$7.49 buys the Deluxe, $1.20 over a plain Quarter Pounder with Cheese, at 630 calories
Checking in August 2026 put the McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe price at $7.49, against $6.29 for the plain version. Toppings account for the gap. The company counts 630 calories in the Deluxe and 520 in the standard sandwich, so the salad half of the burger costs around $1.20 and adds 110 calories. Beef weight is identical in both. The Deluxe also outprices the Double.
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What you need
5 itemsQuarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe | $7.49 | — | 630 Cal |
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe meal | not published | — | 1,220 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The Deluxe is not on my restaurant's menu
- Cause
- Not every restaurant carries the full Quarter Pounder range, and the ordering screen lists only what that kitchen is set up to make.
- Fix
- Order the plain Quarter Pounder with Cheese and ask for the salad toppings on it. Whether the till rings that up at the Deluxe price depends on the restaurant.
I was charged more than $7.49
- Cause
- That figure comes from one reading taken in August 2026, and no range was available to show how far restaurants sit either side of it.
- Fix
- Check the app with your restaurant selected before ordering, and compare the Deluxe against the plain version on the same screen.
The Deluxe costs more than the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese
- Cause
- Menu boards are not priced by weight. A premium build carries a premium price even when it holds less beef than a cheaper sandwich.
- Fix
- For quantity, the Double at $6.99 gives 740 calories for fifty cents less. If the toppings are the point, the Deluxe is the listed way to get them.
I cannot find the fat or sodium figures for it
- Cause
- Nutrition tables on McDonald's product pages are assembled by a script in the browser, and the panel could not be read. Only the calorie line survives as plain text.
- Fix
- Ask for the printed nutrition guide at the counter, where the full panel is set out on paper.
What the toppings cost
Two sandwiches, one quarter pound of beef each. The plain Quarter Pounder with Cheese was recorded at a typical $6.29 in August 2026 and the Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe at $7.49. McDonald's puts them at 520 and 630 calories. So the Deluxe half of the deal comes to a dollar and twenty cents, and a hundred and ten calories.
Neither price came from the company. McDonald's publishes calories item by item and, outside its meal line, almost no prices at all. No Deluxe price has ever appeared under that letterhead, which is why the table above prints what published listings showed and when.
What sets the real number is the restaurant. The operator who owns your branch sets its prices, and in the US that operator is a franchisee at the overwhelming majority of addresses. Just one reading was recorded for the Deluxe in August 2026, so the table shows $7.49 and an empty range column rather than a spread the evidence cannot support.
One last practicality. Set the restaurant in the app before judging the price, because a national figure recorded in August tells you what to expect and nothing about the menu in front of you.
What's in it
A quarter pound of beef and cheese, exactly as the standard sandwich carries them, with salad toppings added above the patty. Lettuce and tomato are what the Deluxe name buys, and the beef weight is identical in both builds. Fat and sodium could not be read from the product page, because that panel is assembled by a script in the browser.
One oddity is worth carrying into a search box. Menus print this sandwich as the Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe, while the company's own product page files the word Deluxe at the front instead. Both describe the same burger, so it surfaces under two names depending on which way round you type it.
Is it worth it
Only if the toppings are the point. Set the Deluxe against the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, recorded at $6.99 and carrying 740 calories, and the Deluxe costs fifty cents more for 110 calories fewer. A second beef patty is cheaper than lettuce and tomato. Nothing on a menu board is priced by weight, and this is the tidiest proof of it in the burger section.
Against the Bacon Quarter Pounder with Cheese the verdict flips. Both carry 630 calories, and the Deluxe undercuts the bacon build by $1.50, which makes it the cheaper of the two premium sandwiches. It is also the messier one to eat in a car.
Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 630, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $7.49
Questions people ask
What does the Deluxe add to a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
Salad toppings, on the same quarter pound of beef. On the figures here that is about $1.20 and 110 calories, taking the sandwich from 520 to 630.
Why is the Deluxe dearer than the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
$7.49 against $6.99, for 110 calories fewer. Premium builds are priced as premium builds. Beef weight has never been the thing a menu board charges for.
How many calories are in a Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe?
630, from McDonald's. That matches the Bacon Quarter Pounder with Cheese, which typically costs $8.99. Fat and sodium could not be read, because the nutrition panel is drawn by a script.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The 630 calories are McDonald's. The $7.49 came from published US listings in August 2026, and the company has never published a price for this sandwich.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. Choose your restaurant in the McDonald's app and read the figure it returns, because that is the only number your receipt will match. Everything here is a reference point for judging it.