authorizations, cremation, and urn.
If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The minimum alternative container we provide is a Minimum Cardboard Container.
Transportation
Body Care / Preservation
Embalming
Not offered by Better Place. We do not perform embalming. Embalming is not required by law. If you do not want embalming, you have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.
Cremation, Aquamation, Natural Organic Reduction
Documentation and Cash Advance Items
We charge you for our services in obtaining cash advance items. The price charged to you for each item may be more than the price charged to us.
Shipping of Ashes
Other Services
Services Not Offered
The following items are required to be listed under federal law. Better Place does not offer these services.
Cremation Containers
Our crematory does have a minimum cremation container requirement; the Cardboard Cremation Container meets these requirements. You may also provide your own cremation container. It must meet the following requirements: no metal, no plastics, no glass, not exceed 8’L x 3’W x 2’H.
- Material: Cardboard
- Interior: No lining
- Size: 36″ x 72″
- Weight capacity: 250 lbs
- Material: Cardboard, pinewood & plywood
- Interior: No lining
- Size: 36″ x 72″
- Weight capacity: 400 lbs
Urns
- Material: 1/2″ bamboo plywood
- Finish: Smooth surface
- Size: 6.25″ x 10.25″ x 6.25″
Preferred Pricing
With the purchase of our Arrangements package, we provide added value through preferred pricing on other services. Preferred pricing is good for 1 year after the initial product purchase and is payment plan eligible.
- $1,000 off a Memorial Tree (valid for one year)
- $1,000 off a Spreading Grove (regularly $2,250)
- $500 off pre-planned arrangements for immediate family members
$500 preferred pricing credit on pre-planned arrangements for the individual and immediate family members
Convenient Payment Options
Payment in full is required before cremation, aquamation, or natural organic reduction can take place.
Flexible payment plans are available for pre-planned arrangements, with terms up to 10 years. Plans are funded through preneed funeral insurance or, for near-term needs, an annuity.
- Pay in full | 5% discount applied
- 6-month plan | 7% APR
- 3-year plan | 9% APR
- 5-year plan | 11% APR
On occasion, Better Place offers promotions. Publicly available promotions are stackable with preferred pricing, providing even more value to those in our ecosystem.