OpenAIGPT-5.5 pricing
$5.00 per 1M input tokens and $30.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 3.6¢ per chat answer and 8.1¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What GPT-5.5 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (GPT-6 Luna), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 3.6¢$35.59 / 1,000 | 45 in · 540 out · 639 reasoning | 322 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.41¢$4.11 / 1,000 | 258 in · 94 out | 266 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 7.1¢$71.09 / 1,000 | 59 in · 2,217 out · 143 reasoning | 309 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 3.2¢$32.04 / 1,000 | 283 in · 987 out · 34 reasoning | 286 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 4.9¢$48.50 / 1,000 | 1,330 in · 1,328 out · 67 reasoning | 291 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 2.6¢$26.24 / 1,000 | 718 in · 664 out · 91 reasoning | 301 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 8.1¢$80.92 / 1,000 | 12,987 in · 449 out · 84 reasoning | 312 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 1.9¢$18.72 / 1,000 | 373 in · 422 out · 140 reasoning | 302 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 11¢$108 / 1,000 | 4,779 in · 456 out · 2,338 reasoning | 285 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 2.9¢$28.59 / 1,000 | 3,690 in · 234 out · 104 reasoning | 300 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 3.7¢$37.35 / 1,000 | 1,261 in · 445 out · 590 reasoning | 297 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 18¢$181 / 1,000 | 4,557 in · 337 out · 4,921 reasoning | 307 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 2.4¢$24.09 / 1,000 | 126 in · 266 out · 516 reasoning | 305 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | $2.15$2,146 / 1,000 | 2,237,500 in · 15,000 out · 7,000 reasoning | 290 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving GPT-5.5 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAIunknown | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.25 | 1.05M | |
 Azureunknown | $5.00 / $30.00 | $0.50 | 1.05M | 100% |
OpenAIunknown | $5.00 / $30.00 | $0.50 | 1.05M | 100% |
Azureunknown | $5.50 / $33.00 | $0.55 | 1.05M | |
Azureunknown | $5.50 / $33.00 | $0.55 | 1.05M | |
 Amazon Bedrockunknown | $5.50 / $33.00 | $0.55 | 1.05M | |
OpenAIunknown | $12.50 / $75.00 | $1.25 | 1.05M |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Apr 27, 2026 at $5.00 input / $30.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does GPT-5.5 cost?
GPT-5.5 costs $5.00 per 1 million input tokens and $30.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.50 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 3.6¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 8.1¢.
Where is GPT-5.5 cheapest?
Among 7 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at OpenAI: $2.50 input and $15.00 output per 1M tokens.
Does GPT-5.5 charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the GPT-5.5 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: GPT-5.5 was not run directly. Tokens come from GPT-6 Luna and are rescaled by the tokenizer of OpenAI. Real usage can differ.