diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
index 361908aaf1..e5fdbf802e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ model_list:
 - litellm_params:
     api_base: http://0.0.0.0:8080
     api_key: ''
-    model: openai/my-fake-model
+    model: gpt-4o
     rpm: 800
-  model_name: gpt-3.5-turbo-fake-model
+    input_cost_per_token: 300
+  model_name: gpt-4o
 - model_name: llama3-70b-8192
   litellm_params:
     model: groq/llama3-70b-8192
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 8d9884d1f0..b54d70dbbf 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ from litellm.types.llms.openai import (
     Thread,
 )
 from litellm.types.router import (
+    SPECIAL_MODEL_INFO_PARAMS,
     AlertingConfig,
     AllowedFailsPolicy,
     AssistantsTypedDict,
@@ -3794,7 +3795,7 @@ class Router:
         deployment = Deployment(
             **model,
             model_name=_model_name,
-            litellm_params=_litellm_params,  # type: ignore
+            litellm_params=LiteLLM_Params(**_litellm_params),
             model_info=_model_info,
         )
 
diff --git a/litellm/types/router.py b/litellm/types/router.py
index e6864ffe2e..78d516d6c7 100644
--- a/litellm/types/router.py
+++ b/litellm/types/router.py
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ class DeploymentTypedDict(TypedDict):
     litellm_params: LiteLLMParamsTypedDict
 
 
+SPECIAL_MODEL_INFO_PARAMS = ["input_cost_per_token", "output_cost_per_token"]
+
+
 class Deployment(BaseModel):
     model_name: str
     litellm_params: LiteLLM_Params
@@ -342,6 +345,16 @@ class Deployment(BaseModel):
             model_info = ModelInfo()
         elif isinstance(model_info, dict):
             model_info = ModelInfo(**model_info)
+
+        for (
+            key
+        ) in (
+            SPECIAL_MODEL_INFO_PARAMS
+        ):  # ensures custom pricing info is consistently in 'model_info'
+            field = getattr(litellm_params, key, None)
+            if field is not None:
+                setattr(model_info, key, field)
+
         super().__init__(
             model_info=model_info,
             model_name=model_name,