Steak Quesadilla at Chipotle. 580 calories, $12.35, 35 g protein.
At 580 calories it is heavier than 54% of the 76 Chipotle items we track, against a menu median of 560. It delivers 6.0 g of protein per 100 calories, 14th of 64 items with published protein. At 47 calories per dollar it is 65th of 76 priced items on value.
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Veggie Bowl | 570 | −10 |
| Carnitas Bowl | 550 | −30 |
| Chicken Bowl | 520 | −60 |
| Pollo Asado Bowl | 520 | −60 |
| Beef Barbacoa Bowl | 510 | −70 |
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | Steak | 160 | — |
| Taco Bell | Cheese Quesadilla | 440 | — |
| Taco Bell | Breakfast Quesadilla Steak | 500 | — |
| Taco Bell | Steak Quesadilla | 500 | — |
| Taco Bell | Spicy Steak & Potato Loaded Quesadilla | 820 | — |
| Taco Bell | Steak & Potato Loaded Quesadilla | 820 | — |
Priced at 4044 Chipotle restaurants in 49 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $11.70 and $13.35, a spread of 14%.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
Point at a bar, or tab to it, for the count and the share of restaurants at that price.
The cheapest Steak Quesadilla in the sample is $7.30 in Hyannis, MA, and the most expensive is $14.65 in San Francisco, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 47 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 39 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| ND | $11.72 | 4 | cheapest |
| MO | $11.75 | 55 | cheapest |
| MN | $11.75 | 94 | cheapest |
| MS | $11.75 | 13 | cheapest |
| NY | $13.98 | 240 | most expensive |
| CA | $13.30 | 529 | most expensive |
| ME | $13.05 | 5 | most expensive |
| VT | $13.05 | 5 | most expensive |
147 of the 4,105 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-07. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.9%. A typical one now charges $12.35.
2026-09-07 · $12.05 to 2026-09-26 · $12.35. Point at a day, or tab to it, for that day's median and how many restaurants it came from.
The median across the restaurants priced each day. It can step when our coverage of the chain grows, which is why the sentence above counts restaurants rather than reading this line.
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Steak Quesadilla’s $12.35. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef Barbacoa Quesadilla | $12.35 | 14% | 4,051 |
| Beef Barbacoa Bowl | $11.80 | 15% | 4,131 |
| Beef Barbacoa Salad | $11.80 | 15% | 4,131 |
| Beef Barbacoa Burrito | $11.80 | 15% | 4,129 |
| Beef Barbacoa Tacos (3) | $11.80 | 15% | 4,128 |
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 286 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4.0 g |
| Iron | 3.8 mg |
| Protein | 35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8.0 g |
| Sodium | 1120 mg |
| Sugars | 0.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 52 g |
| Total Fat | 23 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
Chipotle publishes the protein, not a finished quesadilla. This panel adds a burrito-size flour tortilla and Monterey Jack, which is how the restaurants build one. The three sides it comes with are not counted.