This is the cost of Anthropics pay by the token plan.

To give an analogy, Anthropics pricing is $0.10 per grain of rice (pay by the token) or;

$20 a month for quarter cup of rice each day (claude pro)

$100 a month for 10 cups of rice each day (claude max 100)

$200 a month for a sack of rice delivered to your door each day.

It's a rather insane pricing scale and here they are paying $50 there because they don't understand the pricing model (which is fair, Anthropics pricing model is crazy). Never pay by the token with Antropic! Only ever use the subscription plans.