The cost of a headstone is not one number you can copy from a guide. It moves with the stone you choose and with what the cemetery requires on that lot. This page names the factors. It does not list prices, because a range that ignores your lot and your design is not a quote.
The form of the monument is the first factor. A flat marker uses less stone than an upright headstone. A slant marker sits between them: more face than a flat marker, less height than an upright. A companion stone for two people is wider than a single. Size changes the amount of granite and the amount of work.
Granite is the next factor. Gray granite is the usual starting point and reads clearly in most cemeteries. Black granite and colored granites are chosen for contrast, or because the family wants that color. A rarer color and a larger slab take more stone than a small gray marker. The finish is part of the same decision. A polished face is the common choice. A honed or rock-pitched surface is a look, not a shortcut around the other factors.
Lettering and artwork change the work on the face. A name and two dates are the simplest inscription. More lines, a verse, a sandblasted emblem, or a laser-etched portrait each add a step. Sandblast lettering and laser etching are different processes, and many memorials use both. The words and the picture should be chosen because they belong on the stone, then priced for that design.
The cemetery can add requirements that are not the monument itself. Some cemeteries install the foundation with their own crew. Some charge a setting or inspection fee of their own. Those charges belong to the cemetery. Ask what your lot requires, and ask that each item be named before you approve an order. Do not treat a guess as the total.
A careful quote names the stone, the lettering, delivery, the foundation, and installation, or it says plainly which of those the cemetery handles instead. A figure for the stone alone is not the cost of a monument in the ground. Personalize the design and ask The Monument Store to confirm the price for that stone. The confirmation is the price. This guide cannot stand in for it.