How We Source & Verify Our Prices
Every price on this site comes from the provider's own price list or website. Here is exactly where they come from and how we check them.
Every price comes from the provider itself: its General Price List (GPL), the itemized list the FTC Funeral Rule requires every funeral home to provide, or its own website. We don't use third-party estimates. Of our 72 New Mexico listings, 42 show the provider's own prices (23 from an official GPL), and 28 include a direct cremation price. The other 30 say plainly that the provider publishes no prices, and how to get its price list. We cover 22 New Mexico cities.
This page is written so you can trust the numbers — and check them yourself. Prices change, so always request a provider's current price list before deciding.
Where Our Prices Come From
1. Official General Price Lists (GPLs)
Our strongest source. The FTC Funeral Rule requires every funeral home in the United States to provide an itemized General Price List on request. 23 of our 72 listings come from an official GPL: a PDF the provider publishes on its website, or one the provider emails us. Families can also send us a price list they were given; we check it before posting it and show the date it took effect.
2. Funeral-home websites
Some providers publish their package or direct cremation pricing directly on their own websites. Where a provider states a price publicly, we record it and note the website as the source.
What we don't use: third-party price sites
Price-comparison sites publish figures for funeral homes that don't publish their own. Every one we could check against the funeral home's own price list was too low, by $555 to $1,845, so we removed all of them in October 2026. When a provider publishes no prices, its listing says so and tells you how to get its price list.
Every Listing Shows Its Source and Date
Transparency only works if you can check it. That is why each priced listing shows the source of its prices, and 71 of our 72 listings show the date we last checked them. If a price came from an official GPL effective on a certain date, the listing says so.
- ✓ The source: an official GPL or the provider's own website
- ✓ The date we last checked the price, so you know how current it is
- ✓ A short note describing exactly what the published figures include
Prices Change — Always Request a Current GPL
Funeral prices are revised over time, and a figure that was accurate when we verified it may shift before you call. Use our numbers to compare providers and set your expectations — then ask each provider you are seriously considering for its current General Price List before you commit. It is your right under the FTC Funeral Rule, and it costs nothing.
Found a price that looks out of date? Please tell us so we can verify and correct it.
How We Keep Prices Current
We correct a price as soon as we learn it changed, whether a provider sends a new price list, a family tells us, or we find it on a re-check. Each listing shows the date we last checked it.
Most recent price check: October 2026
Our Sources & Authorities
Our work rests on the same authorities consumer advocates rely on:
- • FTC Funeral Rule — the federal regulation (16 CFR Part 453) requiring funeral homes to provide itemized price lists. Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov).
- • National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) — national median funeral costs, cited on a few pages for national context and never as a New Mexico provider's price. Source: nfda.org.
- • Each provider's own General Price List — the primary, verifiable record behind the 23 GPL-sourced listings on this site.
This page is maintained by Josh Eldred, who runs ABQ Funeral Homes from Albuquerque.
Explore the Data
2026 New Mexico Funeral Cost Study
Our full data analysis of 72 providers and the price spread.
Open Price Dataset
Download every listing's published prices, sources and check dates (CC BY 4.0).
Cheapest Cremation in Albuquerque
Real, ranked direct cremation prices, lowest first.
New Mexico Funeral Pricing Guide
Every service priced, plus add-on costs and money-saving tips.
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