diff --git a/litellm/cost_calculator.py b/litellm/cost_calculator.py
index 7990832dc48..2e90c073780 100644
--- a/litellm/cost_calculator.py
+++ b/litellm/cost_calculator.py
@@ -972,7 +972,11 @@ def get_usage_object(
         (
             completion_response.get("usage")
             if isinstance(completion_response, dict)
-            else getattr(completion_response, "get", lambda x: None)("usage")
+            else (
+                completion_response.usage
+                if isinstance(completion_response, HttpxBinaryResponseContent)
+                else getattr(completion_response, "get", lambda x: None)("usage")
+            )
         ),
     )
 
@@ -1415,8 +1419,10 @@ def completion_cost(
                     verbose_logger.debug("selected model name for cost calculation: %s", model)
 
                 if completion_response is not None and (
-                    isinstance(completion_response, BaseModel) or isinstance(completion_response, dict)
-                ):  # tts returns a custom class
+                    isinstance(completion_response, (BaseModel, dict))
+                    or isinstance(completion_response, HttpxBinaryResponseContent)
+                    and completion_response.usage is not None
+                ):
                     if isinstance(completion_response, dict):
                         usage_obj: dict | Usage | None = completion_response.get("usage", {})
                     else:
diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/transformation.py
index 2b799145422..2fcb68b0f44 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/transformation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Reference: https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/reference/rest/v1/text/s
 """
 
 import base64
+import math
 from collections.abc import Coroutine, Mapping
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Final, TypeAlias, Union
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import litellm
 from litellm.exceptions import UnsupportedParamsError
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.audio_utils.utils import (
     DEFAULT_SPEECH_MEDIA_TYPE,
+    calculate_request_duration,
     speech_media_type_from_audio_bytes,
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import encode_url_path_segment
@@ -665,8 +667,34 @@ class VertexAITextToSpeechConfig(BaseTextToSpeechConfig, VertexBase):
             content=binary_data,
         )
 
-        # Initialize the HttpxBinaryResponseContent instance
-        return HttpxBinaryResponseContent(response)
+        binary_response: Final = HttpxBinaryResponseContent(response)
+        if self._is_gemini_tts_model(model):
+            from litellm.types.utils import CompletionTokensDetailsWrapper, Usage
+
+            request_body: Final = logging_obj.model_call_details["additional_args"]["complete_input_dict"]["dict_body"]
+            input_data: Final = request_body["input"]
+            audio_config: Final = request_body["audioConfig"]
+            container_duration: Final = calculate_request_duration(binary_data)
+            sample_rate: Final = audio_config.get("sampleRateHertz") or 24000
+            duration: Final = (
+                len(binary_data) / (2 * sample_rate)
+                if container_duration is None and audio_config["audioEncoding"] == "PCM"
+                else container_duration
+            )
+            if duration is None:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot determine Gemini TTS output duration for cost calculation")
+            input_text: Final = " ".join(
+                value for value in (input_data.get("text"), input_data.get("ssml"), input_data.get("prompt")) if value
+            )
+            prompt_tokens: Final = litellm.token_counter(model=model, text=input_text)
+            audio_tokens: Final = math.ceil(duration * 25)
+            binary_response.usage = Usage(
+                prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
+                completion_tokens=audio_tokens,
+                total_tokens=prompt_tokens + audio_tokens,
+                completion_tokens_details=CompletionTokensDetailsWrapper(audio_tokens=audio_tokens),
+            )
+        return binary_response
 
 
 class VertexAILyriaTextToSpeechConfig(VertexAITextToSpeechConfig):
diff --git a/litellm/types/llms/openai.py b/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
index 599b1a76249..b7a086d151d 100644
--- a/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
+++ b/litellm/types/llms/openai.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
 from enum import Enum
 from os import PathLike
-from typing import IO, Any, Final, Literal, Optional, TypeAlias, Union
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, Literal, Optional, TypeAlias, Union
 
 import httpx
 from openai import Omit
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ from litellm.types.responses.main import (
 
 from .base import CachedTokensDetails
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from litellm.types.utils import Usage
+
 FileContent = IO[bytes] | bytes | PathLike
 
 FileTypes = (
@@ -120,10 +123,12 @@ class BinaryResponseSummary(TypedDict):
 
 class HttpxBinaryResponseContent(_HttpxBinaryResponseContent):
     _hidden_params: dict
+    usage: "Usage | None"
 
     def __init__(self, response: httpx.Response) -> None:
         super().__init__(response)
         self._hidden_params = {}  # mutable-ok: mutable-dict contract shared with ModelResponse logging consumers
+        self.usage = None
 
     def logging_summary(self) -> BinaryResponseSummary:
         return {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba72378989a..55e68a59524 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic-settings>=2.14.1,<3.0",
     "jsonschema>=4.0.0,<5.0",
     "boto3>=1.43.1,<2.0",
+    "soundfile>=0.12.1,<1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ proxy = [
     "InquirerPy>=0.3.4,<1.0",
     "tomlkit>=0.13.3,<1.0",
     "polars>=1.38.1,<2.0",
-    "soundfile>=0.12.1,<1.0",
     "pyroscope-io>=0.8.16,<1.0; sys_platform != 'win32'",
     "expression>=5.6.0,<6.0",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/test_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/test_transformation.py
index 50a73e39c12..62916841ea5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/test_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/vertex_ai/text_to_speech/test_transformation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import base64
+import io
+import math
+import wave
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, patch
 
@@ -10,6 +14,8 @@ from litellm.llms.vertex_ai.text_to_speech.transformation import (
     VertexAILyriaTextToSpeechConfig,
     VertexAITextToSpeechConfig,
 )
+from litellm.cost_calculator import response_cost_calculator
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.audio_utils.utils import calculate_request_duration
 from litellm.types.utils import LlmProviders
 from litellm.utils import ProviderConfigManager
 
@@ -407,6 +413,66 @@ def test_transform_text_to_speech_response_leaves_unknown_bytes_unlabeled():
     assert result.response.content == raw_pcm
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("encoding", ["LINEAR16", "PCM", "MP3"])
+def test_gemini_cloud_tts_response_bills_text_and_audio(encoding: str):
+    model: Final = "gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview"
+    input_text: Final = "Hello from Gemini text to speech"
+    pcm_audio: Final = b"\x00\x00" * 24000
+    wav_buffer: Final = io.BytesIO()
+    with wave.open(wav_buffer, "wb") as wav_file:
+        wav_file.setnchannels(1)
+        wav_file.setsampwidth(2)
+        wav_file.setframerate(24000)
+        wav_file.writeframes(pcm_audio)
+    audio_by_encoding: Final = {
+        "PCM": pcm_audio,
+        "LINEAR16": wav_buffer.getvalue(),
+        "MP3": (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4] / "audio_tests/speech_vertex.mp3").read_bytes(),
+    }
+    audio_bytes: Final = audio_by_encoding[encoding]
+    logger: Final = MagicMock()
+    logger.model_call_details = {
+        "additional_args": {
+            "complete_input_dict": {
+                "dict_body": {
+                    "input": {"text": input_text},
+                    "audioConfig": {"audioEncoding": encoding, "sampleRateHertz": 24000},
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    raw_response: Final = httpx.Response(200, json={"audioContent": base64.b64encode(audio_bytes).decode()})
+
+    result: Final = VertexAITextToSpeechConfig().transform_text_to_speech_response(model, raw_response, logger)
+    usage: Final = result.usage
+    assert usage is not None
+    duration: Final = len(audio_bytes) / 48000 if encoding == "PCM" else calculate_request_duration(audio_bytes)
+    assert duration is not None
+    assert usage.completion_tokens == math.ceil(duration * 25), (
+        "Google Cloud TTS pricing, 2026-09-23: https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
+    )
+    assert usage.prompt_tokens == litellm.token_counter(model=model, text=input_text)
+    assert usage.total_tokens == usage.prompt_tokens + usage.completion_tokens
+    assert usage.completion_tokens_details is not None
+    assert usage.completion_tokens_details.audio_tokens == usage.completion_tokens
+
+    model_info: Final = litellm.get_model_info(model, custom_llm_provider="vertex_ai")
+    cost: Final = response_cost_calculator(
+        response_object=result,
+        model=model,
+        custom_llm_provider="vertex_ai",
+        call_type="speech",
+        optional_params={},
+        prompt=input_text,
+    )
+    expected_cost: Final = (
+        usage.prompt_tokens * model_info["input_cost_per_token"]
+        + usage.completion_tokens * model_info["output_cost_per_audio_token"]
+    )
+    assert cost == pytest.approx(expected_cost)
+    assert cost > usage.prompt_tokens * model_info["input_cost_per_token"]
+
+
 class TestVertexAILyriaTextToSpeechConfig:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "model",
@@ -867,10 +933,11 @@ def test_litellm_speech_vertex_ai_gemini_tts_mp3_uses_cloud_tts(mock_get_token,
     mock_response = Mock(spec=httpx.Response)
     mock_response.status_code = 200
     mock_response.headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}
-    mock_response.json.return_value = {"audioContent": "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ="}
+    audio_bytes: Final = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4] / "audio_tests/speech_vertex.mp3").read_bytes()
+    mock_response.json.return_value = {"audioContent": base64.b64encode(audio_bytes).decode()}
     mock_post.return_value = mock_response
 
-    litellm.speech(
+    result: Final = litellm.speech(
         model="vertex_ai/gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview",
         input="Ryan: Hi.\nKatie: Hello.",
         voice={
@@ -900,6 +967,11 @@ def test_litellm_speech_vertex_ai_gemini_tts_mp3_uses_cloud_tts(mock_get_token,
         vertex_location="global",
     )
 
+    assert result.response.content == audio_bytes
+    assert result.usage is not None
+    assert result.usage.prompt_tokens > 0
+    assert result.usage.completion_tokens > 0
+
     mock_post.assert_called_once()
     call_kwargs = mock_post.call_args.kwargs
     assert call_kwargs["url"] == "https://texttospeech.googleapis.com/v1/text:synthesize"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 85e2b6d4e52..590812613de 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4518,6 +4518,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic-settings" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
+    { name = "soundfile" },
     { name = "tiktoken" },
     { name = "tokenizers" },
 ]
@@ -4592,7 +4593,6 @@ proxy = [
     { name = "restrictedpython" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "rq" },
-    { name = "soundfile" },
     { name = "starlette" },
     { name = "tomlkit" },
     { name = "uvicorn" },
@@ -4841,7 +4841,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "rq", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=2.7.0,<3.0" },
     { name = "semantic-router", marker = "python_full_version < '3.14' and extra == 'semantic-router'", specifier = ">=0.1.15,<1.0" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", marker = "extra == 'proxy-runtime'", specifier = ">=2.21.0,<3.0" },
-    { name = "soundfile", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=0.12.1,<1.0" },
+    { name = "soundfile", specifier = ">=0.12.1,<1.0" },
     { name = "soundfile", marker = "extra == 'stt-nvidia-riva'", specifier = ">=0.12.1" },
     { name = "starlette", marker = "extra == 'proxy'", specifier = ">=1.0.1,<2.0" },
     { name = "tiktoken", marker = "python_full_version < '3.14'", specifier = ">=0.8.0,<1.0" },