diff --git a/src/web-server/models-dev/pricing-resolver.ts b/src/web-server/models-dev/pricing-resolver.ts
index 26733980..daad1c92 100644
--- a/src/web-server/models-dev/pricing-resolver.ts
+++ b/src/web-server/models-dev/pricing-resolver.ts
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ export function resolveModelsDevPricing(
   const provider = options.provider ?? prefixed.provider;
   const modelId = prefixed.model;
 
-  return (
-    resolveProviderModel(registry, provider, modelId) ?? resolveUnambiguousModel(registry, modelId)
-  );
+  if (provider) {
+    return resolveProviderModel(registry, provider, modelId);
+  }
+
+  return resolveUnambiguousModel(registry, modelId);
 }
 
 export function getKnownModelsDevModels(): string[] {
diff --git a/tests/unit/model-pricing.test.ts b/tests/unit/model-pricing.test.ts
index 8e1141a0..baa7e11a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/model-pricing.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/model-pricing.test.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ describe('model-pricing', () => {
               name: 'GPT-5.5',
               cost: { input: 5, output: 30, cache_read: 0.5 },
             },
+            'openai-exclusive-model': {
+              id: 'openai-exclusive-model',
+              name: 'OpenAI Exclusive Model',
+              cost: { input: 9, output: 18 },
+            },
           },
         },
         'github-copilot': {
@@ -373,6 +378,18 @@ describe('model-pricing', () => {
       expect(hasCustomPricing('gpt-5.5', { provider: 'openai' })).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('does not use another provider pricing when explicit provider lookup misses', () => {
+      const fallback = getModelPricing('unknown-model-xyz');
+
+      expect(getModelPricing('openai-exclusive-model', { provider: 'github-copilot' })).toEqual(
+        fallback
+      );
+      expect(getModelPricing('github-copilot/openai-exclusive-model')).toEqual(fallback);
+      expect(hasCustomPricing('openai-exclusive-model', { provider: 'github-copilot' })).toBe(
+        false
+      );
+    });
+
     it('calculates cost with provider-aware models.dev pricing', () => {
       const usage: TokenUsage = {
         inputTokens: 1_000_000,