diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.cc b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.cc
index 214f3da6e6211..647f93e4e582d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.cc
@@ -289,15 +289,11 @@ MonitoredResourceResult MakeMonitoredResource(
   return MonitoredResourceResult{std::move(project_id), std::move(resource)};
 }
 
-void EnableGrpcMetrics(
+GrpcMetricsPluginConfig MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(performance-unnecessary-value-param)
+    opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource detected_resource,
     std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
     Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid) {
-  auto authority = options.get<AuthorityOption>();
-  if (!GrpcMetricsExporterRegistry::Singleton().Register(authority)) return;
-
-  auto detector = otel::MakeResourceDetector();
-  auto detected_resource = detector->Detect();
-
   auto dynamic_resource_fn =
       [options, client_uid, detected_resource = std::move(detected_resource)](
           opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::PointDataAttributes const& pda) {
@@ -357,7 +353,7 @@ void EnableGrpcMetrics(
   auto provider =
       MakeGrpcMeterProvider(std::move(exporter), std::move(reader_options));
 
-  auto const metrics = std::vector<std::string_view>{
+  auto metrics = std::vector<std::string_view>{
       std::string_view{"grpc.client.attempt.duration"},
       std::string_view{"grpc.lb.rls.default_target_picks"},
       std::string_view{"grpc.lb.rls.target_picks"},
@@ -370,13 +366,14 @@ void EnableGrpcMetrics(
       std::string_view{"grpc.subchannel.open_connections"},
   };
 
-  auto const disable_metrics = std::vector<std::string_view>{
+  auto disable_metrics = std::vector<std::string_view>{
       std::string_view{
           "grpc.client.attempt.sent_total_compressed_message_size"},
       std::string_view{
           "grpc.client.attempt.rcvd_total_compressed_message_size"},
   };
 
+  auto authority = options.get<AuthorityOption>();
   auto scope_filter =
       [authority = std::move(authority)](
           grpc::OpenTelemetryPluginBuilder::ChannelScope const& scope) {
@@ -386,15 +383,41 @@ void EnableGrpcMetrics(
                        << " vs expected authority=" << authority;
         return scope.default_authority() == authority;
       };
+
+  auto generic_method_filter = [](std::string_view target) {
+    return absl::StartsWith(target, "google.bigtable.v2");
+  };
+
+  return GrpcMetricsPluginConfig{
+      std::move(provider),        std::move(metrics),
+      std::move(disable_metrics), std::move(generic_method_filter),
+      std::move(scope_filter),
+  };
+}
+
+GrpcMetricsPluginConfig MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(
+    std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
+    Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid) {
+  auto detector = otel::MakeResourceDetector();
+  return MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(detector->Detect(), conn, options,
+                                     client_uid);
+}
+
+void EnableGrpcMetrics(
+    std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
+    Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid) {
+  auto const& authority = options.get<AuthorityOption>();
+  if (!GrpcMetricsExporterRegistry::Singleton().Register(authority)) return;
+
+  auto config = MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(conn, options, client_uid);
   auto status =
       grpc::OpenTelemetryPluginBuilder()
-          .SetMeterProvider(provider)
-          .EnableMetrics(metrics)
-          .DisableMetrics(disable_metrics)
-          .SetGenericMethodAttributeFilter([](std::string_view target) {
-            return absl::StartsWith(target, "google.bigtable.v2");
-          })
-          .SetChannelScopeFilter(std::move(scope_filter))
+          .SetMeterProvider(config.meter_provider)
+          .EnableMetrics(config.enabled_metrics)
+          .DisableMetrics(config.disabled_metrics)
+          .SetGenericMethodAttributeFilter(
+              std::move(config.generic_method_filter))
+          .SetChannelScopeFilter(std::move(config.channel_scope_filter))
           .BuildAndRegisterGlobal();
   if (!status.ok()) {
     GCP_LOG(ERROR) << "Cannot register provider status=" << status.ToString();
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.h b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.h
index 8ab268b7c2fb1..433679fb6b600 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.h
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter.h
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@
 #ifdef GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_BIGTABLE_WITH_GRPC_OTEL_METRICS
 #include "google/cloud/monitoring/v3/metric_connection.h"
 #include "google/api/monitored_resource.pb.h"
+#include <grpcpp/ext/otel_plugin.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/metrics/meter_provider.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/periodic_exporting_metric_reader.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/push_metric_exporter.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/resource/resource.h>
+#include <functional>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 #endif  // GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_BIGTABLE_WITH_GRPC_OTEL_METRICS
 
@@ -95,6 +98,24 @@ std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider> MakeGrpcMeterProvider(
     opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::PeriodicExportingMetricReaderOptions
         reader_options);
 
+struct GrpcMetricsPluginConfig {
+  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider> meter_provider;
+  std::vector<std::string_view> enabled_metrics;
+  std::vector<std::string_view> disabled_metrics;
+  std::function<bool(std::string_view)> generic_method_filter;
+  std::function<bool(grpc::OpenTelemetryPluginBuilder::ChannelScope const&)>
+      channel_scope_filter;
+};
+
+GrpcMetricsPluginConfig MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(
+    opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource detected_resource,
+    std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
+    Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid);
+
+GrpcMetricsPluginConfig MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(
+    std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
+    Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid);
+
 void EnableGrpcMetrics(
     std::shared_ptr<monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection> const& conn,
     Options const& options, std::string const& client_uid);
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter_test.cc b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter_test.cc
index b4452d66c751e..259c0da66ea72 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter_test.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/internal/grpc_metrics_exporter_test.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "google/cloud/bigtable/version.h"
 #include "google/cloud/grpc_options.h"
 #include "google/cloud/options.h"
+#include <grpc/event_engine/endpoint_config.h>
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/metrics/meter.h>
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ using ::testing::Ge;
 using ::testing::IsEmpty;
 using ::testing::Le;
 using ::testing::Not;
+using ::testing::NotNull;
 using ::testing::ResultOf;
 using ::testing::Return;
 using ::testing::SizeIs;
@@ -161,6 +163,19 @@ auto TestReaderOptions() {
   return reader_options;
 }
 
+class DummyEndpointConfig
+    : public grpc_event_engine::experimental::EndpointConfig {
+ public:
+  ~DummyEndpointConfig() override = default;
+  std::optional<int> GetInt(absl::string_view) const override {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+  std::optional<absl::string_view> GetString(absl::string_view) const override {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+  void* GetVoidPointer(absl::string_view) const override { return nullptr; }
+};
+
 class DummyMetricServiceConnection
     : public monitoring_v3::MetricServiceConnection {
  public:
@@ -393,6 +408,57 @@ TEST(GrpcMetricsExporterTest, ValidateGrpcClientAttemptDuration) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(GrpcMetricsExporterTest, ValidatePluginConfigArguments) {
+  Options options;
+  options.set<AuthorityOption>("custom-bigtable-authority.googleapis.com");
+  options.set<bigtable::AppProfileIdOption>("test-app-profile");
+  options.set<bigtable::MetricsPeriodOption>(std::chrono::seconds(60));
+  auto conn = std::make_shared<DummyMetricServiceConnection>();
+  std::string const client_uid = "test-client-uid";
+
+  auto config = MakeGrpcMetricsPluginConfig(conn, options, client_uid);
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(config.meter_provider, NotNull());
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      config.enabled_metrics,
+      ElementsAre("grpc.client.attempt.duration",
+                  "grpc.lb.rls.default_target_picks",
+                  "grpc.lb.rls.target_picks", "grpc.lb.rls.failed_picks",
+                  "grpc.xds_client.server_failure",
+                  "grpc.xds_client.resource_updates_invalid",
+                  "grpc.subchannel.disconnections",
+                  "grpc.subchannel.connection_attempts_succeeded",
+                  "grpc.subchannel.connection_attempts_failed",
+                  "grpc.subchannel.open_connections"));
+
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      config.disabled_metrics,
+      ElementsAre("grpc.client.attempt.sent_total_compressed_message_size",
+                  "grpc.client.attempt.rcvd_total_compressed_message_size"));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(config.generic_method_filter);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      config.generic_method_filter("google.bigtable.v2.Bigtable/ReadRows"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      config.generic_method_filter("google.bigtable.v2.Bigtable/MutateRow"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      config.generic_method_filter("google.storage.v2.Storage/ReadObject"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      config.generic_method_filter("google.spanner.v1.Spanner/ExecuteSql"));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(config.generic_method_filter(""));
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(config.channel_scope_filter);
+  DummyEndpointConfig endpoint_config;
+  grpc::OpenTelemetryPluginBuilder::ChannelScope matching_scope(
+      "custom-target", "custom-bigtable-authority.googleapis.com",
+      endpoint_config);
+  grpc::OpenTelemetryPluginBuilder::ChannelScope non_matching_scope(
+      "custom-target", "other-authority.googleapis.com", endpoint_config);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(config.channel_scope_filter(matching_scope));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(config.channel_scope_filter(non_matching_scope));
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_INLINE_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace bigtable_internal