Bersticker-Scott Funeral Home Price List

The goods and services shown herein are those we can provide to
our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. However, any funeral arrangements you select will include 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 on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services you selected.

The prices are effective September 1, 2010.  Prices are subject to change without prior notice. To download a pdf version of the Price List, please click here.

Burial & Cremation Packages

Meaningful funeral ceremonies are well thought out events that demand our focus, your time and the guidance of a ceremonial expert. Our packages make this funeral planning process less burdensome to you while creating a personalized, meaningful ceremony that will help you, your family and your other friends embark on a healthy, healing grief journey. Our packages also give you the added benefits of simplicity of choice, financial savings off itemized selections, and an enhanced ceremony experience. These packages are available to our client families who purchase their Burial Casket / Cremation Container / Cremation Urn through our firm. If another company provides these products, we can offer the same items of professional services, facilities & equipment, merchandise, and other tributes on an itemized basis, without any package discount.

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Professional Services
Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff $1,620
 This charge includes: A licensed staff member to respond to your initial request for services. This service is available on a 24-hour basis. A funeral service professional to coordinate ceremony details with the cemetery, crematory, clergy, florist, and newspaper. Assistance with the necessary funeral selections and explanations and help with local customs. Assistance with the completion of the death certificate with vital statistic information and securing the number of certified copies requested by the family. Assistance with governmental forms. Also included in this charge are overhead expenses relative to our operation such as insurance, maintenance, utility expenses, administrative costs, equipment and inventory expenses. 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, immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains.)
Embalming $415
 Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.
Other Preparation of the Body $225
 Positioning in casket, dressing, cosmetology, bathing, surface disinfection. Special care of autopsied remains/additional procedures for organ, bone and tissue donor.
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Facilities / Services
Use of facilities and staff for a Public Gathering/Visitation $620
 Our charge includes: A funeral service professional to coordinate the gathering/visitation details. Use of the room in which the gathering/visitation takes place including related equipment (floral display stands, register stands, memory tables, audio/visual equipment, and picture collage boards), a host/hostess to escort friends and family members to the room where the gathering is taking place, and the necessary members to assist with the arrangement of floral arrangements and other tributes.
Use of Facilities and Staff for Funeral Ceremony $510
 Our charge includes: A licensed professional to coordinate the ceremony details. Use of the Chapel and related equipment including floral display stands, register stands, picture collageboards, audio/visual equipment, organ/piano, and speaker system. Staff members include a host/hostess to assist in the instruction of pallbearers and funeral staff to supervise the parking of pallbearers, family members, and friends. This charge also includes the necessary staff to supervise the burial ceremony.
Use of Facilities and Staff for a Memorial Service $420
 (without the remains present) Our charge includes: A licensed professional to coordinate the ceremony details, use of the Chapel and related equipment including floral display stands, register stands, picture collage boards audio/visual equipment, organ/piano, and sound system. Staff members include a host/hostess to assist with ushering for the ceremony.
Use of Equipment and Staff for a Graveside/Burial Ceremony $300
 Our charge includes: A licensed professional to coordinate the ceremony details, the necessary staff to meet friends and family members at the cemetery entrance and give them directions to the graveside (when needed) as well as to supervise the parking arrangement of friends and family at the graveside, and a register stand.
Use of Staff and Equipment for an Off-Premise Ceremony $510
 Our charge includes: A licensed professional to coordinate the ceremony details, use of the necessary equipment to conduct a ceremony at another facility (ex. church or synagogue) including floral display stands, casket/urn carriage, register stands, picture collage boards, and the material to reserve seating areas for pallbearers and family. The necessary staff to carry the casket or urn into the facility for placement, and the needed staff to supervise the parking arrangement of pallbearers, family members, and friends. This fee also includes assistance with parking at the place of burial and supervision of the burial ceremony.
Use of Equipment and Staff for a Memorial Off-Premise Ceremony $315
 (without the remains present) Our charge includes: A licensed professional to coordinate the ceremony details, the necessary equipment to set up for the memorial ceremony including floral displays stands, memory accent stands, register stands, picture collage boards, and the material to reserve seating for the family. Staff members will be present to assemble all set-up of equipment, to arrange flowers, and to supervise seating.
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Automotive Equipment
Transfer of Remains to the Funeral Home $175
 (local removal Residence, Hospital, Nursing Homes) Note: additional mileage charge will be added beyond 30 mile radius of Funeral Home at rate of $1.50/mile
Hearse for the Funeral Ceremony (See above note) $230
Transfer of Remains to/from the Funeral Home to Detroit Metro Airport $175
Limousine for local Funeral Service $220
Other Motor Equipment $80
 (uses include but not limited to: transport of flowers, floral display stands, picture collage boards, going to doctor’s office to have Death Certificate signed and filing with local health departments, and delivery of human bodies to crematory and pick up ashes from crematory.)
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Cremation Services
Direct Cremation $2,100
 Price ranges from $ 2100.00 to 6676.00 (Cremation with no Ceremony) Our charge for a direct cremation includes: transfer of the remains to the funeral home, basic services of funeral director and staff, other preparation of the body, other automotive equipment. State and local laws do not require a casket for direct cremation. 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 and outside covering.) The containers we provide are corrugated boxes.
Direct Cremation with Cremation Casket $3,801
 Price ranges from $ 3801.00 to 6676.00
Direct Cremation with Alternative Cremation Containers $2,206
 Price ranges from $ 2206.00 to 3401.00
Direct Cremation with Container provided by Purchaser $2,100
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Immediate Burial
Burial without Ceremony $3,021
 Price ranges from 3021 to 11,901.00. Our charge for immediate burial includes: basic services of a licensed professional and staff, transfer of remains to the funeral home, and hearse to the local cemetery. (Note: this fee does not include a basic vault or cemetery fees or any other cash advance items.)
Immediate Burial with Casket $3,021
 Price ranges from $ 3021 to 11,901.00 (as selected from are casket price list)
Immediate Burial with Container Provided by Purchaser $2,100
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Forwarding of Remains to Another Funeral Home
Forwarding of Remains $2,256
 Our charge includes: transfer of remains to the funeral home, basic services of a licensed professional and staff, embalming, and transfer of remains to Detroit Metro Airport. This charge does not include any charge for needed merchandise,viewing/visitation, funeral ceremony, or additional motor equipment.
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Receiving of Remains from Another Funeral Home
Receiving of Remains $2,605
 Our charge includes: Basic services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains from Detroit Metro Airport, and hearse to a local cemetery. This charge does not include any merchandise, viewing/ visitation, funeral ceremony, or additional motor equipment.
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Funeral Merchandise
Caskets $915
 Price ranges from .$ 9,795.00 – 915.00. A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Cremation Caskets $1,850
 Price ranges from $ 4,075.00 – 1850.00. A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Oak Rental Casket $850
Cremation Containers $100
 Price ranges from $ 1,295.00 – 100.00 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Outer Burial Containers $0
 Price ranges from $ 9,995.00 – 750.00 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Urns $90
 Price ranges from $ 2,380.00 – 90.00 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Urn Burial Containers $0
 Price ranges from $ 865.00 to 140.00 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Jewelry $140
 Price ranges from $ 1,500.00 to 140.00 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Video Presentation $150
 Includes 50 pictures and two copies and three songs.
Air Tray $250
 A container required by most airlines when transporting a casketed remains to or from another funeral home.
Combination Unit $350
 A container used when transporting a remains to another funeral home via air when the remains are NOT in a casket (this container is used when the family chooses a casket with a receiving funeral home).
Memorial Packages $100
 Price ranges from $ 250.00 to 100.00 Includes Register Book, Memorial Folders and Acknowledgement Cards.
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Commonly Used Services Options
Full Adult Service $3,795
 Full Adult services with one day visitation funeral services held at the funeral home or at the church.
Full Adult Service $3,425
 Full adult services with two hours either prior to the funeral services (same day) or the evening before.
Full Adult Service $3,215
 Full Adult services with two hours either prior to a graveside services (same day) or the evening before.
Full Adult Service $2,965
 Graveside services only (no visitation)
Cremation Service Option $3,775
 Full Adult services with one day visitation funeral services held at the church.
Cremation Service Option $3,645
 Full Adult services with one day visitation funeral service held at the funeral home.
Cremation Service Option $3,185
 Full Adult services with two hours visitation either prior to the funeral services (same day) or the evening before.
Cremation Service Option $2,775
 Two Visitations prior to Memorial Service to be held at the funeral home (without the body being present)
Cremation Service Option $2,350
 Private Family Viewing (scheduled during normal business hours for 30 minutes for immediate family members only).
Cremation Service Option $2,100
 Direct Cremation (no visitation or funeral services).
Immediate Burial Option $2,400
 Immediate Burial, No Visitation, Graveside Service only (no embalming, burial to be done within 48 hrs of death)
Immediate Burial Option $2,100
 Immediate Burial, No Visitation or Funeral Services (no embalming, burial to be done within 48 hrs of death)
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