What the big chains actually charge in Modesto — read from each chain's own ordering system at 42 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 8 chains priced in Modesto
Every figure below comes from Modesto restaurants' own listed prices. California ranks #3 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 14.7% above the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | Modesto typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 14 | Big Mac® | $7.34 | $6.09 | +20.5% |
| Taco Bell | 10 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $7.39 | $6.79 | +8.8% |
| Chipotle | 4 | Chicken Burrito | $10.80 | $9.80 | +10.2% |
| Wendy's | 4 | Dave's Single® | $7.49 | $5.99 | +25.0% |
| Burger King | 3 | Whopper | $7.89 | $6.19 | +27.5% |
| Popeyes | 3 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.99 | $5.79 | +3.5% |
| Domino's | 3 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $18.99 | $14.99 | +26.7% |
| Papa John's | 1 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | — | $17.50 |
One gap in this guide: KFC has 4 restaurants in our Modesto store list, but their Modesto prices have not been collected yet — KFC joined the collection on November 4, 2026 and its weekly rotation is still filling in. The guide covers the 8 chains priced in Modesto so far.
Typical prices in Modesto: Big Mac® $7.34 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $7.19 · McCrispy™ $6.49
Cheapest Big Mac®: $6.99 at 3801 Yosemite Blvd · priciest: $7.59 at 2118 Mchenry Ave (one of 5 at this price).
Typical prices in Modesto: Crunchwrap Supreme® $7.39 · Mexican Pizza $6.79 · Burrito Supreme® $7.19
Every priced Taco Bell in Modesto charges $7.39 for a Crunchwrap Supreme®.
Typical prices in Modesto: Chicken Burrito $10.80 · Chicken Bowl $10.80 · Steak Burrito $12.80
Typical prices in Modesto: Dave's Single® $7.49 · Baconator® $9.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $8.19
Typical prices in Modesto: Whopper $7.89 · Whopper with Cheese $7.89 · Original Chicken Sandwich $6.99
Typical prices in Modesto: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Regular Cajun Fries $3.79
Typical prices in Modesto: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $18.99 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $16.99 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $9.49
The typical price is $7.34 across the 14 McDonald's restaurants we price in Modesto (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Big Mac® costs $6.99 at the McDonald's on 3801 Yosemite Blvd and $7.59 at 2118 Mchenry Ave — 9% more, inside one city. (1 Modesto locations charge the low price and 5 charge the high; the two named are examples.)
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 14 Modesto restaurants, of the 42 restaurants across 8 chains in this guide.
We read the price of every item on the menu at each restaurant from the chain's own ordering system, every week. A "typical" price is the median across the restaurants named on the page, and every restaurant counts once: when a menu lists the same item twice under two spellings, the restaurant still contributes one price. The cheapest and priciest restaurants named on this page exclude the handful of listings whose price sits outside 0.4–2.5× the item's national typical price — a $99 sauce cup is a till glitch, not a price, and it should not be able to win "priciest" either. Named extremes also exclude one-day pricing anomalies: a price that appears at dozens of restaurants in a single day's collection and nowhere else in our archive is treated as a collection glitch, not a price, though those restaurants still count toward every typical price. State and city indexes average each menu item's local typical price against its national typical price, so every item counts once and no single chain dominates.