diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_token_count_settings.py b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_token_count_settings.py
index 68910f52b02..3265cd63d95 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_token_count_settings.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/common_utils/test_token_count_settings.py
@@ -238,6 +238,37 @@ def test_no_setting_anywhere_means_the_model_counts_itself_without_framing() ->
     ) == TokenCountSettings(framing=None, count_model=None)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("configured", "expected"),
+    [
+        ({}, True),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": True}, True),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": False}, False),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": "false"}, False),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": " False "}, False),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": "true"}, True),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": "no"}, True),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": 0}, True),
+        ({"use_token_counting_api": None}, True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_only_an_explicit_false_turns_the_provider_token_count_off(
+    configured: dict[str, object], expected: bool
+) -> None:
+    settings: Final = resolve_token_count_settings(configured=configured, default={}, deployment_region=_in_us_west_2)
+
+    assert settings.use_token_counting_api is expected
+
+
+def test_the_token_count_opt_out_stays_off_the_shared_model_entry() -> None:
+    from litellm.types.utils import shared_backend_model_info
+
+    shared: Final = shared_backend_model_info({"use_token_counting_api": False, "max_input_tokens": 4096})
+
+    assert "use_token_counting_api" not in shared
+    assert shared["max_input_tokens"] == 4096
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("value", "expected"),
     [("kimi_k3", "kimi_k3"), ("cl100k_base", None), (None, None), (True, None)],
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_token_counter.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_token_counter.py
index 2f85d1c7516..6e1aa840275 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_token_counter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_proxy_token_counter.py
@@ -5359,3 +5359,82 @@ def test_utils_token_counter_line_stays_one_line_when_the_model_carries_a_newlin
     assert line["request_model"] == forged_model
     assert "\n" not in message
     assert message.startswith(f'token count - litellm_call_id="count log" request_model={json.dumps(forged_model)} ')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_deployment_that_opts_out_never_calls_the_provider_counter():
+    counter: Final = _ScriptedCounter({"us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-5-5": _provider_reply("sonnet", total_tokens=447)})
+
+    result: Final = await _ladder(
+        counter, TokenCountSettings(framing=None, count_model=None, use_token_counting_api=False)
+    )
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert counter.calls == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_an_opt_out_still_uses_the_provider_when_no_local_estimate_is_allowed():
+    counter: Final = _ScriptedCounter({"us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-5-5": _provider_reply("sonnet", total_tokens=447)})
+
+    result: Final = await _ladder(
+        counter,
+        TokenCountSettings(framing=None, count_model=None, use_token_counting_api=False),
+        local_estimate_allowed=False,
+    )
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert (result.total_tokens, result.count_source) == (447, "provider")
+
+
+def _nova_router(model_info: dict[str, object]) -> Router:
+    return Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "nova-pro",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "bedrock/us.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0", "aws_region_name": "us-east-1"},
+                "model_info": model_info,
+            }
+        ]
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_count_tokens_reads_the_opt_out_from_the_routed_deployment(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "llm_router", _nova_router({"use_token_counting_api": False}))
+    counter: Final = _ScriptedCounter({"us.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0": _provider_reply("nova", total_tokens=900)})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        litellm.proxy.proxy_server,
+        "_get_provider_token_counter",
+        lambda deployment, model_to_use: (counter, model_to_use, "bedrock"),
+    )
+
+    result: Final = await count_request_tokens(
+        request=TokenCountRequest(model="nova-pro", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]),
+        call_endpoint=True,
+        messages_format="anthropic",
+    )
+
+    assert counter.calls == []
+    assert result.count_source == "local_estimate"
+    assert result.total_tokens > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_count_tokens_still_calls_the_provider_without_the_opt_out(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm.proxy.proxy_server, "llm_router", _nova_router({}))
+    counter: Final = _ScriptedCounter({"us.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0": _provider_reply("nova", total_tokens=900)})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        litellm.proxy.proxy_server,
+        "_get_provider_token_counter",
+        lambda deployment, model_to_use: (counter, model_to_use, "bedrock"),
+    )
+
+    result: Final = await count_request_tokens(
+        request=TokenCountRequest(model="nova-pro", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]),
+        call_endpoint=True,
+        messages_format="anthropic",
+    )
+
+    assert len(counter.calls) == 1
+    assert (result.total_tokens, result.count_source) == (900, "provider")