diff --git a/cookbook/litellm_proxy_server/grafana_dashboard/dashboard_all_metrics/grafana_dashboard.json b/cookbook/litellm_proxy_server/grafana_dashboard/dashboard_all_metrics/grafana_dashboard.json
index cedbbd0f07b..f80df30c82e 100644
--- a/cookbook/litellm_proxy_server/grafana_dashboard/dashboard_all_metrics/grafana_dashboard.json
+++ b/cookbook/litellm_proxy_server/grafana_dashboard/dashboard_all_metrics/grafana_dashboard.json
@@ -3972,13 +3972,70 @@
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       "type": "timeseries"
     },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+      },
+      "description": "Maximum budget set for provider - used when you set provider budget limits",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "palette-classic"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "lineWidth": 1,
+            "showPoints": "never",
+            "spanNulls": false
+          },
+          "unit": "currencyUSD"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
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+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 279
+      },
+      "id": 117,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "calcs": [],
+          "displayMode": "list",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "desc"
+        }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "max by (api_provider) (litellm_provider_max_budget_metric)",
+          "legendFormat": "{{api_provider}}",
+          "range": true,
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "litellm_provider_max_budget_metric",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
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diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index fc1a601f9da..8fd8d0bb5e1 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -904,6 +904,11 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
                 "Remaining budget for provider - used when you set provider budget limits",
                 labelnames=["api_provider"],
             )
+            self.litellm_provider_max_budget_metric = self._gauge_factory(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]  # the metric factory returns a partly unknown type, as for every gauge here
+                "litellm_provider_max_budget_metric",
+                "Maximum budget set for provider - used when you set provider budget limits",
+                labelnames=["api_provider"],
+            )
 
             # Metric for deployment state
             self.litellm_deployment_state = self._gauge_factory(
@@ -4035,7 +4040,7 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
 
     def track_provider_remaining_budget(self, provider: str, spend: float, budget_limit: float):
         """
-        Track provider remaining budget in Prometheus
+        Track provider remaining and max budget in Prometheus
         """
         self.litellm_provider_remaining_budget_metric.labels(provider).set(
             self._safe_get_remaining_budget(
@@ -4043,6 +4048,7 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
                 spend=spend,
             )
         )
+        self.litellm_provider_max_budget_metric.labels(provider).set(budget_limit)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType, reportAttributeAccessIssue]  # same factory type as the remaining gauge above
 
     def _safe_get_remaining_budget(self, max_budget: float | None, spend: float | None) -> float:
         if max_budget is None:
diff --git a/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py b/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
index fc4a729ec98..d935ecb9d11 100644
--- a/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
+++ b/tests/unit/enterprise/integrations/test_prometheus.py
@@ -734,6 +734,20 @@ def test_exclude_labels_does_not_touch_unrelated_metrics(reset_prometheus_exclud
 # ==============================================================================
 
 
+def test_provider_budget_gauges_report_the_limit_next_to_what_remains():
+    """The max-budget gauge carries the configured provider limit, so limit minus remaining is the spend."""
+    from prometheus_client import generate_latest
+
+    clear_prometheus_registry()
+    logger = PrometheusLogger()
+
+    logger.track_provider_remaining_budget(provider="openai", spend=30.0, budget_limit=100.0)
+
+    scrape = generate_latest(REGISTRY).decode()
+    assert 'litellm_provider_max_budget_metric{api_provider="openai"} 100.0' in scrape
+    assert 'litellm_provider_remaining_budget_metric{api_provider="openai"} 70.0' in scrape
+
+
 # ==============================================================================
 # SEMANTIC VALIDATION TESTS - Detect logical errors in metric increments
 # ==============================================================================