Parmigiana in Madison

5 restaurants in Madison list parmigiana on their menus. The cheapest is Circle Pizza at $7.95, listed as Meatball Parmesan. The typical price across town is $20.25, and the dearest we found is $21.70 at Grand Apizza Madison, so the two ends of the list are $13.75 apart, which is 173% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 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 Madison is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 172 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 Guilford, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $10.50.

Where is the cheapest parmigiana in Madison? Circle Pizza, at $7.95 on 1278 Durham Rd. The same dish reaches $21.70 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.75.

What should parmigiana cost here? About $20.25 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Madison 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 Guilford, about 4 mi away, where the best price is $10.50. That is $2.55 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.