diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 5eb38a6bd10..af0dc1f5b63 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.health_check_utils import (
     _filter_model_params,
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObj
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_request_utils import (
-    pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider,
-)
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_request_utils import LitellmCoreRequestUtils
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.mock_functions import (
     mock_embedding,
     mock_image_generation,
@@ -5424,8 +5422,10 @@ async def ahealth_check_wildcard_models(
 ) -> dict:
 
     # this is a wildcard model, we need to pick a random model from the provider
-    cheapest_models = pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider(
-        custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, n=3
+    cheapest_models = (
+        LitellmCoreRequestUtils.pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider(
+            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, n=3
+        )
     )
     if len(cheapest_models) == 0:
         raise Exception(
diff --git a/tests/litellm_utils_tests/test_utils.py b/tests/litellm_utils_tests/test_utils.py
index fea225e4a3b..ef9bf30c134 100644
--- a/tests/litellm_utils_tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/litellm_utils_tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1532,12 +1532,26 @@ def test_supports_vision_gemini():
 
 def test_pick_cheapest_chat_model_from_llm_provider():
     from litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_request_utils import (
-        pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider,
+        LitellmCoreRequestUtils,
     )
 
-    assert len(pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider("openai", n=3)) == 3
+    assert (
+        len(
+            LitellmCoreRequestUtils.pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider(
+                "openai", n=3
+            )
+        )
+        == 3
+    )
 
-    assert len(pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider("unknown", n=1)) == 0
+    assert (
+        len(
+            LitellmCoreRequestUtils.pick_cheapest_chat_models_from_llm_provider(
+                "unknown", n=1
+            )
+        )
+        == 0
+    )
 
 
 def test_get_potential_model_names():