3 restaurants in Columbia list baked ziti on their menus. The cheapest is Trattoria E Pizzeria Da Enrico at $16.00. The typical price across town is $20.99, and the dearest we found is $23.70 at Tino's Italian Bistro, so the two ends of the list are $7.70 apart, which is 48% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.
We track baked ziti in 459 other areas and compare them all on baked ziti across United States. The typical price there runs $15.99 at the median, so Columbia is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 13 of the 459. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.10 at Pavone's Pizza in Syracuse, NY, and the highest best price is $21.00 in Stoneham, MA. The nearest area with it is Ellicott City, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $11.99.
Where is the cheapest baked ziti in Columbia? Trattoria E Pizzeria Da Enrico, at $16.00 on 8630 Guilford Rd C70. The same dish reaches $23.70 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.70.
What should baked ziti cost here? About $20.99 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Columbia that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 1 is more than a dollar above, so the typical price is a middle rather than a floor.
Is it cheaper nearby? The nearest area we track it in is Ellicott City, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $11.99. That is $4.01 less than the best here, though whether that is worth the journey is your call.
Why do the prices differ so much? We compare what each menu calls the same dish, and menus are not identical: portion, cut, sides and the kind of room you are sitting in all ride on the price, and none of that shows up in a number. Part portions and half sizes are kept out of this comparison, and a chain charging the same at several addresses is counted once, so the spread above is between genuinely different kitchens rather than the same one repeated.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, MD this page |
$16.00 | $20.99 | 3 |
| Ellicott City, MD
Squisito Pizza & Pasta - Ellicott City · about 5 mi away |
$11.99 | $15.00 | 4 |
| Baltimore, MD
Pizza Bravo Plus · about 15 mi away |
$6.99 | $14.49 | 17 |
| Parkville, MD
Wings Things N More · about 21 mi away |
$10.99 | $12.99 | 5 |
| Annapolis, MD
Jersey Pizza · about 24 mi away |
$9.99 | $13.99 | 4 |
| Alexandria, VA
Chico Halal Food Restaurant · about 30 mi away |
$12.99 | $14.95 | 5 |
| Edgewood, MD
Hilltop Pizza & Subs · about 33 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.99 | 3 |
| York, PA
Parma Pizza & Grill · about 53 mi away |
$12.99 | $14.35 | 3 |
| Hagerstown, MD
Anthony's Pizza · about 56 mi away |
$13.20 | $16.00 | 4 |
| Elkton, MD
Seasons Pizza · about 62 mi away |
$12.99 | $14.50 | 6 |
| Martinsburg, WV
Anthony's Pizza VII · about 62 mi away |
$13.20 | $16.10 | 4 |
| Lancaster, PA
Two Cousins Pizza Columbia Avenue Lancaster · about 65 mi away |
$13.99 | $15.99 | 8 |
| Mount Joy, PA
Papa's Pizza · about 65 mi away |
$11.50 | $14.79 | 3 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Columbia.