Same chain. Each number is the median pickup price at the restaurants we priced in that state, not one city and not one till. About half of a chain’s price spread lives inside a single state, which is why this mode exists alongside City and Store.
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A typical Big Mac® in Texas is $4.99; in California it is $6.89. Those are state medians across 1,069 restaurants and 1,119 restaurants, not two restaurants. Same chain, two state medians, pickup prices from McDonald's own ordering system.
This page is the state, not a city and not a store. Texas is the median across 1,069 priced restaurants; California is the median across 1,119. About half of a chain’s price spread lives inside one state, so a Texas-vs-California number is the middle of two wide ranges, not a promise about the restaurant on your corner.
City or Store mode is the right tool for a restaurant on your corner, or for whether Austin is cheaper than Dallas. This page answers the coarser argument people actually have: is Texas McDonald's cheaper than California McDonald's, typically?
Texas as of 26 September 2026 · California as of 26 September 2026
163 overlapping items are cheaper in Texas as a state, 1 is cheaper in California as a state, and 5 cost the same on both state medians. The biggest gap on this pair is the Big Mac®: $4.99 vs $6.89.
Only items that show up at enough restaurants in both states to publish a median. Sorted by the state-to-state gap. Half of a chain’s spread is inside one state, so these medians sit in the middle of two wide ranges.
| Item | Typical in Texas | Typical in California | State gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac® | $4.99 | $6.89 | +$1.90 |
| Hotcakes and Steak | $5.89 | $7.49 | +$1.60 |
| Bacon Quarter Pounder® with Cheese | $6.29 | $7.89 | +$1.60 |
| Double Bacon Quarter Pounder® with Cheese | $7.59 | $9.19 | +$1.60 |
| Double Quarter Pounder® with Cheese Deluxe | $6.99 | $8.59 | +$1.60 |
| Hotcakes | $4.19 | $5.79 | +$1.60 |
| Hotcakes and Sausage | $5.19 | $6.79 | +$1.60 |
| Quarter Pounder® with Cheese Deluxe | $5.69 | $7.29 | +$1.60 |
| 40 pc. Chicken McNuggets® | $12.69 | $14.19 | +$1.50 |
| French Fries | $2.99 | $4.49 | +$1.50 |
| Quarter Pounder® with Cheese | $5.29 | $6.79 | +$1.50 |
| Steak Egg Cheese Bagel | $5.99 | $7.49 | +$1.50 |
| Double Quarter Pounder® with Cheese | $6.79 | $8.29 | +$1.50 |
| Bacon McDouble® | $3.59 | $4.99 | +$1.40 |
| Deluxe McCrispy™ | $5.29 | $6.69 | +$1.40 |
| Deluxe Spicy McCrispy™ | $5.59 | $6.99 | +$1.40 |
| Honey Brown Butter Bacon Egg Cheese Biscuit | $4.39 | $5.79 | +$1.40 |
| McCrispy™ | $4.39 | $5.79 | +$1.40 |
| Quarter Pounder® Hamburger | $4.59 | $5.99 | +$1.40 |
| Sausage & Egg Biscuit | $4.29 | $5.69 | +$1.40 |
| Daily Double® | $3.39 | $4.79 | +$1.40 |
| 3 Piece McCrispy™ Strips | $4.99 | $6.39 | +$1.40 |
| 4 Piece McCrispy™ Strips | $5.99 | $7.39 | +$1.40 |
| Bacon Caesar McCrispy™ | $6.79 | $8.19 | +$1.40 |
| Bacon. Egg & Cheese Biscuit | $4.19 | $5.59 | +$1.40 |
| Steak Biscuit | $2.99 | $4.39 | +$1.40 |
| Steak Egg Biscuit | $4.99 | $6.39 | +$1.40 |
| 40 pc. Spicy Chicken McNuggets® | $12.90 | $14.29 | +$1.39 |
| 20 pc. Spicy Chicken McNuggets® | $7.29 | $8.64 | +$1.35 |
| Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddles® | $4.89 | $6.19 | +$1.30 |
| 10 pc. Chicken McNuggets® | $4.99 | $6.29 | +$1.30 |
| Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles® | $4.69 | $5.99 | +$1.30 |
| Egg McMuffin® | $4.19 | $5.49 | +$1.30 |
| Sausage McMuffin® with Egg | $3.99 | $5.29 | +$1.30 |
| Spicy McCrispy™ | $4.69 | $5.99 | +$1.30 |
| Steak & Egg McMuffin® | $4.69 | $5.99 | +$1.30 |
| Steak, Egg & Cheese McGriddles® | $5.59 | $6.89 | +$1.30 |
| 20 pc. Chicken McNuggets® | $7.19 | $8.39 | +$1.20 |
| Filet-O-Fish® | $4.79 | $5.99 | +$1.20 |
| Steak Egg Cheese Biscuit | $5.49 | $6.69 | +$1.20 |
| Bacon Egg Cheese Bagel | $5.19 | $6.39 | +$1.20 |
| Sausage Egg Cheese Bagel | $5.19 | $6.39 | +$1.20 |
| Triple Cheeseburger | $4.59 | $5.69 | +$1.10 |
| Double Hamburger | $2.59 | $3.69 | +$1.10 |
| Hamburger | $1.69 | $2.79 | +$1.10 |
| 10 pc. Spicy Chicken McNuggets® | $5.19 | $6.29 | +$1.10 |
| McChicken® Biscuit | $2.49 | $3.59 | +$1.10 |
| Minute Maid® Orange Juice | $3.29 | $4.39 | +$1.10 |
| Vanilla Cone | $1.99 | $2.99 | +$1.00 |
| 13 Cookie Tote | $6.19 | $7.19 | +$1.00 |
| 2 Blueberry & Creme Pie | $3.29 | $4.29 | +$1.00 |
| 2 Strawberry and Crème Pie | $3.00 | $4.00 | +$1.00 |
| Caramel Sundae | $2.99 | $3.99 | +$1.00 |
| Chicken McGriddles® | $2.99 | $3.99 | +$1.00 |
| Chocolate Shake | $4.19 | $5.19 | +$1.00 |
| Double Filet-O-Fish® | $5.99 | $6.99 | +$1.00 |
| Hot Fudge Sundae | $2.99 | $3.99 | +$1.00 |
| Iced Sugar Free Vanilla Coffee | $2.99 | $3.99 | +$1.00 |
| McChicken® | $1.69 | $2.69 | +$1.00 |
| Oatmeal | $2.99 | $3.99 | +$1.00 |
| Plain Sundae | $2.69 | $3.69 | +$1.00 |
| Strawberry Shake | $4.19 | $5.19 | +$1.00 |
| Vanilla Shake | $4.19 | $5.19 | +$1.00 |
| Caramel Apple Pie Frappé | $5.29 | $6.19 | +$0.90 |
| Mango Pineapple Smoothie | $4.39 | $5.29 | +$0.90 |
| Strawberry Banana Smoothie | $4.39 | $5.29 | +$0.90 |
| 3 Pack Of Cookies | $1.99 | $2.89 | +$0.90 |
| Cheeseburger | $1.99 | $2.89 | +$0.90 |
| Sausage Biscuit | $1.59 | $2.49 | +$0.90 |
| 2 Fried Apple Pies | $3.39 | $4.29 | +$0.90 |
| Caramel Frappé | $2.69 | $3.59 | +$0.90 |
| Double Cheeseburger | $2.79 | $3.69 | +$0.90 |
| Mocha Frappé | $2.69 | $3.59 | +$0.90 |
| Caramel Macchiato | $2.19 | $2.99 | +$0.80 |
| Hot 'N Spicy McChicken® | $2.09 | $2.89 | +$0.80 |
| Iced Caramel Coffee | $3.19 | $3.99 | +$0.80 |
| Sausage McGriddles® | $3.19 | $3.99 | +$0.80 |
| Hash Browns | $1.89 | $2.69 | +$0.80 |
| Sausage Burrito | $1.99 | $2.79 | +$0.80 |
| Sausage McMuffin® | $1.59 | $2.39 | +$0.80 |
Texas listed 9 comparable items often enough to publish a state median that California did not. California listed 3 that Texas did not. Those stay off the state table rather than inventing a price for a state that barely sells them.
Common in Texas, not in the other state: Big Breakfast, Egg Biscuit, Big Breakfast with Hotcakes, Egg Cheese Biscuit, Sausage Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Big Breakfast/Steak Hot Cake, and Big Breakfast with Steak.
Common in California, not in the other state: Hot Tea, L UNsweet Tea*, and Frozen Hawaiian Punch®.
Each price is the median pickup quote at the restaurants we priced in that state, not one city and not one store. Tax is not included. A gap of a few cents on one sandwich is noise; 169 overlapping items pointing the same way is a difference between the two states.
Compare a different pair of states with the picker at the top, or drop to City or Store mode when the argument is about a town or a specific McDonald's, not the whole state. The price map colours every restaurant we have.
What this does not do yet. It does not match a Big Mac to a Whopper, and it does not hunt down the cheapest restaurant for a custom order. Those are next. This page is the state-grain question: two states, same chain, median overlapping menu, different typical prices.