There is a wide gap on the price of similar services from various funeral homes owned by Service Corporation International.

If you want a top-of –the-line cremation service and you go to Calvary Hill Funeral Home in North Houston, expect to pay $5,995. But if you want the same cremation service and you go to George H. Lewis and Sons in Tanglewood, expect to pay $13,807. The package that both operators offer is the same in other respects, part of SCI’s Dignity Memorial line. SCI said the cost difference stems from the levels of staffing, types of vehicles used in the services and the widely varying operating costs associated with running funeral homes in different parts of town.