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444444### Worked example
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446A one-hour coding session using Claude Opus 5 that consumes 50,000 input tokens and 15,000 output tokens:
446A one-hour coding session using Claude Opus 5.5 that consumes 50,000 input tokens and 15,000 output tokens:
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448| Line item | Calculation | Cost |
449| --------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- |
450| Input tokens | 50,000 × $5 / 1,000,000 | $0.25 |
451| Output tokens | 15,000 × $25 / 1,000,000 | $0.375 |
452| Session runtime | 1.0 hour × $0.08 | $0.08 |
453| **Total** | | **$0.705** |
448| Line item | Calculation | Cost |
449| --------------- | ------------------------ | --------- |
450| Input tokens | 50,000 × $4 / 1,000,000 | $0.20 |
451| Output tokens | 15,000 × $20 / 1,000,000 | $0.30 |
452| Session runtime | 1.0 hour × $0.08 | $0.08 |
453| **Total** | | **$0.58** |
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455455If prompt caching is active and 40,000 of the input tokens are cache reads:
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457| Line item | Calculation | Cost |
458| --------------------- | ----------------------------- | ---------- |
459| Uncached input tokens | 10,000 × $5 / 1,000,000 | $0.05 |
460| Cache read tokens | 40,000 × $5 × 0.1 / 1,000,000 | $0.02 |
461| Output tokens | 15,000 × $25 / 1,000,000 | $0.375 |
462| Session runtime | 1.0 hour × $0.08 | $0.08 |
463| **Total** | | **$0.525** |
457| Line item | Calculation | Cost |
458| --------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------- |
459| Uncached input tokens | 10,000 × $4 / 1,000,000 | $0.04 |
460| Cache read tokens | 40,000 × $4 × 0.05 / 1,000,000 | $0.008 |
461| Output tokens | 15,000 × $20 / 1,000,000 | $0.30 |
462| Session runtime | 1.0 hour × $0.08 | $0.08 |
463| **Total** | | **$0.428** |
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465465## Additional pricing considerations
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