Parmigiana in Hopatcong

6 restaurants in Hopatcong list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is 3 In 1 Deli & Grocery at $9.99, listed as Chicken Parm. The typical price across town is $19.80, and the dearest we found is $21.50 at Frank's Pizza Hopatcong, so the two ends of the list are $11.51 apart, which is 115% more for the same dish. Of the 6 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit 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 Hopatcong is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 236 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 Ledgewood, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $14.95.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Hopatcong? 3 In 1 Deli & Grocery, at $9.99 on 50 Hopatchung Rd. The same dish reaches $21.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $11.51.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $19.80 is the typical price across the 6 kitchens in Hopatcong 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 Ledgewood, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $14.95. That is $4.96 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.