diff --git a/api/server/services/AppService.js b/api/server/services/AppService.js
index d194d31a6b..09827c9244 100644
--- a/api/server/services/AppService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/AppService.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const { agentsConfigSetup } = require('./start/agents');
 const { initializeRoles } = require('~/models/Role');
 const { getMCPManager } = require('~/config');
 const paths = require('~/config/paths');
+const { loadTokenRatesConfig } = require('./Config/loadTokenRatesConfig');
 
 /**
  *
@@ -21,9 +22,13 @@ const paths = require('~/config/paths');
  */
 const AppService = async (app) => {
   await initializeRoles();
-  /** @type {TCustomConfig}*/
+  /** @type {TCustomConfig} */
   const config = (await loadCustomConfig()) ?? {};
   const configDefaults = getConfigDefaults();
+  const tokenRatesConfig = loadTokenRatesConfig(config, configDefaults);
+  //
+  // // Set the global token rates configuration so that it can be used by the tx.js functions.
+  // setTokenRatesConfig(tokenRatesConfig);
 
   const filteredTools = config.filteredTools;
   const includedTools = config.includedTools;
diff --git a/api/server/services/Config/loadTokenRatesConfig.js b/api/server/services/Config/loadTokenRatesConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc7d03b8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server/services/Config/loadTokenRatesConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const { removeNullishValues } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { logger } = require('~/config');
+
+/**
+ * Loads custom token rates from the user's YAML config, merging with default token rates if available.
+ *
+ * @param {TCustomConfig | undefined} config - The loaded custom configuration.
+ * @param {TConfigDefaults} [configDefaults] - Optional default configuration values.
+ * @returns {TCustomConfig['tokenRates']} - The final token rates configuration.
+ */
+function loadTokenRatesConfig(config, configDefaults) {
+  const userTokenRates = removeNullishValues(config?.tokenRates ?? {});
+
+  if (!configDefaults?.tokenRates) {
+    logger.info(`User tokenRates configuration:\n${JSON.stringify(userTokenRates, null, 2)}`);
+    return userTokenRates;
+  }
+
+  /** @type {TCustomConfig['tokenRates']} */
+  const defaultTokenRates = removeNullishValues(configDefaults.tokenRates);
+  const merged = { ...defaultTokenRates, ...userTokenRates };
+
+  logger.info(`Merged tokenRates configuration:\n${JSON.stringify(merged, null, 2)}`);
+  return merged;
+}
+
+module.exports = { loadTokenRatesConfig };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
index 56a560f2ee..5dbf8f90ee 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/config.ts
@@ -505,12 +505,56 @@ export type TStartupConfig = {
   helpAndFaqURL: string;
   customFooter?: string;
   modelSpecs?: TSpecsConfig;
+  tokenRates?: TTokenRates;
   sharedLinksEnabled: boolean;
   publicSharedLinksEnabled: boolean;
   analyticsGtmId?: string;
   instanceProjectId: string;
 };
 
+// Token cost schema type
+export type TTokenCost = {
+  prompt?: number;
+  completion?: number;
+  cache?: {
+    write?: number;
+    read?: number;
+  };
+};
+
+// Endpoint token rates schema type
+export type TEndpointTokenRates = Record<string, TTokenCost>;
+
+// Token rates schema type
+export type TTokenRates = {
+  openAI?: TEndpointTokenRates;
+  google?: TEndpointTokenRates;
+  anthropic?: TEndpointTokenRates;
+  bedrock?: TEndpointTokenRates;
+  custom?: TEndpointTokenRates;
+};
+
+const tokenCostSchema = z.object({
+  prompt: z.number().optional(),     // e.g. 1.5 => $1.50 / 1M tokens
+  completion: z.number().optional(), // e.g. 2.0 => $2.00 / 1M tokens
+  cache: z
+    .object({
+      write: z.number().optional(),
+      read: z.number().optional(),
+    })
+    .optional(),
+});
+
+const endpointTokenRatesSchema = z.record(z.string(), tokenCostSchema);
+
+const tokenRatesSchema = z.object({
+  openAI: endpointTokenRatesSchema.optional(),
+  google: endpointTokenRatesSchema.optional(),
+  anthropic: endpointTokenRatesSchema.optional(),
+  bedrock: endpointTokenRatesSchema.optional(),
+  custom: endpointTokenRatesSchema.optional(),
+});
+
 export const configSchema = z.object({
   version: z.string(),
   cache: z.boolean().default(true),
@@ -542,6 +586,7 @@ export const configSchema = z.object({
   rateLimits: rateLimitSchema.optional(),
   fileConfig: fileConfigSchema.optional(),
   modelSpecs: specsConfigSchema.optional(),
+  tokenRates: tokenRatesSchema.optional(),
   endpoints: z
     .object({
       all: baseEndpointSchema.optional(),