A metal burial casket costs, on average, $2,500, according to the National Funeral Directors Association's 2021 report, and a cremation casket and urn combined cost an average of about $1,600.

With increased tariffs of Chinese-manufactured baby products and cremation urns, the costs will extend from the cradle to the grave, so to speak. The Heffner Funeral Chapels & Crematory in ...