In my area of upstate NY a simple cremation - cardboard box for cremains - over $4000.
Heck, we had to PAY to donate my mothers body to a medical collage, where they would cremate here after they were done with her body. That cost us $400.00, the fee to transport her. They mailed her back in a cardboard type container.
My sympathy to everyone posting on this thread who has recently lost a loved one.
Very sad to see so many.