diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_cost_calc.py b/tests/local_testing/test_cost_calc.py
index 1cfc760910..ab4d44d224 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_cost_calc.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_cost_calc.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_run(model: str):
     """
     Relevant issue - https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/4965
     """
-    # litellm.set_verbose = True
+    litellm.set_verbose = True
     prompt = "Hi"
     kwargs = dict(
         model=model,
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def test_run(model: str):
 
     print(f"Non-stream output: {non_stream_output}")
     print(f"Non-stream usage : {response.usage}")  # type: ignore
+    non_stream_usage = response.usage
     try:
         print(
             f"Non-stream cost  : {response._hidden_params['response_cost'] * 100:.4f}"
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ def test_run(model: str):
     response = router.completion(**kwargs, stream=True, stream_options={"include_usage": True})  # type: ignore
     response = stream_chunk_builder(list(response), messages=kwargs["messages"])  # type: ignore
     output = response.choices[0].message.content.replace("\n", "")  # type: ignore
+
+    if response.usage.completion_tokens != non_stream_usage.completion_tokens:
+        pytest.skip(
+            "LLM API returning inconsistent usage"
+        )  # handles transient openai errors
     streaming_cost_calc = completion_cost(response) * 100
     print(f"Stream output    : {output}")