diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_passthrough_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_passthrough_endpoints.py
index 40c49df26cf..f84cdd0c222 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_passthrough_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/llm_passthrough_endpoints.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ from .passthrough_endpoint_router import PassthroughEndpointRouter
 
 vertex_llm_base: Final = VertexBase()
 router: Final = APIRouter()
+openai_passthrough_router: Final = APIRouter()
 default_vertex_config: Final = None
 
 passthrough_endpoint_router: Final = PassthroughEndpointRouter()
@@ -1875,7 +1876,7 @@ async def vertex_proxy_route(
     )
 
 
-@router.api_route(
+@openai_passthrough_router.api_route(
     "/openai_passthrough/{endpoint:path}",
     methods=["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH"],
     tags=["OpenAI Pass-through", "pass-through"],
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 90daaaeae6b..ebbd5a488c3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.openai_files_endpoints.files_endpoints import (
     set_files_config,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.pass_through_endpoints.llm_passthrough_endpoints import (
+    openai_passthrough_router,
     passthrough_endpoint_router,
     vertex_ai_live_websocket_passthrough,
 )
@@ -16607,6 +16608,7 @@ app.include_router(search_router)
 app.include_router(image_router)
 app.include_router(fine_tuning_router)
 app.include_router(credential_router)
+app.include_router(openai_passthrough_router)
 app.include_router(batches_router)
 app.include_router(openai_files_router)
 app.include_router(llm_passthrough_router)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_llm_pass_through_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_llm_pass_through_endpoints.py
index 181846fe289..f631215c03d 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_llm_pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_llm_pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
+from typing import Final
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, Mock, patch
 
@@ -2814,6 +2815,63 @@ class TestOpenAIPassthroughRoute:
             assert result == {"id": "asst_123", "object": "assistant"}
 
 
+def _resolve_route_name(method: str, path: str) -> str | None:
+    from starlette.routing import Match
+
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app
+
+    scope: Final = {
+        "type": "http",
+        "method": method,
+        "path": path,
+        "headers": [],
+        "query_string": b"",
+        "root_path": "",
+    }
+    for route in app.router.routes:
+        if route.matches(scope)[0] == Match.FULL:
+            return getattr(route, "name", None)
+    return None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method, path",
+    [
+        ("POST", "/openai_passthrough/v1/files"),
+        ("GET", "/openai_passthrough/v1/files"),
+        ("GET", "/openai_passthrough/v1/files/file-abc123"),
+        ("DELETE", "/openai_passthrough/v1/files/file-abc123"),
+        ("GET", "/openai_passthrough/v1/files/file-abc123/content"),
+        ("POST", "/openai_passthrough/v1/batches"),
+        ("GET", "/openai_passthrough/v1/batches"),
+        ("GET", "/openai_passthrough/v1/batches/batch_abc123"),
+        ("POST", "/openai_passthrough/v1/batches/batch_abc123/cancel"),
+        ("POST", "/openai_passthrough/v1/responses"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_openai_passthrough_prefix_wins_over_native_provider_routes(method, path):
+    """
+    /openai_passthrough exists to guarantee passthrough, so the native
+    /{provider}/v1/files and /{provider}/v1/batches routes must never capture it
+    with provider="openai_passthrough" (which 500s on the LlmProviders lookup).
+    """
+    assert _resolve_route_name(method, path) == "openai_proxy_route"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method, path, expected_name",
+    [
+        ("POST", "/openai/v1/files", "create_file"),
+        ("GET", "/azure/v1/files", "list_files"),
+        ("POST", "/v1/files", "create_file"),
+        ("POST", "/v1/batches", "create_batch"),
+        ("POST", "/openai/v1/chat/completions", "openai_proxy_route"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_native_provider_routes_are_unchanged(method, path, expected_name):
+    assert _resolve_route_name(method, path) == expected_name
+
+
 class TestCursorProxyRoute:
     """Tests for the Cursor Cloud Agents pass-through route."""