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McDonald’s sells nine beef burgers in the USA, from the $2.79 Hamburger to the $8.99 Bacon Quarter Pounder. All patties are 100% beef with no fillers, seasoned only with salt and pepper after cooking.
This page lists every McDonald’s burger with a current price and calorie count, plus the comparisons people actually need before ordering: what separates a McDouble from a Double Cheeseburger, which burger gives you the most protein per dollar, and what changed when McDonald’s rebuilt its cooking process in 2025. For the rest of the board, prices are on our McDonald’s menu with prices.
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Nine beef burgers make up the permanent lineup, and they sort into three clear price tiers. The bottom tier is the Hamburger, Cheeseburger and McDouble, all under $4 and all rarely adjusted even when other prices move. The middle tier is the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder, which is where the largest state to state variation appears because these are the items franchisees change first. The top tier is anything with bacon or a Deluxe build.
Printable version on McDonald’s menu PDF. Chicken and fish sandwiches are a separate category on McDonald’s chicken sandwich menu.
One slice of cheese. That is the entire difference, and it is the most searched burger question McDonald’s generates. Both sandwiches carry two beef patties, pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard on a regular bun. The Double Cheeseburger has cheese between both patties and on top; the McDouble has cheese only in the middle.
That single slice accounts for the price gap of roughly forty cents and the fifty calorie difference. Which one is better value depends on what you are counting. Per dollar the McDouble delivers more protein and fewer calories, which makes it the better pick if you are eating for fuel. If you simply want more cheese, the forty cents is fair.
A trick worth knowing: ask for extra cheese on a McDouble and most restaurants charge less than the forty cent gap, giving you a Double Cheeseburger for less. Full detail on McDouble price and Double Cheeseburger price.
Sorted by calories, lowest first. Two patterns run through this table. Sodium tracks the cheese and sauce rather than the beef, which is why the Big Mac carries more than the heavier Double Quarter Pounder. And protein per calorie is best on the Quarter Pounder line, because a single quarter pound patty delivers more meat per gram of bun than two thin patties do.
Every item on the menu at McDonald’s calorie chart. Nutrition on McDonald’s Nutrition and Allergens on allergen menu.
Calculated from the prices above. The answer changes depending on what you are buying a burger for, and neither result is the burger most people would name.
The Double Cheeseburger edges the McDouble on protein per dollar, but the McDouble wins on sodium and price, which makes it the better everyday choice. The Big Mac finishes near the bottom on both measures, because you are paying for the third bun layer and the sauce rather than beef.
If McDonald’s burgers taste different to how you remember, this is why. In 2025 the chain finished rolling out roughly four dozen changes to how burgers are made, a programme it called the Best Burger Initiative. None of them changed the recipes on paper, which is why nobody announced it loudly, but together they changed the product noticeably.
The headline changes: buns are toasted hotter and for longer, giving a firmer surface that holds up against sauce. White onions now go onto grilled patties while they cook rather than being added cold at assembly, so they soften into the beef. Patties are cooked in smaller batches to shorten the gap between grill and counter. And cheese is placed to melt against the hot patty rather than sitting on a cold layer.
Quarter Pounders have used fresh, never frozen beef since 2018. Every other burger uses frozen patties.
Every US McDonald’s beef patty is 100% beef with no fillers, extenders or preservatives, seasoned with salt and pepper only after it hits the grill. There are exactly two patty sizes across the whole menu, which is the simplest thing to know about this section: a regular patty at 1.6 ounces before cooking, and a quarter pound patty at 4 ounces before cooking.
The difference that matters more is fresh versus frozen. Quarter Pounder patties are cooked from fresh, never frozen beef and are made to order, which is why a Quarter Pounder takes marginally longer at the counter. Everything else uses frozen patties cooked in batches. That is also why a Double Quarter Pounder at two fresh patties beats a McDouble at two frozen ones on both taste and price
A combo adds medium fries and a medium drink. The saving against buying all three separately runs between $1.50 and $2.20 depending on the burger, which is more than the breakfast combos deliver. Upgrading to large costs a flat amount rather than a percentage, so it is better value on the expensive meals than the cheap ones.
All combos across the menu on McDonald’s combo meals.
Two items people search for constantly that are not on the permanent burger menu. The McRib is not technically a burger, since it uses a boneless pork patty rather than beef, but it appears in the burger section of most boards when it returns and generates more search volume than any burger except the Big Mac. The Chicken Big Mac uses the Big Mac build with chicken patties and belongs to the chicken menu rather than here.
What is running right now on McDonald’s limited time menu. Off menu builds on McDonald’s secret menu.
Two burgers appear regularly in McValue offers. The McDouble anchors the $5 Meal Deal, and the Daily Double runs as a $6 Meal Deal at most restaurants. Buy One Add One for $1 covers the Double Cheeseburger at many locations, which makes it the cheapest way to feed two people a double burger each.
Every current offer on value menu and deals, $5 meal deal and app and rewards.
Burgers show the widest absolute price gap of any category, because the mid tier items are where franchisees adjust first when costs move. A Big Mac can differ by more than two dollars between a rural restaurant and an airport one. Around 95 percent of US restaurants are franchisee owned and set their own board.
State by state figures on McDonald’s prices by state.
Nine beef burgers on the permanent US menu: Hamburger, Cheeseburger, McDouble, Double Cheeseburger, Daily Double, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Quarter Pounder Deluxe, Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Bacon Quarter Pounder with Cheese. The McRib returns seasonally.
One slice of cheese. Both have two beef patties and identical toppings. The Double Cheeseburger has cheese between and on top of the patties; the McDouble has one slice in the middle. That accounts for a forty cent price gap and fifty calories.
The Hamburger at $2.79, followed by the Cheeseburger at $3.19. By value rather than price, the McDouble at $3.79 beats both on calories and protein per dollar.
The Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese at 48g, which is roughly four times a plain Hamburger. The Bacon Quarter Pounder is second at 37g.
Yes. Every US beef patty is 100% beef with no fillers, extenders or preservatives, seasoned with salt and pepper only after cooking. Quarter Pounder patties use fresh, never frozen beef; the rest are frozen.
No. McDonald’s classifies it under chicken and fish sandwiches rather than burgers. Price and nutrition are on our Filet-O-Fish page.
It runs as a limited time item rather than a permanent one and is not currently on the national menu at all restaurants. It also sits under chicken rather than burgers. Current status on Chicken Big Mac price.
There are two sizes. A regular patty is 1.6 ounces before cooking and a Quarter Pounder patty is 4 ounces before cooking. Every burger uses one or two of one of those two.
Yes, at the kiosk or in the app. Removing pickles, onions, ketchup or mustard is free. Adding cheese, bacon or extra sauce carries an upcharge that varies by restaurant, and ordering a burger with no bun is possible but not always priced lower.
Prices shown are based on typical U.S. McDonald’s menu prices as of August 2026 and may vary by location. Check your local restaurant or McDonald’s app for the latest prices.