Baked Ziti in Springfield

17 restaurants in Springfield list baked ziti on their menus. The cheapest is MJ's Pizza & Grinders at $11.30. The typical price across town is $17.99, and the dearest we found is $21.45 at Empire Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $10.15 apart, which is 90% more for the same dish. Of the 17 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 7 sit within a dollar of it and 6 charge 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 Springfield is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 77 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 Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $17.95.

Where is the cheapest baked ziti in Springfield? MJ's Pizza & Grinders, at $11.30 on 955 Worthington St. The same dish reaches $21.45 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.15.

What should baked ziti cost here? About $17.99 is the typical price across the 17 kitchens in Springfield that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 6 are 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 Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $17.95. That is $6.65 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.