Direct cremation in McKinney — $1,750
McKinney is the far north edge of our routine same-day range. We come up US-75 from north Dallas, and the transfer is included in the $1,750 no matter where in the city you are.
From a McKinney hospital
The major receiving hospitals include Medical City McKinney downtown and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney off US-75. Both hold a decedent until a named provider arrives, and neither will pressure you into a quick decision.
Tell the nurse you have chosen us, pass along our number, and call. We take the release paperwork off your hands and coordinate directly with the hospital.
The Collin County paperwork
McKinney is the seat of Collin County, and the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office is here in the city. An unattended or unexpected death is referred to that office, which decides whether an autopsy is needed and releases your loved one when it is finished.
The death certificate must be signed and filed with Texas Vital Statistics before the county issues the cremation permit, and the state requires a 48-hour wait after death. Certified copies cost $21 for the first and $4 for each additional, passed through without a markup.
Across the city
We transfer from all of McKinney — the historic downtown square, Stonebridge Ranch and Craig Ranch to the west, and the newer areas spreading north and east. McKinney is near the top of our same-day range, so on rare occasions the far edge takes closer to the full 90 minutes; the price does not change.
How long it takes, and what Collin County decides
The price does not change from one city to the next — direct cremation is $1,750 whether the transfer starts in McKinney or on our own street. What does change is the county. Collin 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 Collin 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
McKinney 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.
McKinney questions
How much is direct cremation in McKinney?
It is $1,750, all-inclusive, anywhere in McKinney. That covers transfer, refrigerated care, the container, the crematory fee, permits, the death-certificate filing, and a standard urn.
Where is the medical examiner for McKinney?
The Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office is in McKinney itself. An unattended death is referred there, and we cannot collect your loved one until that office releases the body.
Do you really cover McKinney at the same price as Dallas?
Yes. McKinney is inside the 50 miles of Dallas we cover, so the transfer is included and the total is $1,750, exactly as it is closer to Dallas.
Calling from McKinney?
A person answers, at any hour. Tell us where your loved one is and we will start from there.