diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 0d133b915c6..22d59520f74 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -999,12 +999,15 @@ def mock_completion(
             ),
         )
 
-        try:
-            _, custom_llm_provider, _, _ = litellm.utils.get_llm_provider(model=model)
+        if custom_llm_provider is not None:
             model_response._hidden_params["custom_llm_provider"] = custom_llm_provider
-        except Exception:
-            # dont let setting a hidden param block a mock_respose
-            pass
+        else:
+            try:
+                _, inferred_provider, _, _ = litellm.utils.get_llm_provider(model=model)
+                model_response._hidden_params["custom_llm_provider"] = inferred_provider
+            except Exception:
+                # dont let setting a hidden param block a mock_respose
+                pass
 
         if logging is not None:
             logging.post_call(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_main.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_main.py
index 7fcdc8473d7..d1fd1d0c4a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_main.py
@@ -2432,6 +2432,61 @@ def test_mock_completion_usage_falls_back_to_default_without_admission_count():
     assert response.usage.prompt_tokens == litellm_main.DEFAULT_MOCK_RESPONSE_PROMPT_TOKEN_COUNT
 
 
+_AZURE_AI_CUSTOM_PRICED_DEPLOYMENT: Final = {
+    "model_name": "azure-ai-custom-priced",
+    "litellm_params": {
+        "model": "azure_ai/gpt-5.6",
+        "api_key": "mock",
+        "api_base": "https://example.services.ai.azure.com",
+        "mock_response": "ok",
+        "input_cost_per_token": 3e-6,
+        "output_cost_per_token": 7e-6,
+        "cache_read_input_token_cost": 1e-7,
+        "cache_creation_input_token_cost": 5e-7,
+    },
+    "model_info": {"id": "azure-ai-custom-priced-deployment-id"},
+}
+
+
+def _expected_custom_price(response: litellm.ModelResponse) -> float:
+    params: Final = _AZURE_AI_CUSTOM_PRICED_DEPLOYMENT["litellm_params"]
+    return (
+        response.usage.prompt_tokens * params["input_cost_per_token"]
+        + response.usage.completion_tokens * params["output_cost_per_token"]
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_async", (False, True))
+async def test_mock_completion_prices_azure_ai_router_deployment_with_custom_pricing(use_async: bool):
+    router: Final = litellm.Router(model_list=[_AZURE_AI_CUSTOM_PRICED_DEPLOYMENT])
+    messages: Final = [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]
+
+    response: Final = (
+        await router.acompletion(model="azure-ai-custom-priced", messages=messages)
+        if use_async
+        else router.completion(model="azure-ai-custom-priced", messages=messages)
+    )
+
+    assert response._hidden_params["response_cost"] == pytest.approx(_expected_custom_price(response))
+    assert response._hidden_params["custom_llm_provider"] == "azure_ai"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("model", "expected_provider"),
+    (("anthropic/claude-sonnet-5", "anthropic"), ("no-such-provider-model", None)),
+)
+def test_mock_completion_infers_provider_when_called_directly_without_one(model: str, expected_provider: str | None):
+    response: Final = litellm.mock_completion(
+        model=model,
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
+        mock_response="ok",
+    )
+
+    assert response.choices[0].message.content == "ok"
+    assert response._hidden_params.get("custom_llm_provider") == expected_provider
+
+
 _ADMISSION_INPUT_TOKENS: Final = 51234