$6.29 or $6.39 typical for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, on a range of $5.79 to $6.79, at 520 calories.
The typical McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese price is $6.29 or $6.39, and the recorded band is narrow: $5.79 to $6.79. McDonald's puts the sandwich at 520 calories. Meal figures came in at $10.69 and $12.99, two readings with no middle between them, so that row reads varies rather than naming a price. The quarter pound in the name is the beef weight before cooking.
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What you need
7 itemsQuarter Pounder with Cheese price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese | $6.29 or $6.39 | $5.79 – $6.79 | 520 Cal |
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal | $10.69 | $10.69 – $12.99 | 1,110 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The Quarter Pounder costs more than the Big Mac at my restaurant
- Cause
- Beef is the expensive part of a burger. A Quarter Pounder carries more of it than a Big Mac does, so it usually prices above a sandwich that is bigger in calories.
- Fix
- Compare the two in the app at the same restaurant. Price per calorie favours the Big Mac; price per gram of beef favours the Quarter Pounder.
The top of the meal range looks too high
- Cause
- Two readings sit behind that row, $10.69 and $12.99, and a gap that wide between only two numbers is thin evidence for a national figure. Both are printed because both were recorded.
- Fix
- Treat $12.99 as a ceiling rather than a going rate, and price the meal in the app for the restaurant being visited.
The protein figure I found says 22 grams
- Cause
- A 22 gram protein string does appear on the same McDonald's product page, but it belongs to a related-product tile for another sandwich further down the page. It is not the Quarter Pounder's figure.
- Fix
- Load the nutrition calculator on the product page and read the panel once it renders; no macros are printed here for that reason.
Two restaurants near me quote different prices
- Cause
- The recorded band is $5.79 to $6.79, a dollar of difference on the same sandwich. Franchisees set their own board prices and rent drives much of the gap.
- Fix
- The McDonald's app switches restaurants in two taps and the price updates with it. Check both before driving to either.
What the extra beef costs, and what the meal figure is worth
This is the sandwich people order when a Big Mac feels like too much bun. It was recorded at $6.29 or $6.39 typically, and the band runs only from $5.79 to $6.79. That is tight.
McDonald's has published almost no US prices of its own. The exception was the Extra Value Meal release of September 2025, which named an $8.00 Big Mac Meal and a $5.00 Sausage McMuffin with Egg Meal. No Quarter Pounder appeared in it. That release carried the company's standard rider about prices and participation varying, an acknowledgement that franchisees price their own restaurants.
What's in it
The name is a weight, not a marketing flourish: a quarter pound of beef in a single patty, measured before cooking. Cheese is in the name because a plain Quarter Pounder is a separate item, as are the Deluxe, the bacon version and the double, each with its own line and price. Calories sit at 520, taken from McDonald's own product page. The rest of the nutrition table could not be read, because it renders in the browser rather than in the page source.
One number needs a warning. A 22 gram protein figure on that same product page belongs to a related-product tile for a different sandwich, and it is easy to pin on this one by mistake.
Is it worth it
On the sandwich, yes. A dollar separates the lowest recorded figure from the highest, so the typical price is firm enough to plan around, and the single thick patty is the whole argument for paying more here than for a sandwich with two thinner ones.
Two meal figures were recorded, $10.69 and $12.99. A pair of readings has no middle, so the row prints varies rather than an average that neither restaurant charged. At $10.69 the fries and drink add $4.40 to a $6.29 sandwich. At $12.99 they add $6.70, and the sandwich alone starts to look like the sensible order. On the meal, then, it depends entirely on which of the two figures your restaurant charges.
Figures on this page were recorded from published US listings and checked on 19 August 2026. They describe what was normal on that date and bind nobody. The app, set to a particular restaurant, is the only place a real price appears.
Quarter Pounder with Cheese at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 520, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $6.29 or $6.39
- Lowest seen
- $5.79
- Highest seen
- $6.79
- Meal price
- $10.69
Questions people ask
How much is a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
$6.29 or $6.39 is the typical recorded price, with figures running from $5.79 to $6.79. That is narrower than most burgers here manage, so the typical figure is reasonable to plan around.
How many calories are in a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
520, on McDonald's own count for the standard build. Fat, sodium, carbohydrate and protein could not be read from the product page, so no macros are printed here. The Deluxe, bacon and double versions carry different counts.
How much is a Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal?
$10.69 and $12.99 were both recorded, and with only two figures the row above says varies rather than picking one. Treat the higher as an upper bound. No Quarter Pounder meal price has ever been published by McDonald's itself.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin has no affiliation with McDonald's and this is an independent guide. The calorie count is the company's; the prices came from published US listings, checked on 19 August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. A franchisee sets the price at each restaurant, so the only accurate figure is on that restaurant's board or in the app with the location selected.