The casket price list (CPL) and the outer burial container price list (OBCPL) sit alongside the general price list in how a funeral home presents merchandise pricing. The FTC Funeral Rule addresses these disclosures, so keeping them current and consistent matters. This is an operational checklist, not legal advice; check the FTC resources and your counsel for compliance specifics.
The checklist
- Maintain one current version of the casket price list.
- Maintain one current version of the outer burial container price list.
- Confirm each merchandise price matches the statement of goods and services.
- Confirm the lists are consistent with the general price list.
- When a price changes, update the list, the statement line item, and your records together.
- Keep the lists easy to produce for any family or review.
Where these lists drift
- A supplier price change updates the casket list but not the statement line item.
- An old version of the list is still in circulation.
- The merchandise price on the statement does not match the list.
What to ask software vendors
- Does the statement pull merchandise prices from consistent line items?
- When a merchandise price changes, does the statement reflect it?
- Can I produce the casket and OBC lists easily?
- Do merchandise selections live on the case with their prices?
How FuneralHQ handles this
FuneralHQ records merchandise selections on the case and builds the itemized statement from consistent line items, so the price a family sees on the statement matches the case record. This supports consistent merchandise pricing; it does not replace your compliance review.
Related resources
Read general price list management and how to manage merchandise, services, and documents in one case file.