diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
index 953d7075908..83f0ebde0fb 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesGroup.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { useRulesAccess } from '../../utils/accessControlHooks';
 import { GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, getRulesSourceName, isCloudRulesSource } from '../../utils/datasource';
 import { makeFolderLink } from '../../utils/misc';
 import { groups } from '../../utils/navigation';
-import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isPluginProvidedRule, rulerRuleType } from '../../utils/rules';
+import { isFederatedRuleGroup, isPluginProvidedRule, isUngroupedRuleGroup, rulerRuleType } from '../../utils/rules';
 import { CollapseToggle } from '../CollapseToggle';
 import { RuleLocation } from '../RuleLocation';
 import { GrafanaRuleFolderExporter } from '../export/GrafanaRuleFolderExporter';
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ interface Props {
   viewMode: ViewMode;
 }
 
-const NoGroupPrefix = 'no_group_for_rule_';
-const isNoGroup = (group: string) => group.startsWith(NoGroupPrefix);
-
 export const RulesGroup = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll, viewMode }: Props) => {
   const { rulesSource } = namespace;
   const rulesSourceName = getRulesSourceName(rulesSource);
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ export const RulesGroup = React.memo(({ group, namespace, expandAll, viewMode }:
   let groupName = <RuleLocation namespace={decodeGrafanaNamespace(namespace).name} group={group.name} />;
   if (isListView) {
     groupName = <RuleLocation namespace={decodeGrafanaNamespace(namespace).name} />;
-  } else if (isNoGroup(group.name)) {
+  } else if (isUngroupedRuleGroup(group.name)) {
     groupName = (
       <RuleLocation namespace={decodeGrafanaNamespace(namespace).name} group={`${group.rules[0].name} (Ungrouped)`} />
     );
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.test.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.test.ts
index 63c0cb62f04..33d26e2b707 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.test.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ import {
 
 import { GRAFANA_ORIGIN_LABEL } from './labels';
 import {
+  NO_GROUP_PREFIX,
   getRuleGroupLocationFromCombinedRule,
   getRuleGroupLocationFromRuleWithLocation,
   getRulePluginOrigin,
+  isUngroupedRuleGroup,
 } from './rules';
 
 describe('getRuleOrigin', () => {
@@ -123,3 +125,22 @@ describe('ruleGroupLocation', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('isUngroupedRuleGroup', () => {
+  it('should return true for group names starting with NO_GROUP_PREFIX', () => {
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('no_group_for_rule_abc123')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('no_group_for_rule_')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('no_group_for_rule_test-rule-uid')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for group names not starting with NO_GROUP_PREFIX', () => {
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('MyGroup')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('group-1')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for group names that contain but do not start with NO_GROUP_PREFIX', () => {
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('prefix_no_group_for_rule_abc123')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isUngroupedRuleGroup('MyGroup_no_group_for_rule_')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
index e3d35972be5..efd85a0b85e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
@@ -563,3 +563,6 @@ export function getRuleUID(rule?: RulerRuleDTO | Rule) {
 
   return ruleUid;
 }
+
+export const NO_GROUP_PREFIX = 'no_group_for_rule_';
+export const isUngroupedRuleGroup = (group: string): boolean => group.startsWith(NO_GROUP_PREFIX);