Cached vs Non-Cached Billing Multiple
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-a8b4b5213c3b - Type:
concept - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: ~5x billing gap
Description
At 200K-context Opus rates, the difference between cached and non-cached billing is approximately 5x; a single mid-session CLAUDE.md edit can flip a session into the expensive mode.
Key claims
- Cached vs non-cached billing differs by ~5x at 200K Opus
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