diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 662ce38f746..f6f3885bff2 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -584,14 +584,26 @@ class Logging(LiteLLMLoggingBaseClass):
         """Pricing the router registered under this deployment's model_info.id.
 
         Returns None when the deployment declares no pricing of its own, so the
-        caller falls back to the global cost map.
+        caller falls back to the global cost map. The raw registration is what
+        decides that: the router registers an entry for every deployment, and
+        get_model_info fills absent costs with 0, so asking it directly cannot
+        tell "configured as free" apart from "no pricing configured".
         """
+        pricing_keys: Final = (
+            "input_cost_per_token",
+            "output_cost_per_token",
+            "input_cost_per_token_batches",
+            "output_cost_per_token_batches",
+        )
         model_id: Final = self.get_router_model_id()
         if model_id is None:
             return None
+        registered: Final = litellm.model_cost.get(model_id)
+        if not isinstance(registered, dict) or not any(registered.get(key) is not None for key in pricing_keys):
+            return None
         try:
             return litellm.get_model_info(model=model_id)
-        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001  # get_model_info raises for any id with no registered pricing
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001  # get_model_info raises for ids it cannot resolve a provider for
             return None
 
     def update_environment_variables(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
index e9dc65e526d..3b5e8aaf1f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
@@ -367,6 +367,24 @@ class TestGetRouterDeploymentModelInfo:
         logging_obj.litellm_params = {"litellm_metadata": {"model_info": {"id": "deploy-never-registered"}}}
         assert logging_obj.get_router_deployment_model_info() is None
 
+    def test_returns_none_when_deployment_registered_without_pricing(self, logging_obj):
+        """The router registers an entry for EVERY deployment, priced or not.
+
+        get_model_info fills absent costs with 0, so consulting it directly would
+        hand back free pricing for an ordinary deployment and bill its batches $0.
+        """
+        deployment_id = "deploy-no-pricing-1"
+        litellm.register_model(
+            model_cost={deployment_id: {"id": deployment_id, "access_groups": ["x"]}},
+            persist_across_reloads=False,
+        )
+        logging_obj.litellm_params = {"litellm_metadata": {"model_info": {"id": deployment_id}}}
+        try:
+            assert litellm.get_model_info(model=deployment_id)["input_cost_per_token"] == 0
+            assert logging_obj.get_router_deployment_model_info() is None
+        finally:
+            litellm.model_cost.pop(deployment_id, None)
+
     def test_returns_none_without_a_deployment_id(self, logging_obj):
         logging_obj.litellm_params = {"api_base": ""}
         assert logging_obj.get_router_deployment_model_info() is None