Final Expense Insurance: What Do People Actually Pay?
This is a life insurance page, not a Medicare page. It shows what people in a given situation typically pay per month for final expense — burial — coverage. You enter an age between 50 and 85, your sex, whether you use tobacco, one rough health self-rating (good health; managing some conditions; serious or recent conditions), and a coverage amount from a short list.
It returns a typical monthly range for that profile, drawn from the rate tables of the licensed carriers this agency works with, as of the date the bands were derived, printed on the page. Nothing you enter is collected or stored. If you pick the third health option, the result explains that the range reflects guaranteed issue coverage — no health questions and no exam — which typically pays a reduced benefit during the first two years.
What it will not do is quote you. The page states plainly that this is not a quote, an offer of coverage, or an application. Real premiums are set by each carrier through underwriting on your exact age, state, sex, tobacco use and health history, and the range is deliberately wide because carriers price the same person very differently. An age outside 50 to 85 returns a message asking you to speak with an advisor instead.
Next: browse life and final expense advisors, or request a callback. That optional form uses only the contact details you type into it — your answers above are not attached, and the advisor starts the health questions fresh.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a quote?
No. It shows a typical monthly range for a profile. It is not an offer of coverage and not an application. Each carrier sets a real premium by underwriting your exact age, state, sex, tobacco use and health history.
What do I have to enter?
An age between 50 and 85, your sex, and whether you use tobacco. Then one rough health self-rating and a coverage amount from a short list. Nothing you enter is collected or stored. An age outside 50 to 85 asks you to speak with an advisor instead.
Why is the range so wide?
Because carriers price the same person very differently. The bands come from the rate tables of the licensed carriers this agency works with, as of the date printed on the page. A wide range is honest where a single number would not be.
What does guaranteed issue mean here?
Coverage with no health questions and no medical exam. Choosing the third health option shows a range for that kind of policy. Those policies typically pay a reduced benefit if death occurs in the first two years.
Updated September 8, 2026.