diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2472500..1d3d4a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Add the day's estimated API value to `hourly-summary.json`, so a bar widget can show it without running a report. `value` prices the same events `tokens` counts, the way the dashboard's report prices them, and `unpricedTokens` is the part no rate covers. The file keeps schema version 1, and readers that ignore the new fields see no change.
+
 ## 1.11.2 - 2026-10-08
 
 - Colors work again on Qt 6.12. QtQuick now ships its own `Color` type, which hid the
diff --git a/collector.py b/collector.py
index d6510bb..37aab0a 100644
--- a/collector.py
+++ b/collector.py
@@ -2461,6 +2461,11 @@ def hourly_snapshot(ledger, now=None, cfg=None):
     Totals are kept per provider and per agent record. A labelled second login
     is its own record in the panel but shares its provider's table with the
     main login, so the record totals split each provider by account.
+
+    `value` is the estimated API value of the same events `tokens` counts,
+    priced as `report` prices them, and `unpricedTokens` the part of `tokens`
+    no rate covers. Bar widgets can show the day's value from this file
+    instead of running a report.
     """
     cfg = cfg or DEFAULTS
     now = now or dt.datetime.now().astimezone()
@@ -2481,9 +2486,12 @@ def hourly_snapshot(ledger, now=None, cfg=None):
     for key, (provs, account, _) in targets.items():
         for provider in provs: records.setdefault((provider, account), []).append(key)
     resolve, accounts = source_account(cfg), {}
-    total = timed = unplaced = 0
+    total = timed = unplaced = unpriced = 0
+    value_total = 0.0
+    rates = load_rates()
     ledger.db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
-    for row in ledger.db.execute('SELECT e.provider,e.client,e.timePrecision,e.ts,e.input,e.output,e.cacheRead,e.cacheWrite,'
+    for row in ledger.db.execute('SELECT e.provider,e.client,e.timePrecision,e.ts,e.model,e.apiProvider,e.reportedValue,e.reportedCostTicks,'
+                                 'e.serviceTier,e.requestedServiceTier,e.input,e.output,e.cacheRead,e.cacheWrite,e.cacheWrite1h,'
                                  'group_concat(s.path,char(31)) AS paths '
                                  'FROM events e INDEXED BY events_time LEFT JOIN event_sources s ON s.event_id=e.id '
                                  'WHERE e.ts>=? AND e.ts<=? GROUP BY e.id', (start, end)):
@@ -2501,6 +2509,9 @@ def hourly_snapshot(ledger, now=None, cfg=None):
         total += tokens
         p['tokens'] += tokens
         for m in mine: m['tokens'] += tokens
+        value = price(r, rates['document'])[0]
+        if value is None: unpriced += tokens
+        else: value_total += value
         if not timed_event(r):
             unplaced += tokens
             p['unplacedTokens'] += tokens
@@ -2519,6 +2530,7 @@ def hourly_snapshot(ledger, now=None, cfg=None):
     return {'schemaVersion': 1, 'date': str(day), 'generatedAt': now.timestamp(),
             'timeZone': now.tzname() or '', 'utcOffsetMinutes': int(now.utcoffset().total_seconds() // 60),
             'tokens': total, 'timedTokens': timed, 'unplacedTokens': unplaced,
+            'value': value_total, 'unpricedTokens': unpriced,
             'availableProviders': available_providers, 'providers': providers, 'hours': hours,
             # The same totals for each agent record, so a second login shows
             # its own usage instead of its provider's, and the records with
diff --git a/tests/test_collector.py b/tests/test_collector.py
index c731687..6c55c70 100644
--- a/tests/test_collector.py
+++ b/tests/test_collector.py
@@ -1794,6 +1794,27 @@ def test_drilldown_reconciles_sessions_and_partial_pricing(self):
         self.assertIsNone(empty['pricing']['coveragePercent'])
         ledger.db.close()
 
+    def test_hourly_snapshot_carries_the_days_value_as_report_prices_it(self):
+        ledger = c.Ledger(self.root / 'value.sqlite')
+        now = dt.datetime(2026, 9, 5, 12).astimezone()
+        for key, model, when, inp in [('a', 'known', '2026-09-05T10:00:00', 100), ('b', 'unknown', '2026-09-05T10:30:00', 200),
+                                      ('c', 'known', '2026-09-05T11:00:00', 300), ('prior', 'known', '2026-09-04T10:00:00', 700)]:
+            ledger.put(c.record(key, 'codex', key, when, model, '', 'CLI', input=inp))
+        # A Fast turn is priced at its tier's rate, in the snapshot as in the report.
+        ledger.put({**c.record('fast', 'codex', 'fast', '2026-09-05T11:30:00', 'known', '', 'CLI', input=50),
+                    'requestedServiceTier': 'priority'})
+        rates = {'source': 'test', 'document': {'known': {'input_cost_per_token': 0.01, 'input_cost_per_token_priority': 0.02}}}
+        with patch.object(c, 'load_rates', return_value=rates):
+            snapshot = c.hourly_snapshot(ledger, now)
+            day = c.report(ledger, c.DEFAULTS, 1, now=now)
+        self.assertEqual((snapshot['tokens'], snapshot['value'], snapshot['unpricedTokens']), (650, 5, 200))
+        self.assertEqual((snapshot['tokens'], snapshot['value'], snapshot['unpricedTokens']),
+                         (day['summary']['tokens'], day['summary']['value'], day['summary']['unpricedTokens']))
+        with patch.object(c, 'load_rates', return_value={'source': 'test', 'document': {}}):
+            unpriced = c.hourly_snapshot(ledger, now)
+        self.assertEqual((unpriced['value'], unpriced['unpricedTokens']), (0, 650))
+        ledger.db.close()
+
     def test_missing_source_does_not_claim_fresh_history(self):
         ledger = c.Ledger(self.root / 'coverage.sqlite')
         with patch.object(c, 'HOME', self.root), patch.dict('os.environ', {