diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0edd55d07..75bb875da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
       ...
   ```
 
+- Added a `service_tier` `InputParam` to the `BaseOpenAILLMService`. This
+  parameter can influence the latency of the response. For example `"priority"`
+  will result in faster completions, but in exchange for a higher price.
+
 ## [0.0.89] - 2025-10-07
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -36,8 +40,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added `HumeTTSService` for text-to-speech synthesis using Hume AI's expressive
   voice models. Provides high-quality, emotionally expressive speech synthesis
   with support for various voice models. Includes example in
-  `examples/foundational/07ad-interruptible-hume.py`. Use with `uv pip install
-  pipecat-ai[hume]`.
+  `examples/foundational/07ad-interruptible-hume.py`. Use with:
+  `uv pip install pipecat-ai[hume]`.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/openai/base_llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/openai/base_llm.py
index 5c48f86e9..d020e1106 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/openai/base_llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/openai/base_llm.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class BaseOpenAILLMService(LLMService):
             top_p: Top-p (nucleus) sampling parameter (0.0 to 1.0).
             max_tokens: Maximum tokens in response (deprecated, use max_completion_tokens).
             max_completion_tokens: Maximum completion tokens to generate.
+            service_tier: Service tier to use (e.g., "auto", "flex", "priority").
             extra: Additional model-specific parameters.
         """
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ class BaseOpenAILLMService(LLMService):
         top_p: Optional[float] = Field(default_factory=lambda: NOT_GIVEN, ge=0.0, le=1.0)
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = Field(default_factory=lambda: NOT_GIVEN, ge=1)
         max_completion_tokens: Optional[int] = Field(default_factory=lambda: NOT_GIVEN, ge=1)
+        service_tier: Optional[str] = Field(default_factory=lambda: NOT_GIVEN)
         extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Field(default_factory=dict)
 
     def __init__(
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ class BaseOpenAILLMService(LLMService):
             "top_p": params.top_p,
             "max_tokens": params.max_tokens,
             "max_completion_tokens": params.max_completion_tokens,
+            "service_tier": params.service_tier,
             "extra": params.extra if isinstance(params.extra, dict) else {},
         }
         self._retry_timeout_secs = retry_timeout_secs
@@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ class BaseOpenAILLMService(LLMService):
             "top_p": self._settings["top_p"],
             "max_tokens": self._settings["max_tokens"],
             "max_completion_tokens": self._settings["max_completion_tokens"],
+            "service_tier": self._settings["service_tier"],
         }
 
         # Messages, tools, tool_choice