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2009/2010 FCAT Price Survey

The 2009/2010 survey of prices for goods and services at more than 130 funeral homes and crematories in and arround the Research Triangle area of North Carolina has been released. It is available for download and use at this web site.

FCAT volunteers have used best efforts to enter data correctly. If errors other than a change of price since the summer of 2009, please let us know by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will make corrections.
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This survey is available in these forms:

Sortable Survey Pages

    1. Pages you can sort by firm name, city, zip code, or any of several prices that were collected in the survey.
    Address Data

    Price Data

Lookup by Zip

    Look up firms that have zip codes close to one that you live in or want to know about.

Using This Form

The form can help you find funeral homes that are relatively close to a zip code you enter, along with a distance radius within which the funeral homes in the FCAT price survey have their own zip codes.

The zip code data cover the entire United States, but the current funeral firm data are only for a portion of North Carolina. So you can enter, for example, a zip code from Virginia along with a distance of 100 or 200 miles and get results showing some North Carolina funeral home. But the intended use is for zip codes in central NC to find firms within 5, 15 or 30 miles, for example.

The columns are sortable: they come arranged by distance, but can be sorted by firm name, town, or zip code, for example

The distances are approximations based on a location that is central to each zip code. But zips vary widely in size from rural to urban areas. This means actual road distance (not a point-to-point straight line) may be longer than the value given. Still, having the approximation will get searchers started in an area with which they are unfamiliar. Use it but check things out on the ground with a map and increase your familiarity with the locality of interest:

    Funeral Home Lookup by Zip Code


Report and Tables -- Downloadable

These files are in .pdf format. You can right click and save them. (A free .pdf reader is available from Adobe.com if it is not already installed on your computer.)

    On this site is a report about the survey and copies of the tables. You can look at this on the site or download it to your own computer to read, print, and share with others.
    Please check Home page, Resources menu, Download item to download price survey reports, or use this link:  Download Materials
 
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Mission

FCAT assists members with the end-of-life planning that we should do if we care about our family.


When death is near or has occurred, the family must be prepared to specify the disposition of the body of a loved one, sometimes immediately and mostly within 24 hours. FCAT helps with planning in advance of need so that each person and family can consider their values and preferences so that these can be honored. FCAT materials help organize this planning.

FCAT provide information and education about end-of-life arrangements: including advance directives, funeral or memorial services, burial or cremation of the body, organ and/or tissue donation or bequeathal of bodies for scientific use. FCAT's goal is to reduce stress at a difficult time.

Early end-of-life planning eases the burden on your partner, children, parents, or siblings. They won't be forced to guess what was wanted and then have to make the arrangements while they are grieving. Decisions in advance, before a crisis arises can head off the arguments than can occur among your kin if they must guess what was wanted. Advance planning, with FCAT help, can also save money. Now is the time to learn more about this. The sooner you do early planning, the better.

For information to help you plan intelligently, join FCAT. Use the menu at the left to get the Information on how to join FCAT.

 
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