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 14 Inch Thin Create Your Own in North Carolina is $16.39; in California it is $21.49. Those are state medians across 176 restaurants and 157 restaurants, not two restaurants. Same chain, two state medians, pickup prices from Papa John's own ordering system.
This page is the state, not a city and not a store. North Carolina is the median across 176 priced restaurants; California is the median across 157. About half of a chain’s price spread lives inside one state, so a North Carolina-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 North Carolina Papa John's cheaper than California Papa John's, typically?
North Carolina as of 26 September 2026 · California as of 26 September 2026
144 overlapping items are cheaper in North Carolina as a state, 32 cheaper in California as a state, and 9 cost the same on both state medians. The biggest gap on this pair is the 16 Inch New York Style Create Your Own: $18.99 vs $24.49.
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 North Carolina | Typical in California | State gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Inch New York Style Create Your Own | $18.99 | $24.49 | +$5.50 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Pepperoni Pizza | $18.99 | $24.49 | +$5.50 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Sausage Pizza | $18.99 | $24.49 | +$5.50 |
| 10 Inch Original BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Garden Fresh Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Meats Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Super Hawaiian Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 10 Inch Original Works Pizza | $13.59 | $18.99 | +$5.40 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Create Your Own | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Pepperoni Pizza | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Sausage Pizza | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 12 Inch Original Create Your Own | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 12 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 12 Inch Original Sausage Pizza | $13.18 | $18.49 | +$5.31 |
| 16 Inch New York Style BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Garden Fresh Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Meats Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Super Hawaiian Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 16 Inch New York Style Works Pizza | $22.79 | $27.99 | +$5.20 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Pepperoni Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Sausage Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 14 Inch Original Sausage Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 14 Inch Thin Sausage Pizza | $16.39 | $21.55 | +$5.16 |
| 12 Inch New York Style BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Garden Fresh Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Meats Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Super Hawaiian Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch New York Style Works Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Garden Fresh Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Meats Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Super Hawaiian Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 12 Inch Original Works Pizza | $16.89 | $21.99 | +$5.10 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Create Your Own | $16.39 | $21.49 | +$5.10 |
| 14 Inch Original Create Your Own | $16.39 | $21.49 | +$5.10 |
| 14 Inch Thin Create Your Own | $16.39 | $21.49 | +$5.10 |
| 10 Inch Original Create Your Own | $10.89 | $15.98 | +$5.09 |
| 10 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $10.89 | $15.98 | +$5.09 |
| 10 Inch Original Sausage Pizza | $10.89 | $15.98 | +$5.09 |
| 14 Inch New York Style BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Garden Fresh Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Meats Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Super Hawaiian Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Tuscan Six Cheese Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch New York Style Works Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original BBQ Chicken Bacon Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Fiery Buffalo Chicken Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Fresh Spinach & Tomato Alfredo Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Garden Fresh Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Meats Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
| 14 Inch Original Philly Cheesesteak Pizza | $19.99 | $24.99 | +$5.00 |
North Carolina listed 0 comparable items often enough to publish a state median that California did not. California listed 9 that North Carolina did not. Those stay off the state table rather than inventing a price for a state that barely sells them.
Common in California, not in the other state: 2 Liter Crush Orange, 20 Ounce Crush Orange, 10 Inch Jalapeno Cheesesticks, 2 Liter Mug Root Beer, 20 Ounce Mug Root Beer, 12 Inch Jalapeno Cheesesticks, 2 Liter Pepsi Diet, and 20 Ounce Pepsi Diet.
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; 185 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 Papa John'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.