diff --git a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
index 0d840d136d0..3ef9c7bee4d 100644
--- a/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/litellm/responses/streaming_iterator.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from litellm.exceptions import MidStreamFallbackError, RateLimitError
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import run_async_function
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import process_response_headers
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.exception_mapping_utils import with_deployment_api_base
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.hidden_params import stamp_billed_usage_cost
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.hidden_params import USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP, stamp_billed_usage_cost
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.internal_call_metadata import without_budget_reservation
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import BilledRoundsSpend
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObj
@@ -676,10 +676,17 @@ class BaseResponsesAPIStreamingIterator:
         headers: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = processed if isinstance(processed, Mapping) else EMPTY_MAPPING
         raw_headers: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = raw if isinstance(raw, Mapping) else EMPTY_MAPPING
         # rebuild by value and let existing keys win: sharing the source dicts would alias what the proxy
-        # splats into the client's HTTP headers, and copying non-header keys would carry response_cost
+        # splats into the client's HTTP headers, and copying non-header keys would carry response_cost.
+        # The provider's own usage.cost travels along, or the stamped bill would be priced as a provider report
+        stamp: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = (
+            {USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP: source[USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP]}
+            if USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP in source
+            else EMPTY_MAPPING
+        )
         target.hidden_params = {
             "additional_headers": {**headers},
             "headers": {**raw_headers},
+            **stamp,
             **existing,
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/test_streaming_iterator.py b/tests/unit/responses/test_streaming_iterator.py
index 6c3e6177503..5716f46c210 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/test_streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/test_streaming_iterator.py
@@ -2781,3 +2781,39 @@ async def test_websocket_turns_logging_survives_garbage_collection(terminal_even
     await _run_websocket_turn(logger, terminal_event)
 
     assert await _logging_tasks_left_after_garbage_collection(logger) == 1
+
+
+def test_logging_copy_keeps_the_provider_usage_cost_behind_a_stamped_bill() -> None:
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.hidden_params import USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP
+    from litellm.responses.streaming_iterator import _logging_copy
+
+    logging_obj = LiteLLMLoggingObj(
+        model="gpt-4o-mini",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+        stream=True,
+        call_type="aresponses",
+        start_time=datetime.now(),
+        litellm_call_id="stamped-copy",
+        function_id="stamped-copy",
+    )
+    iterator = _make_iterator(sse_events=[], logging_obj=logging_obj)
+    billed = ResponsesAPIResponse(
+        id="resp_stamped",
+        created_at=1,
+        status="completed",
+        model="gpt-4o-mini",
+        object="response",
+        output=[],
+        usage={"input_tokens": 100, "output_tokens": 20, "total_tokens": 120, "cost": 0.63},
+    )
+    billed.hidden_params = {USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP: 0.42, "response_cost": 0.63}
+    iterator.completed_response = ResponseCompletedEvent(
+        type=ResponsesAPIStreamEvents.RESPONSE_COMPLETED, response=billed
+    )
+    logging_response = _logging_copy(iterator.completed_response)
+
+    iterator._restore_provider_response_headers(logging_response)
+
+    copied = logging_response.response.hidden_params
+    assert copied[USAGE_COST_BEFORE_LITELLM_STAMP] == 0.42
+    assert "response_cost" not in copied