Parmigiana in Des Moines

4 restaurants in Des Moines list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Truman's KC Pizza Tavern at $12.00, listed as Chicken Parmesan. The typical price across town is $15.49, and the dearest we found is $19.50 at Centro, so the two ends of the list are $7.50 apart, which is 62% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge 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 parmigiana in 730 other areas and compare them all on parmigiana across United States. The typical price there runs $18.49 at the median, so Des Moines is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 634 of the 730. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.25 at Lione's Pizza in Downingtown, PA, and the highest best price is $24.95 in Mount Sinai, NY. The nearest area with it is Lincoln, about 167 mi away, where the best price is $14.95.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Des Moines? Truman's KC Pizza Tavern, at $12.00 on 400 Southeast 6th Street. The same dish reaches $19.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.50.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $15.49 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Des Moines that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 Lincoln, about 167 mi away, where the best price is $14.95. That is $2.95 more than the best price here.

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.