Thats what we paid for my mother last year. I was thinking more like the $600 by my oldest brother made the arrangements. But my point is that its sad they cant scrape enough together to cremate her.
$4,700 is a lot to have to scrape together for many folks. It's a lot of money to my wife and I. They wouldn't have to ask for donations if the funeral industry wasn't charging vulnerable people so much to carry out their wishes.
This is why my parents told me (the executor in both estates) not to spend any more than the bare minimum on the cremation and a cardboard container. They didn't believe in wasting money on the funeral arrangements when it could go to us kids in the estate. Makes sense to me.