On this page:
- NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits
- Addenda
- Bereavement Addendum
- COVID Addendum
- Group and Centre Based Social and Community Participation Supports – Pricing Transition
- Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide
- Pricing Arrangements for Specialist Disability Accommodation
- Disability Support Worker Cost Model
- Pricing updates
NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits
NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (previously the NDIS Price Guide) assist participants and disability support providers in understanding how price controls for supports and services work in the NDIS.
Price regulation is in place to ensure that participants receive value for money in the supports that they receive.
The Support Catalogue lists all available supports providers can use when lodging a payment request.
It also provides information on the current (and previous) price limits for each support item and indicates which claim types (travel, non-face-to-face, etc.) apply for each price-limited support item.
Price limits are the maximum prices that registered providers can charge NDIS participants for specific supports.
Participants and providers can negotiate lower prices. The rules outlined in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits must be followed when supports are delivered to NDIA-managed or plan-managed participants.
The NDIA regularly updates pricing arrangements.
NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2024-25 (PDF 1.3MB) - effective 1 October 2024
NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2024-25 (DOCX 381KB) - effective 1 October 2024
NDIS Support Catalogue 2024-25 (XLSX 547KB) - effective 1 October 2024
Addenda
Bereavement Addendum
The NDIS Bereavement Addendum lists support items that providers can claim after an NDIS participant has died.
The NDIS Bereavement Addendum is not a standalone document and must be read in conjunction with NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
- NDIS Bereavement Addendum 2024-25 (PDF 176MB) - effective 1 July 2024
- NDIS Bereavement Addendum 2024-25 (DOCX 71KB) - effective 1 July 2024
COVID Addendum
The COVID Addendum contains temporary measures introduced in direct response to the coronavirus pandemic and the regions and dates the measures are applicable.
The COVID Addendum is not a standalone document and must be read in conjunction with NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
- COVID Addendum (PDF 218KB) – effective 1 July 2024
- COVID Addendum (DOCX 76KB) – effective 1 July 2024
Group and Centre Based Social and Community Participation Supports – Pricing Transition
The transitional pricing arrangements for group and centre based social and community participation supports end on 31 December 2023.
The new pricing arrangements must be used from 1 January 2024
A range of resources are available to support transition.
- You can download guidance for providers who deliver group and centre based social and community participation supports. You can also find more information and answers to frequently asked questions in our video presentation series published here.
- The pricing changes may require some participants to enter new service agreements or update their schedule of supports. To help explain the changes to participants, you can download a participant guide or easy read participant guide.
- Plan managers can download the plan manager fact sheet to help understand the pricing change from an invoicing and claiming perspective.
Resources
- Group-Based Supports Transition Guidance (DOCX 772KB)
- Group-Based Supports Transition Guidance (PDF 464KB)
- Easy Read Group-Based Supports Participant Guide (DOCX 61KB)
- Easy Read Group-Based Supports Participant Guide (PDF 5.222MB)
- Group-Based Supports Participant Guide (DOCX 240KB)
- Group Based Supports Participant Guide (PDF 162KB)
- Group and Centre Based Supports - Information for Plan Managers (DOCX 64KB)
- Group and Centre Based Supports - Information for Plan Managers (PDF 147KB)
Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide
The Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide lists the most commonly used supports.
It is not a comprehensive list of all supports that may be provided as reasonable and necessary under the NDIS.
The following Code Guide will come into effect from 1 July 2024:
- Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide 2024-25 (PDF 635KB)
- Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide 2024-25 (DOCX 205KB)
Pricing Arrangements for Specialist Disability Accommodation
Pricing Arrangements for Specialist Disability Accommodation (previously the Price Guide for Specialist Disability Accommodation) is a summary of prices that apply to Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) under the NDIS.
Pricing arrangements for SDA can be found on the SDA pricing and payments page.
Disability Support Worker Cost Model
The cost model estimates the cost of delivering a billable hour of support taking into account all of the costs associated with every billable hour.
The NDIS Disability Support Worker Cost Model has been updated to better reflect the cost structures of efficient providers in the sector.
This model is the basis of the price limits set by the NDIA for supports delivered by disability support workers.
- NDIS Disability Support Worker Cost Model 2024-25 (PDF 465KB) - effective 1 October 2024
- NDIS Disability Support Worker Cost Model 2024-25 (DOCX 118KB) - effective 1 October 2024
Pricing updates
The NDIA regularly reviews and makes changes to pricing arrangements to ensure our approach:
- better meet the needs of participants, their families, carers and providers
- remains affordable and in place for future generations of Australians.
The NDIA is appointing an independent expert to review the NDIA pricing of music and art therapy compared with other allied health therapies.
Find more information on the Making pricing decisions page.