diff --git a/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.test.ts b/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.test.ts
index 2ce6d6f74eff..b22625b7e490 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.test.ts
@@ -258,4 +258,32 @@ describe("usage pricing", () => {
     expect(lookupRate(table, "provider-b/example-model")?.inputCostPerToken).toBe(3);
     expect(lookupRate(table, "example-model")).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("prices a bare name at the model maker's rate when a reseller marks it up", () => {
+    const reseller = { "kyma/gemini-4-argon": rate(5.4e-6) };
+    const makers = {
+      "gemini/gemini-4-argon": rate(2e-6, 1e-7),
+      "vertex_ai/gemini-4-argon": rate(2e-6, 1e-7),
+    };
+
+    for (const document of [
+      { ...reseller, ...makers },
+      { ...makers, ...reseller },
+    ]) {
+      const table = parseRateTable(document);
+      expect(lookupRate(table, "gemini-4-argon")).toEqual(
+        lookupRate(table, "gemini/gemini-4-argon"),
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a bare name unpriced when model makers' own entries disagree", () => {
+    const table = parseRateTable({
+      "openai/example-model": rate(1),
+      "xai/example-model": rate(3),
+      "kyma/example-model": rate(1),
+    });
+
+    expect(lookupRate(table, "example-model")).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.ts b/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.ts
index fa512218d7c0..1f515abb736c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/usage/usagePricing.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ function fastMultiplier(entry: LiteLlmEntry): number | null {
   return fast !== null && fast > 0 ? fast : null;
 }
 
+// LiteLLM prefixes for the model makers' own APIs; their price beats a cloud's or reseller's for a bare name.
+const FIRST_PARTY_PROVIDERS = new Set([
+  "anthropic",
+  "deepseek",
+  "gemini",
+  "meta",
+  "mistral",
+  "openai",
+  "xai",
+]);
+
 /** Drops models missing input or output rates to avoid understating cost. */
 export function parseRateTable(document: unknown): RateTable {
   const table = new Map<string, ModelRate>();
@@ -113,18 +124,19 @@ export function parseRateTable(document: unknown): RateTable {
     });
   }
 
-  const aliasCandidates = new Map<string, ModelRate | null>();
+  const aliasCandidates = new Map<string, { rate: ModelRate | null; firstParty: boolean }>();
   for (const [key, rate] of table) {
     const alias = bareModelName(key);
     if (alias.length === 0 || alias === key || table.has(alias)) continue;
+    const firstParty = FIRST_PARTY_PROVIDERS.has(key.slice(0, key.indexOf("/")));
     const held = aliasCandidates.get(alias);
-    if (held === undefined) {
-      aliasCandidates.set(alias, rate);
-    } else if (held !== null) {
-      aliasCandidates.set(alias, mergeAliasRate(held, rate));
+    if (held === undefined || (firstParty && !held.firstParty)) {
+      aliasCandidates.set(alias, { rate, firstParty });
+    } else if (held.rate !== null && firstParty === held.firstParty) {
+      aliasCandidates.set(alias, { rate: mergeAliasRate(held.rate, rate), firstParty });
     }
   }
-  for (const [alias, rate] of aliasCandidates) {
+  for (const [alias, { rate }] of aliasCandidates) {
     if (rate !== null) table.set(alias, rate);
   }