Massachusetts law prohibits payment for a body donation. However, UMass Chan Medical School pays for the following:

• Filing the donor's initial death certificate
• Obtaining a burial/transit permit
• Transportation WITHIN Massachusetts
• Cremation
• The interment of cremated remains in a marked grave at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts or
• The return of cremated remains to the Executor, next-of-kin (The Executor or next-of-kin may also make an appointment with the Anatomical Gift Program to personally retrieve the cremated remains.)

 Typically, the donor's estate only pays for:

• The obituary (Newspaper may confirm death by calling the Anatomical Gift Program)
• Copies of the death certificate
• Private burial arrangements
• The retrieval of any remains from UMass Chan which requires a burial container approved by the desired cemetery and the assistance of a funeral home.

Any additional fees, for services or out-of-state transportation, will be billed to the donor's estate.