Pet cremation cost: published prices for dogs and cats

Published pet cremation prices

Each row is a price that a pet crematory, animal shelter, city animal service or veterinary practice prints on its own website, read on October 8, 2026. There are 42 prices from 17 providers in 8 states (AR, FL, GA, KS, MO, OK, TN, TX). Prices are shown as printed, including the weight band each provider uses.

Weight bands differ from one price list to the next, so compare the band your pet falls in rather than the first number on the page. Several lists include an urn, paw print or pickup in the price; others charge for them separately.

The City of Bryant, Arkansas figures come from a proposed animal control fee schedule in a city council agenda packet dated October 28, 2025. The copy online leaves the date of passage blank. Orlando Pet Crematory labels its list as effective April 29, 2022.

Sources: Wayside Waifs, price list; Kansas Humane Society, price list; City of Bryant Animal Control (proposed fee schedule), price list; McKamey Animal Center, price list; Pet Passages Collin County, price list; Lone Star Pet Services, price list; Stardust Pet Cremation, price list; South Arkansas Pet Cremations, price list; Heartland Pet Cremation, price list; All Paws OK, price list; All Paws OK, price list; Angel's Pet Funeral Home, price list; Yeargan Pet Cremations, price list; Athens Pet Cremation, price list; Peaceful Pet Crematory (Animal Rescue Foundation), price list; Peaceful Passings, price list; North Georgia Pet Cremations, price list; Orlando Pet Crematory, price list

Price ranges by type of cremation

Private cremation, where the pet is cremated alone and the ashes come back, is the most common price on these lists: 22 prices from $140 to $530. Communal cremation, where ashes are not returned, ran from $40 to $190.

For the lightest weight band each provider prints for private cremation (cats and small dogs), the 13 prices run from $140 at Angel's Pet Funeral Home to $360 at Peaceful Passings, with a median of $225. For the heaviest band printed, the 9 prices run from $220 to $530, with a median of $345.

Medians are taken across the prices in this table, not across every provider in a state, and are shown only where there are at least five prices.

Sources: Angel's Pet Funeral Home, price list; Peaceful Passings, price list; Wayside Waifs, price list; Lone Star Pet Services, price list; All Paws OK, price list

Private, semi-private and communal cremation

Private cremation means your pet is the only animal in the cremation chamber, and the ashes you get back are your pet's alone. Athens Pet Cremation in Georgia and South Arkansas Pet Cremations both describe it that way on their price lists.

Semi-private cremation, also sold as partitioned or individual cremation, means several pets are cremated at the same time but kept apart, and each family gets its own pet's ashes back. Pet Passages and Athens Pet Cremation both call this "individual" cremation, so ask what a provider means when it uses that word. Wayside Waifs in Kansas City uses "individual" for a pet cremated separately.

Communal or group cremation means several pets are cremated together and the ashes are not returned to the family. Some providers scatter or bury the shared ashes: Wayside Waifs buries them in a numbered communal grave, and Peaceful Passings in Atlanta says they are spread in the crematory gardens.

• Ask whether the pet is alone in the chamber (private) or separated by a partition (semi-private).
• Ask how the provider tracks your pet through the process. Athens Pet Cremation uses a barcode; South Arkansas Pet Cremations uses a numbered metal disc.
• If you choose communal cremation, no ashes come back.

Sources: Athens Pet Cremation, our services; Pet Passages Collin County, pricing; South Arkansas Pet Cremations, price list; Wayside Waifs, pet memorial services; Peaceful Passings, aftercare services

What adds to the price

Pickup from your home, an upgraded urn and keepsakes such as paw prints are the most common extras on these price lists. Some providers include a basic urn, a paw print or pickup from your veterinarian in the cremation price, so the same service can look cheaper or dearer depending on what is bundled.

• Angel's Pet Funeral Home (Tulsa, OK): Home pickup, $75.00
• Angel's Pet Funeral Home (Tulsa, OK): Clay paw print, $30.00
• South Arkansas Pet Cremations (Warren, AR): Home pickup (within 50 miles), $150.00
• South Arkansas Pet Cremations (Warren, AR): Viewing room, $100.00
• South Arkansas Pet Cremations (Warren, AR): Clay paw print, $35.00
• Athens Pet Cremation (Athens, GA): Home pickup (within 20 miles), $125
• Pet Passages Collin County (Blue Ridge, TX): Home pickup, pets under 50 lbs, $50
• Pet Passages Collin County (Blue Ridge, TX): Engraved wood box urn (Remembrance package, small truly private), $280 (vs $250 Basic)
• Lone Star Pet Services (Burleson, TX): Clay paw print, $45.00
• Lone Star Pet Services (Burleson, TX): Pet name engraved on urn, $35.00
• Kansas Humane Society (Wichita, KS): Silver package (adds an urn), $230
• Orlando Pet Crematory (Orlando, FL): Removal (Orange or Osceola counties), $85.00
• Angel's Pet Funeral Home in Tulsa includes pickup from your veterinarian within 25 miles in its cremation price.
• North Georgia Pet Cremations quotes its example prices with pickup included.

Sources: Angel's Pet Funeral Home, price list; South Arkansas Pet Cremations, price list; Athens Pet Cremation, price list; Pet Passages Collin County, price list; Lone Star Pet Services, price list; Kansas Humane Society, price list; Orlando Pet Crematory, price list; North Georgia Pet Cremations, crematory services

Cremation through a shelter, city or veterinarian

Nonprofit shelters and city animal services print some of the lowest prices here. Wayside Waifs in Kansas City charges $70 for communal cremation and $165 for individual cremation of a pet up to 50 lb. McKamey Animal Center in Chattanooga charges $100 for a dog and $70 for a cat, and that price includes euthanasia; it does not return ashes.

The one veterinary practice on this list, Peaceful Passings in Atlanta, an in-home euthanasia service, prints $360 for private cremation of a pet under 30 lbs. Every other provider's lightest private band here is between $140 and $300. A veterinary clinic usually passes the pet to a crematory, so ask the clinic which crematory it uses and what it adds to that price.

Sources: Wayside Waifs, pet memorial services; McKamey Animal Center, end of life care; Peaceful Passings, aftercare services; Yeargan Pet Cremations, pricing

Sources and dates

• Wayside Waifs, price list, read October 8, 2026https://waysidewaifs.org/programs-services/pet-memorial-services/
• Kansas Humane Society, price list, read October 8, 2026https://kshumane.org/services/end-of-life/
• City of Bryant Animal Control (proposed fee schedule), price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.bryantar.gov/grab/agendas/uploads/agenda_519/ordinance_2025-15.pdf
• McKamey Animal Center, price list, read October 8, 2026https://mckameyanimalcenter.org/end-of-life-care/
• Pet Passages Collin County, price list, read October 8, 2026https://collincounty.tx.petpassages.com/pricing/
• Lone Star Pet Services, price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.lonestarpetservices.com/general-price-list
• Stardust Pet Cremation, price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.stardustatx.com/
• South Arkansas Pet Cremations, price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.sarpetcremations.com/price-list
• Heartland Pet Cremation, price list, read October 8, 2026https://heartlandpetcremation.com/
• All Paws OK, price list, read October 8, 2026https://allpawsok.com/product/basic-package/
• All Paws OK, price list, read October 8, 2026https://allpawsok.com/cremation-services/
• Angel's Pet Funeral Home, price list, read October 8, 2026https://angelspetfuneralhome.com/our-services/our-prices/
• Yeargan Pet Cremations, price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.yearganpetcremations.com/pet-cremation-pricing
• Athens Pet Cremation, price list, read October 8, 2026https://www.athenspetcremation.com/our-services
• Peaceful Pet Crematory (Animal Rescue Foundation), price list, read October 8, 2026https://animalrescuefoundation.org/peaceful-pets/
• Peaceful Passings, price list, read October 8, 2026https://peacefulpassings.net/aftercare-services/
• North Georgia Pet Cremations, price list, read October 8, 2026https://ngapetcremations.com/crematory-services/
• Orlando Pet Crematory, price list, read October 8, 2026https://orlandopetcrematory.com/pricing