$4.89 or $4.99 is the typical Egg McMuffin price, on a band of $4.29 to $7.29, at 310 calories.
The typical McDonald's Egg McMuffin price is $4.89 or $4.99, two readings tying for the middle, on a band of $4.29 to $7.29 recorded in August 2026. A $3.00 gap on one sandwich is among the widest in the breakfast section. McDonald's puts the sandwich at 310 calories, which is the lowest count of any hot breakfast sandwich it sells. A meal built around it came out at $8.99, or 455 calories.
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What you need
7 itemsEgg McMuffin price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg McMuffin | $4.89 or $4.99 | $4.29 – $7.29 | 310 Cal |
| Egg McMuffin meal | $8.99 | — | 455 Cal |
If something goes wrong
My restaurant charges more than $7.29
- Cause
- $7.29 was the top figure recorded, and a recorded top is not a ceiling. Airport, turnpike and city-centre restaurants price above the ordinary band as a matter of course.
- Fix
- Open the McDonald's app with that restaurant selected and read the figure there before ordering.
The app is showing a breakfast sandwich at $2
- Cause
- That is the app-only Dream Deal. McDonald's lists three eligible sandwiches and the Egg McMuffin is one of them, once a week, through 4 October 2026, for anyone opted into MyMcDonald's Rewards.
- Fix
- Opt in, then take the offer rather than the counter price. At $2 it undercuts every figure in the recorded band by more than half.
The meal costs more than the sandwich and Hash Browns together
- Cause
- It usually does. Against $4.89 for the sandwich and $2.79 for Hash Browns, an $8.99 meal leaves $1.31 for a small coffee, which is more than a small coffee tends to cost on its own.
- Fix
- Price the three items separately in the app before tapping the meal button. Skip the coffee and the bundle stops making sense.
Why one sandwich carries a three-dollar spread
Start with the band, because it is the most surprising thing on this page. Figures for a single Egg McMuffin ran from $4.29 to $7.29 in published US prices in August 2026, and $4.89 sits in the middle of them. The company publishes no price of its own for the sandwich, so nothing settles the argument. Around 95% of the US estate is franchised under the company's own annual filing, and the operator of each one sets the board, so a $3.00 spread on a sandwich that is built to a single national specification is a pricing fact rather than a product fact.
What's in it
Five parts, and no more than five. A toasted English muffin with butter, a whole egg cracked and cooked in a ring on the grill, a slice of Canadian-style bacon, and a slice of American cheese. That round egg is the reason the sandwich holds its shape and the reason it reads differently from the folded egg used across the biscuit and McGriddles builds. Yeast-raised muffin bread is also the lightest carrier on the breakfast board, which is most of why 310 calories undercuts a Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit at 460 despite a broadly similar filling. Everything past the calorie line could not be read: fat, sodium, sugars and the allergen grid are written into the product page by a script once it loads.
Is it worth it
Run the arithmetic against the one breakfast price McDonald's actually prints. Four dollars buys a Sausage McMuffin Meal Deal outright, sandwich plus Hash Browns plus a small coffee, 545 calories on the company's own figure. The two middle readings are $4.89 and $4.99. So the whole meal deal costs 89 cents less than the middle price for this one sandwich, and every figure recorded for the Egg McMuffin sits above $4, which means the sandwich on its own loses that comparison everywhere the deal is running. Both meal deal pages carry the line about prices and participation varying, so the deal is the thing to check first.
The meal maths is cleaner. An Egg McMuffin Meal came out at $8.99 and 455 calories, and those 455 reconcile exactly: 310 for the sandwich, 140 for the Hash Browns, 5 for the small Premium Roast Coffee. On price the meal adds $4.10 to the sandwich, against roughly $2.79 for Hash Browns bought separately, so the coffee is carrying about $1.31 of the bundle.
Pricing one locally is a ten-second job. Set the restaurant in the app and read the board there. Delivery platforms mark the menu up before the driver is paid, so a delivery total says nothing about the counter.
Egg McMuffin at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 310, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $4.89 or $4.99
- Lowest seen
- $4.29
- Highest seen
- $7.29
- Meal price
- $8.99
Questions people ask
How much is an Egg McMuffin?
$4.89 or $4.99 is the typical figure, with $4.29 at the bottom and $7.29 at the top. McDonald's publishes no price for the sandwich on its own, so nothing official exists to check that band against.
How many calories are in an Egg McMuffin?
310, which is McDonald's own figure and the lowest of its hot breakfast sandwiches. As a meal with Hash Browns and a small coffee the total is 455. Macros could not be read from the product page.
Is the Egg McMuffin Meal cheaper than buying the parts?
Not obviously. The meal was recorded at $8.99 against $4.89 for the sandwich and $2.79 for Hash Browns, leaving $1.31 for the coffee. Price all three in the app before deciding.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent and has no connection to McDonald's. The 310-calorie figure is the company's; the prices here were recorded from published US listings and checked in August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. Restaurants are mostly franchised and each sets its own board, which is exactly why this one sandwich spans $4.29 to $7.29. The McDonald's app, set to a restaurant, gives that restaurant's price.