Are cremation services cheaper if you skip the funeral home's package entirely?

Advice, Pls

Something's been bugging me. Every place around Miami-Dade bundles cremation services into these packages, and I'm pretty sure the package is where they get you. My father passed and I want just the cremation, nothing else riding along.

Is it even possible to buy plain cremation services with no add ons, no viewing, no rented casket, none of the coordination fees? Every time I ask they steer me right back to a package like it's the only option, which makes me think à la carte exists and they just don't like selling it.

Anybody bought a stripped down direct cremation and skipped the whole package? What did it run you, and did you have to get pushy to make them quote it that way?

Posted Jul 23, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC

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