diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
index 13103c85a0..d9d3d56f79 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ def get_llm_provider(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 custom_llm_provider = "openai"
                 return model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base
 
+        # Handle vertex_ai prefix - allows model format vertex_ai/claude-3-7-sonnet@20250219
+        if model.split("/", 1)[0].lower() == "vertex_ai":
+            base_model = model.split("/", 1)[1]
+            custom_llm_provider = "vertex_ai"
+            return base_model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base
+
         ### Handle cases when custom_llm_provider is set to cohere/command-r-plus but it should use cohere_chat route
         model, custom_llm_provider = handle_cohere_chat_model_custom_llm_provider(
             model, custom_llm_provider
diff --git a/litellm/tests/local_testing/test_vertex_ai_provider.py b/litellm/tests/local_testing/test_vertex_ai_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50440b3d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/local_testing/test_vertex_ai_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../..")))
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.get_llm_provider_logic import get_llm_provider
+from litellm.cost_calculator import completion_cost
+
+
+class TestVertexAIProvider(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Ensure vertex_ai is in the provider list for testing
+        if "vertex_ai" not in [p.value for p in litellm.provider_list]:
+            # This is a mock addition just for testing
+            litellm.provider_list.append(litellm.types.utils.LlmProviders("vertex_ai"))
+
+    def test_get_llm_provider_vertex_ai(self):
+        """Test get_llm_provider correctly identifies 'vertex_ai/' prefix."""
+        # Case with vertex_ai prefix
+        model, provider, _, _ = get_llm_provider(model="vertex_ai/claude-3-7-sonnet@20250219")
+        self.assertEqual(model, "claude-3-7-sonnet@20250219")
+        self.assertEqual(provider, "vertex_ai")
+        
+    # No need to test model name formatting anymore - we're now using the original model name
+        
+    def test_end_to_end_cost_calculation(self):
+        """Test the end-to-end cost calculation pipeline for vertex_ai models with date formats."""
+        # Create a mock response object with usage information
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.usage = {"prompt_tokens": 100, "completion_tokens": 50}
+        
+        # This is a simple test that verifies the cost calculation process doesn't fail 
+        # and that the model name with @ symbol works correctly with the vertex_ai provider
+        try:
+            # We're not testing the actual cost values here, just that the pipeline executes without error
+            completion_cost(
+                completion_response=mock_response,
+                model="vertex_ai/claude-3-sonnet@20240229",  # Use a model known to exist in the database
+                custom_llm_provider="vertex_ai"
+            )
+            success = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            success = False
+            # Avoid using print for linting reasons
+            error_msg = f"Cost calculation failed: {str(e)}"
+            self.fail(error_msg)
+        
+        self.assertTrue(success, "Cost calculation should complete without errors")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()