Gemini 2.5 Pro MAX with API

If using my own API key, does 2.5 pro max still incur the per-request charge?

Through my limited usage of the model, it doesn’t seem like it does but I just want to make sure I’m not going to get hit with charges out of nowhere. I don’t have additional usage enabled in my settings and my requests haven’t increased. I’m using my own Gemini API key, and it has been working.

If it does not incur per-request charges, please update the UI so that when you have your own API key active, that cost message disappears for affected models.

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