diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index f1484ff02e154..24a7daf29beec 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -1677,6 +1677,10 @@ object CollapseProject extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with AliasHelper {
       }
     // Alias and ExtractValue are very cheap.
     case _: Alias | _: ExtractValue => e.children.forall(isCheap)
+    // `Collate` only re-tags the collation in the type; at runtime it is a pass-through
+    // (eval/genCode delegate to the child) and never evaluates its collation argument, so it is
+    // as cheap to duplicate as its value child.
+    case c: Collate => isCheap(c.child)
     case _ => false
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
index 25c310ab7300e..d0d62695ea9cf 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.api.python.PythonEvalType
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, CreateArray, Expression, GetArrayItem, PythonUDF, Rand, UpdateFields}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Collate, CreateArray, Expression, GetArrayItem, Literal, PythonUDF, Rand, ResolvedCollation, Substring, UpdateFields}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.PlanTest
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
@@ -364,4 +364,17 @@ class CollapseProjectSuite extends PlanTest {
 
     comparePlans(optimized, expected)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-59413: Collate is cheap when its value child is cheap") {
+    // `Collate` is a pure passthrough: `eval` delegates to the child and the collation argument
+    // is never evaluated, so `isCheap` mirrors the value child's cheapness.
+    val col = $"s".string
+    assert(CollapseProject.isCheap(col))
+    assert(CollapseProject.isCheap(Collate(col, ResolvedCollation("UTF8_LCASE"))))
+
+    // A non-cheap value child stays non-cheap through `Collate` (the SPARK-40228 guard is intact).
+    val nonCheap = Substring(col, Literal(1), Literal(5))
+    assert(!CollapseProject.isCheap(nonCheap))
+    assert(!CollapseProject.isCheap(Collate(nonCheap, ResolvedCollation("UTF8_LCASE"))))
+  }
 }