Direct cremation in Arlington — $1,750
Arlington sits in the middle of the metroplex, a mid-length run from our Dallas office. Allow the full 60 to 90 minutes; the transfer across is included in the $1,750.
From an Arlington hospital
The major receiving hospitals include Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Medical City Arlington, and USMD Hospital at Arlington. Each holds a decedent in the morgue until a named provider comes, and none will rush your decision.
Tell the nurse or decedent affairs office that you have chosen us and give them our number. We coordinate the release directly with the hospital, wherever in the city it is.
The Tarrant County paperwork
Arlington is in Tarrant County. The death certificate must be signed by the attending physician, hospice medical director, or medical examiner and filed with Texas Vital Statistics before the county issues the cremation permit, and the state 48-hour wait applies.
An unattended or unexpected death is referred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth, which decides whether an autopsy is needed and releases your loved one when finished. That release is the one step nobody can speed up. Certified copies cost $21 for the first and $4 for each additional, at cost.
Across the city
We transfer from all of Arlington — the Entertainment District around the stadiums, north Arlington near UT Arlington, and the southern neighborhoods toward Mansfield. It is a longer drive than our Dallas-side cities, but the $1,750 does not change with the distance.
How long it takes, and what Tarrant County decides
The price does not change from one city to the next — direct cremation is $1,750 whether the transfer starts in Arlington or on our own street. What does change is the county. Tarrant County runs its own death-certificate counter and its own permit process, and it is the county that decides whether a death goes to a medical examiner or to a justice of the peace. That single fact is what moves a cremation timeline by days.
Everything else is fixed by state law rather than by us or by Tarrant County. Texas forbids a cremation earlier than 48 hours after death unless the wait is waived, and nothing can begin until the person with the legal right to control disposition has signed. Most families here see ashes returned within one to two weeks of the first call.
The same price, the whole metroplex
Arlington sits inside the five counties we cover within 50 miles of Dallas. The transfer is included wherever you are inside it. See what the $1,750 includes, the full service area, or how to reach us.
Arlington questions
How much is direct cremation in Arlington?
It is $1,750, all-inclusive, anywhere in Arlington. That covers transfer, refrigerated care, the container, the crematory fee, permits, the death-certificate filing, and a standard urn.
How long does it take you to reach Arlington?
Arlington is a mid-metroplex run, so allow the full 60 to 90 minutes. The transfer across is included in the $1,750 regardless of the distance from Dallas.
Which medical examiner covers Arlington?
Arlington is in Tarrant County, so an unattended death is referred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth. We cannot collect your loved one until they release the body.
Calling from Arlington?
A person answers, at any hour. Tell us where your loved one is and we will start from there.