$10.69 and $12.99 were the two readings, with 1,110 calories published for the tray.
The McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal price came back as two readings with nothing between them, $10.69 and $12.99, so the table prints varies rather than an average neither restaurant charged. The sandwich underneath was steadier at $6.29 or $6.39 typical. McDonald's counts the meal at 1,110 calories, which is the sandwich at 520 plus 590 for a medium fries and a medium Coca-Cola.
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6 itemsQuarter Pounder with Cheese Meal price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal | $10.69 | $10.69 – $12.99 | 1,110 Cal |
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese on its own | $6.29 or $6.39 | $5.79 – $6.79 | 520 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The meal row says varies instead of giving a price
- Cause
- Two readings cannot produce a middle. Printing $11.84 as an average would name a figure no restaurant charged, and the gap between the two is $2.30.
- Fix
- Plan from the sandwich at $6.29 and read the meal price in the app for the restaurant being used.
The higher reading looks wrong
- Cause
- It may be. At $12.99 the sides would be costing $6.70 over the sandwich, while a medium World Famous Fries was recorded at $3.99 typically and drinks well below that.
- Fix
- Treat $10.69 as the more plausible working figure, since it puts the sides at $4.40.
The calorie total differs from the sandwich page
- Cause
- It should. 520 is the sandwich alone and 1,110 is the tray, with medium fries at 320 and a medium Coca-Cola at 270 making up the difference.
- Fix
- Swap the drink for water to take roughly 270 calories off, or drop to a small fries.
A protein figure of 22 grams turns up for this sandwich
- Cause
- That string belongs to a McDouble tile in the recommendations rail on the same product page, not to the Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Macros for this sandwich could not be read.
- Fix
- Ignore the 22 grams here. Use the printed nutrition sheet at the counter for macros.
Two readings, $2.30 apart, and what the sides would have to cost
Most meal pages on this site can quote a typical figure. This one cannot, because the two published listings read in August 2026 came back at $10.69 and $12.99 with nothing in between. An average of two numbers that far apart is a fiction, so the table says varies and this section does the work instead.
Test each reading against the sandwich. A Quarter Pounder with Cheese was recorded at $6.29 or $6.39 typically, on a tight band of $5.79 to $6.79. Take the lower meal figure and the sides come to $4.40, which sits close to the $4.20 recorded on the Big Mac Meal and looks like an ordinary bundle. Take the higher one and the sides come to $6.70, well above what a medium World Famous Fries at $3.99 and a drink can justify. One of those two describes a normal restaurant. The other describes something else, most likely a captive site or a delivery menu.
What's in it?
A Quarter Pounder with Cheese, a medium World Famous Fries and a medium Coca-Cola. The quarter pound in the name is beef weight before cooking, in one patty rather than two. Calories reconcile cleanly: 520 for the sandwich, 320 for the fries, 270 for the drink, giving the 1,110 McDonald's publishes. Fat, sodium, carbohydrate and the allergen list could not be read, because the panel is drawn by a calculator in the browser.
Is it worth it?
Judged at $10.69 the bundle is doing its job, adding 590 calories of sides for $4.40. Judged at $12.99 it is not, and the sensible response at a restaurant charging that is to buy the sandwich and a drink separately. Against its own siblings the meal sits mid-table: 1,110 calories against 1,170 for a Big Mac Meal, 1,220 for the Deluxe and bacon builds, and 1,330 for the Double.
One number puts the tier in context. McDonald's has published a meal price exactly once in recent memory, the $8.00 Big Mac Meal of September 2025, and no Quarter Pounder appeared in that release. Everything above therefore rests on published listings, and listings for a chain that is roughly 95% franchised produce bands rather than prices. Between the two meal readings sits a $2.30 gap that no fries and drink can explain, and the app settles it in seconds. Figures here were recorded from published US listings and checked on 20 August 2026.
Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal at a glance
- Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal
- $10.69
- Quarter Pounder with Cheese on its own
- $6.29 or $6.39
Questions people ask
How much is a Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal?
Two published listings in August 2026 gave $10.69 and $12.99. With no middle between them the table prints varies, and $10.69 is the more plausible figure because it puts the sides at $4.40.
How many calories are in a Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal?
1,110, published by McDonald's for a build with medium World Famous Fries and a medium Coca-Cola. The sandwich accounts for 520 of it.
What do the fries and drink add?
590 calories, and between $4.40 and $6.70 depending on which reading is used. The lower figure matches what other burger meals were recorded adding.
Is the meal worth taking over the sandwich alone?
At the lower reading, generally yes. At the higher one the sides cost more than they do bought separately at typical prices, so the sandwich with a drink is the better order.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of McDonald's. The 1,110-calorie total is the company's own figure; the prices were recorded from published US listings and checked on 20 August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. About 95% of US restaurants are franchised, which is why one reading came in $2.30 above the other. The McDonald's app, set to a restaurant, gives the figure that restaurant charges.