diff --git a/tests/integration/contracts.json b/tests/integration/contracts.json
index ee9b81f63dc..84f1ac03387 100644
--- a/tests/integration/contracts.json
+++ b/tests/integration/contracts.json
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@
     "tests/integration/spend/test_spend_calculate.py::test_spend_calculate_rejects_unpriced_model_with_400": [
       "quota_management.spend_tracking.spend_calculate.rejects_unpriced_model"
     ],
+    "tests/integration/spend/test_vertex_context_cache.py::test_gemini_context_cache_creation_is_billed_once_at_its_own_rate": [
+      "quota_management.spend_tracking.vertex_context_cache.creation_and_read_tokens_charged"
+    ],
     "tests/integration/management/test_partial_update_sequences.py::test_restricted_actor_cannot_detach_key_from_project": [
       "mgmt.key.update.project_detach_denied_to_restricted_actor"
     ],
diff --git a/tests/integration/spend/test_vertex_context_cache.py b/tests/integration/spend/test_vertex_context_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f9a6e28e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/spend/test_vertex_context_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import uuid
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+from integration._support.client import Gateway, eventually, object_value
+from integration._support.database import read_rows
+from integration._support.upstream import delete_scenario, register_scenario
+from integration.cost_calculation.cost_tracking_case import JsonResponse, RoutedResponse
+
+_CACHE_TOKENS: Final = 2500
+_GEMINI_MODEL: Final = "gemini-2.5-pro"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.covers("quota_management.spend_tracking.vertex_context_cache.creation_and_read_tokens_charged")
+@pytest.mark.timeout(180)
+def test_gemini_context_cache_creation_is_billed_once_at_its_own_rate(gateway: Gateway) -> None:
+    scenario_id: Final = f"sc-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
+    handle: Final = register_scenario(
+        scenario_id,
+        RoutedResponse(
+            content_type="application/x-routed",
+            routes={
+                f"GET /models/{_GEMINI_MODEL}:cachedContents": JsonResponse(
+                    content_type="application/json", body={"cachedContents": []}
+                ),
+                f"POST /models/{_GEMINI_MODEL}:cachedContents": JsonResponse(
+                    content_type="application/json",
+                    body={
+                        "name": "cachedContents/created-cache",
+                        "model": f"models/{_GEMINI_MODEL}",
+                        "createTime": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                        "expireTime": "2026-01-01T01:00:00Z",
+                        "usageMetadata": {"totalTokenCount": _CACHE_TOKENS},
+                    },
+                ),
+                f"POST /models/{_GEMINI_MODEL}:generateContent": JsonResponse(
+                    content_type="application/json",
+                    body={
+                        "candidates": [
+                            {
+                                "content": {"role": "model", "parts": [{"text": "cached answer"}]},
+                                "finishReason": "STOP",
+                                "index": 0,
+                            }
+                        ],
+                        "modelVersion": _GEMINI_MODEL,
+                        "usageMetadata": {
+                            "promptTokenCount": 2520,
+                            "cachedContentTokenCount": _CACHE_TOKENS,
+                            "candidatesTokenCount": 10,
+                            "totalTokenCount": 2530,
+                        },
+                    },
+                ),
+            },
+        ),
+    )
+    with gateway.scenario() as scenario:
+        scenario.cleanups.callback(delete_scenario, handle)
+        model: Final = scenario.model(
+            model=f"gemini/{_GEMINI_MODEL}",
+            api_key="sk-scripted-provider",
+            api_base=handle.api_base(),
+            input_cost_per_token=0.001,
+            output_cost_per_token=0.002,
+            cache_read_input_token_cost=0.0004,
+            cache_creation_input_token_cost=0.0005,
+        )
+        response: Final = gateway.request(
+            "POST",
+            "/v1/chat/completions",
+            {
+                "model": model,
+                "messages": [
+                    {
+                        "role": "system",
+                        "content": [
+                            {
+                                "type": "text",
+                                "text": "cacheable prefix " * 4000,
+                                "cache_control": {"type": "ephemeral"},
+                            }
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {"role": "user", "content": "answer from the cache"},
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+        body: Final = object_value(response.json())
+        usage: Final = object_value(body["usage"])
+        assert usage["prompt_tokens"] == 2520 + _CACHE_TOKENS, body
+        assert usage["cache_creation_input_tokens"] == _CACHE_TOKENS, body
+        expected_spend: Final = (
+            20 * 0.001 + _CACHE_TOKENS * 0.0004 + _CACHE_TOKENS * 0.0005 + 10 * 0.002
+        )
+        assert float(response.headers["x-litellm-response-cost"]) == pytest.approx(expected_spend)
+        rows: Final = eventually(
+            lambda: read_rows(
+                'SELECT spend, prompt_tokens FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs" WHERE request_id=%s',
+                (body["id"],),
+            ),
+            lambda values: len(values) == 1,
+            seconds=70,
+        )
+        assert rows[0]["prompt_tokens"] == 2520 + _CACHE_TOKENS, rows
+        assert float(rows[0]["spend"]) == pytest.approx(expected_spend), rows