A new mattress is sold as a size. The sticker is the size plus the type. A queen foam and a queen hybrid share a label on the tag and almost nothing else. Compare street price by size class and type — foam, hybrid, innerspring — then add white-glove delivery, old-mattress removal, and the trial window.
These are example ranges only, not surveyed or sourced 2026 prices. A budget boxed foam at Walmart or Amazon sits toward the bottom of a band; a Tempur-class or latex king at Mattress Firm or a Saatva-class hybrid sits toward the top.
Example street prices by size class and type. Street price here is the advertised dollar before tax, white-glove, and removal. The paired Full / Queen foam and hybrid rows are the point: same queen label, different build, different band.
Every dollar in that table is an example, not a sourced 2026 street price. White-glove delivery, old-mattress removal, and an adjustable base sit on top of the sticker.
| Size class | Type | Common for | Ex. street price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin / Twin XL | Budget foam or innerspring | dorm / kids / guest | example $150–400 |
| Twin / Twin XL | Hybrid or better foam | dorm upgrade / guest | example $400–800 |
| Full / Queen | Budget foam or innerspring | starter / guest | example $300–700 |
| Full / Queen | Memory foam (all-foam) | everyday sleep | example $500–1,200 |
| Full / Queen | Hybrid (foam + coils) | everyday / pressure relief | example $700–1,600 |
| King / Cal King | Memory foam | primary bed | example $800–1,800 |
| King / Cal King | Hybrid | primary bed | example $1,000–2,500 |
| Any size | Luxury / specialty (latex, tempur-class; adjustable bases as mattress+base) | premium | example $1,500–4,000+ |
Example ranges only, not surveyed or sourced 2026 prices. Street price is the advertised dollar before delivery, tax, white-glove, and removal. Same queen label, different build.
Paired Full / Queen rows keep the type premium visible. Memory foam and hybrid are not one mid-range queen band. Twin / Twin XL and King / Cal King split the same way.
The class is in the model name and the build. The queen label does not tell you which row you are on.
Mattress Firm, Costco, DreamCloud, Walmart, and Amazon often sell beds that share a size label and not a build. Store-exclusive model names change. Sometimes it is the foam density; sometimes the coil count drops. Compare the model name and the type, not the queen tag.
Sleep-trial windows are part of the value: a 100-night boxed trial at DreamCloud or Costco is not the same as a showroom return at Mattress Firm. White-glove delivery and old-mattress removal sit on top of the sticker. An adjustable base is mattress plus base, not the mattress row. IKEA is a boxed guest or kids option if the size fits. Amazon and Walmart are the budget boxed floor. Costco folds a long return into the warehouse tag.
Example only: Twin / Twin XL budget foam or innerspring often $150–$400; Twin / Twin XL hybrid or better foam $400–$800; Full / Queen budget foam or innerspring $300–$700; Full / Queen memory foam $500–$1,200; Full / Queen hybrid $700–$1,600; King / Cal King memory foam $800–$1,800; King / Cal King hybrid $1,000–$2,500; any size luxury / specialty $1,500–$4,000+. Example ranges only, not surveyed or sourced 2026 prices.
Same queen label, different build. A budget foam queen, a memory-foam queen, and a hybrid queen are different products. Size and type decide the sticker — not one “queen” number.
Budget foam or innerspring is the dorm / kids / guest floor. Memory foam is all-foam everyday sleep. Hybrid is foam plus coils for everyday pressure relief. Innerspring is traditional coils. Luxury / specialty is latex, Tempur-class foam, or an adjustable base sold as mattress plus base. Purple, Casper, Tempur, Nectar, Saatva, and Tuft and Needle sell across these classes; the class is in the model name, not the size.
The model name and the type. Mattress Firm, Costco, DreamCloud, Walmart, and Amazon often carry beds that look like the same queen and are not. Confirm foam vs hybrid vs innerspring, then the trial and the out-the-door extras.
White-glove delivery, old-mattress removal, tax, and an adjustable base if you add one. A sleep trial is part of the value: Costco and DreamCloud boxed returns are not the same as a Mattress Firm showroom return. Amazon and Walmart are the box price until you add delivery.
Yes on a boxed bed you cannot lie on first. A 100-night window at DreamCloud or Costco removes most of the risk if returns are actually free. Mattress Firm is a floor trial plus whatever the ticket says about returns. Confirm the fee before you count the trial as free.
On the box, DreamCloud or Amazon can undercut. On the street total — negotiation at Mattress Firm, Costco's return window, white-glove and removal — the floor and the warehouse often close the gap. Compare the same size and type the same week.
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