diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_cost.py b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_cost.py
index b927df0c438..42ead8b28b1 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_cost.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_cost.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #### What this does ####
 #   picks based on response time (for streaming, this is time to first token)
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Final
+from typing import Final, TypedDict, cast
 
 import litellm
 from litellm import ModelResponse, token_counter, verbose_logger
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
 
 
+class _ModelCostInfo(TypedDict, total=False):
+    input_cost_per_token: float | None
+    output_cost_per_token: float | None
+
+
+def _get_model_cost_info(model_name: str | None) -> _ModelCostInfo:
+    if model_name is None:
+        return {}  # mutable-ok: each unresolved model gets an independent cost map
+
+    model_cost = cast(  # cast-ok: model_cost values come from the typed model cost JSON
+        dict[str, _ModelCostInfo], litellm.model_cost
+    )
+    exact_model_cost = model_cost.get(model_name)
+    if exact_model_cost is not None:
+        return exact_model_cost
+
+    try:
+        return cast(  # cast-ok: only the two declared numeric fields are read below
+            _ModelCostInfo, litellm.get_model_info(model_name)
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        return {}  # mutable-ok: each unresolved model gets an independent cost map
+
+
 class LowestCostLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
     test_flag: bool = False
     logged_success: int = 0
@@ -245,7 +269,7 @@ class LowestCostLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
                 or float("inf")
             )
             item_litellm_model_name = _deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get("model")
-            item_litellm_model_cost_map = litellm.model_cost.get(item_litellm_model_name, {})
+            item_litellm_model_cost_map = _get_model_cost_info(item_litellm_model_name)
 
             # check if user provided input_cost_per_token and output_cost_per_token in litellm_params
             item_input_cost = None
@@ -257,10 +281,12 @@ class LowestCostLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
                 item_output_cost = _deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get("output_cost_per_token")
 
             if item_input_cost is None:
-                item_input_cost = item_litellm_model_cost_map.get("input_cost_per_token", 5.0)
+                model_input_cost = item_litellm_model_cost_map.get("input_cost_per_token")
+                item_input_cost = model_input_cost if model_input_cost is not None else 5.0
 
             if item_output_cost is None:
-                item_output_cost = item_litellm_model_cost_map.get("output_cost_per_token", 5.0)
+                model_output_cost = item_litellm_model_cost_map.get("output_cost_per_token")
+                item_output_cost = model_output_cost if model_output_cost is not None else 5.0
 
             # if litellm["model"] is not in model_cost map -> use item_cost = $10
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_cost.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_cost.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b08c58b6f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_lowest_cost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
+from litellm.router_strategy.lowest_cost import LowestCostLoggingHandler
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_provider_prefixed_models_use_resolved_costs() -> None:
+    deployments = [
+        {
+            "model_name": "test-group",
+            "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-5.6-sol"},
+            "model_info": {"id": "sol"},
+        },
+        {
+            "model_name": "test-group",
+            "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-5.6-luna"},
+            "model_info": {"id": "luna"},
+        },
+    ]
+    handler = LowestCostLoggingHandler(router_cache=DualCache())
+
+    selected = await handler.async_get_available_deployments(
+        model_group="test-group",
+        healthy_deployments=deployments,
+    )
+
+    assert selected is not None
+    assert selected["model_info"]["id"] == "luna"