diff --git a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/api.dart b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/api.dart
index 7a482c087f1d..1d50fe2f2330 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/api.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/api.dart
@@ -172,25 +172,6 @@ final class UsageMetadata {
   final List<ModalityTokenCount>? candidatesTokensDetails;
 }
 
-/// Constructe a UsageMetadata with all it's fields.
-///
-/// Expose access to the private constructor for use within the package..
-UsageMetadata createUsageMetadata({
-  required int? promptTokenCount,
-  required int? candidatesTokenCount,
-  required int? totalTokenCount,
-  required int? thoughtsTokenCount,
-  required List<ModalityTokenCount>? promptTokensDetails,
-  required List<ModalityTokenCount>? candidatesTokensDetails,
-}) =>
-    UsageMetadata._(
-        promptTokenCount: promptTokenCount,
-        candidatesTokenCount: candidatesTokenCount,
-        totalTokenCount: totalTokenCount,
-        thoughtsTokenCount: thoughtsTokenCount,
-        promptTokensDetails: promptTokensDetails,
-        candidatesTokensDetails: candidatesTokensDetails);
-
 /// Response candidate generated from a [GenerativeModel].
 final class Candidate {
   // TODO: token count?
@@ -1128,7 +1109,7 @@ final class VertexSerialization implements SerializationStrategy {
     };
     final usageMedata = switch (jsonObject) {
       {'usageMetadata': final usageMetadata?} =>
-        _parseUsageMetadata(usageMetadata),
+        parseUsageMetadata(usageMetadata),
       {'totalTokens': final int totalTokens} =>
         UsageMetadata._(totalTokenCount: totalTokens),
       _ => null,
@@ -1258,7 +1239,10 @@ PromptFeedback _parsePromptFeedback(Object jsonObject) {
   };
 }
 
-UsageMetadata _parseUsageMetadata(Object jsonObject) {
+/// Parses a UsageMetadata from a JSON object.
+///
+/// Expose access to the private helper for use within the package.
+UsageMetadata parseUsageMetadata(Object jsonObject) {
   if (jsonObject is! Map<String, Object?>) {
     throw unhandledFormat('UsageMetadata', jsonObject);
   }
@@ -1275,6 +1259,10 @@ UsageMetadata _parseUsageMetadata(Object jsonObject) {
     {'totalTokenCount': final int totalTokenCount} => totalTokenCount,
     _ => null,
   };
+  final thoughtsTokenCount = switch (jsonObject) {
+    {'thoughtsTokenCount': final int thoughtsTokenCount} => thoughtsTokenCount,
+    _ => null,
+  };
   final promptTokensDetails = switch (jsonObject) {
     {'promptTokensDetails': final List<Object?> promptTokensDetails} =>
       promptTokensDetails.map(_parseModalityTokenCount).toList(),
@@ -1286,11 +1274,13 @@ UsageMetadata _parseUsageMetadata(Object jsonObject) {
     _ => null,
   };
   return UsageMetadata._(
-      promptTokenCount: promptTokenCount,
-      candidatesTokenCount: candidatesTokenCount,
-      totalTokenCount: totalTokenCount,
-      promptTokensDetails: promptTokensDetails,
-      candidatesTokensDetails: candidatesTokensDetails);
+    promptTokenCount: promptTokenCount,
+    candidatesTokenCount: candidatesTokenCount,
+    totalTokenCount: totalTokenCount,
+    thoughtsTokenCount: thoughtsTokenCount,
+    promptTokensDetails: promptTokensDetails,
+    candidatesTokensDetails: candidatesTokensDetails,
+  );
 }
 
 ModalityTokenCount _parseModalityTokenCount(Object? jsonObject) {
diff --git a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/developer/api.dart b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/developer/api.dart
index 6be1fd771c33..1cb731d310e4 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/developer/api.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/lib/src/developer/api.dart
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import '../api.dart'
         SafetyRating,
         SafetySetting,
         SerializationStrategy,
-        UsageMetadata,
-        createUsageMetadata;
+        parseUsageMetadata;
 import '../content.dart'
     show Content, FunctionCall, InlineDataPart, Part, TextPart;
 import '../error.dart';
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ final class DeveloperSerialization implements SerializationStrategy {
     };
     final usageMedata = switch (jsonObject) {
       {'usageMetadata': final usageMetadata?} =>
-        _parseUsageMetadata(usageMetadata),
+        parseUsageMetadata(usageMetadata),
       _ => null,
     };
     return GenerateContentResponse(candidates, promptFeedback,
@@ -230,37 +229,6 @@ PromptFeedback _parsePromptFeedback(Object jsonObject) {
   };
 }
 
-UsageMetadata _parseUsageMetadata(Object jsonObject) {
-  if (jsonObject is! Map<String, Object?>) {
-    throw unhandledFormat('UsageMetadata', jsonObject);
-  }
-  final promptTokenCount = switch (jsonObject) {
-    {'promptTokenCount': final int promptTokenCount} => promptTokenCount,
-    _ => null,
-  };
-  final candidatesTokenCount = switch (jsonObject) {
-    {'candidatesTokenCount': final int candidatesTokenCount} =>
-      candidatesTokenCount,
-    _ => null,
-  };
-  final totalTokenCount = switch (jsonObject) {
-    {'totalTokenCount': final int totalTokenCount} => totalTokenCount,
-    _ => null,
-  };
-  final thoughtsTokenCount = switch (jsonObject) {
-    {'thoughtsTokenCount': final int thoughtsTokenCount} => thoughtsTokenCount,
-    _ => null,
-  };
-  return createUsageMetadata(
-    promptTokenCount: promptTokenCount,
-    candidatesTokenCount: candidatesTokenCount,
-    totalTokenCount: totalTokenCount,
-    thoughtsTokenCount: thoughtsTokenCount,
-    promptTokensDetails: null,
-    candidatesTokensDetails: null,
-  );
-}
-
 SafetyRating _parseSafetyRating(Object? jsonObject) {
   return switch (jsonObject) {
     {
diff --git a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/api_test.dart b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/api_test.dart
index a21b17a0ee56..ed5596868d62 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/api_test.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/api_test.dart
@@ -615,6 +615,40 @@ void main() {
         expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokensDetails, hasLength(1));
       });
 
+      group('usageMetadata parsing', () {
+        test('parses usageMetadata when thoughtsTokenCount is set', () {
+          final json = {
+            'usageMetadata': {
+              'promptTokenCount': 10,
+              'candidatesTokenCount': 20,
+              'totalTokenCount': 30,
+              'thoughtsTokenCount': 5,
+            }
+          };
+          final response =
+              VertexSerialization().parseGenerateContentResponse(json);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata, isNotNull);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata!.promptTokenCount, 10);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokenCount, 20);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata!.totalTokenCount, 30);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata!.thoughtsTokenCount, 5);
+        });
+
+        test('parses usageMetadata when thoughtsTokenCount is missing', () {
+          final json = {
+            'usageMetadata': {
+              'promptTokenCount': 10,
+              'candidatesTokenCount': 20,
+              'totalTokenCount': 30,
+            }
+          };
+          final response =
+              VertexSerialization().parseGenerateContentResponse(json);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata, isNotNull);
+          expect(response.usageMetadata!.thoughtsTokenCount, isNull);
+        });
+      });
+
       group('groundingMetadata parsing', () {
         test('parses valid response with full grounding metadata', () {
           final jsonResponse = {
diff --git a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/developer_api_test.dart b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/developer_api_test.dart
index 5a26eaf01f30..e838f42e629c 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/developer_api_test.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_ai/firebase_ai/test/developer_api_test.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ void main() {
             'candidatesTokenCount': 5,
             'totalTokenCount': 15,
             'thoughtsTokenCount': 3,
+            'promptTokensDetails': [
+              {'modality': 'TEXT', 'tokenCount': 10}
+            ],
+            'candidatesTokensDetails': [
+              {'modality': 'TEXT', 'tokenCount': 25}
+            ],
           }
         };
         final response =
@@ -48,6 +54,15 @@ void main() {
         expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokenCount, 5);
         expect(response.usageMetadata!.totalTokenCount, 15);
         expect(response.usageMetadata!.thoughtsTokenCount, 3);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.promptTokensDetails, isNotNull);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.promptTokensDetails, hasLength(1));
+        expect(
+            response.usageMetadata!.promptTokensDetails!.first.tokenCount, 10);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokensDetails, isNotNull);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokensDetails, hasLength(1));
+        expect(
+            response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokensDetails!.first.tokenCount,
+            25);
       });
 
       test('parses usageMetadata when thoughtsTokenCount is missing', () {
@@ -68,6 +83,12 @@ void main() {
             'candidatesTokenCount': 5,
             'totalTokenCount': 15,
             // thoughtsTokenCount is missing
+            'promptTokensDetails': [
+              {'modality': 'TEXT', 'tokenCount': 10}
+            ],
+            'candidatesTokensDetails': [
+              {'modality': 'TEXT', 'tokenCount': 25}
+            ],
           }
         };
         final response =
@@ -126,6 +147,26 @@ void main() {
         expect(response.usageMetadata, isNull);
       });
 
+      test('parses usageMetadata when token details are missing', () {
+        final jsonResponse = {
+          'usageMetadata': {
+            'promptTokenCount': 10,
+            'candidatesTokenCount': 25,
+            'totalTokenCount': 35,
+          }
+        };
+
+        final response =
+            DeveloperSerialization().parseGenerateContentResponse(jsonResponse);
+
+        expect(response.usageMetadata, isNotNull);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.promptTokenCount, 10);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokenCount, 25);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.totalTokenCount, 35);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.promptTokensDetails, isNull);
+        expect(response.usageMetadata!.candidatesTokensDetails, isNull);
+      });
+
       test('parses inlineData part correctly', () {
         final inlineData = Uint8List.fromList([1, 2, 3, 4]);
         final jsonResponse = {