Custodian Fees - What's a decent range these days?

• •My portfolio hovers between $150k and $200k, depending on the week, primarily physical gold and some silver.
• •I’m an old hand at the Vegas tables, so I get risk, and I like having that physical hedge, especially with how things have been looking lately.
• •My current custodian feels a bit steep, but I honestly haven’t done a deep dive into comparing them recently.

Okay, so I’ve been in the gold IRA game for a while now, probably close to 8 years, and I’m starting to think about whether I’m getting hosed on custodian fees. My portfolio hovers between $150k and $200k, depending on the week, primarily physical gold and some silver. I’m an old hand at the Vegas tables, so I get risk, and I like having that physical hedge, especially with how things have been looking lately. My current custodian feels a bit steep, but I honestly haven’t done a deep dive into comparing them recently.

My current setup is $250 annually for storage and admin, flat fee. No percentage, which is nice in some ways, but with my portfolio size, it feels like it should be lower. I spoke to a buddy of mine who just got into a gold IRA, and he’s paying something like $180, but his portfolio is only about $75k. I know a lot of it depends on the metals you hold, segregated vs. commingled, all that jazz. But I’m looking for some real-world numbers from others here. What are you guys paying for a portfolio in a similar range to mine?

I’m also wondering if there are any hidden fees I need to be on the lookout for. When I first started this, it felt like every custodian had a different way of nickel-and-diming you. Are there any services that are usually bundled now that used to be separate? And if anyone has experience switching custodians, how much of a headache was that, honestly? I’m here in Vegas, so I don't really have local options for this sort of thing, it's all online or out of state anyway.

I stumbled upon this "Eligibility Checker" tool at https://eligibility.goldirablueprint.com/ the other day, and it got me thinking about whether I even still fully qualify for the best rates or if there are new rules. It seems like a decent place to start for folks just getting into this, but for me, I'm more focused on optimizing those ongoing costs. Any insights on current fee structures or reputable custodians with competitive pricing would be huge.