NDIS guide

NDIS Pricing Arrangements explained for providers

The NDIS Pricing Arrangements set the most you can charge for each support. Limits for 2026–27 apply from 1 July 2026, with a 40% loading in remote areas and 50% in very remote areas.

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Last reviewed 27 October 2026 by the AppliQ Team. Check the sources below for the latest rules.

What the Pricing Arrangements are

The NDIA publishes the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, with a Pricing Schedule listing every support item and its price limit. Registered providers can't charge more than the limit for an NDIA-managed or plan-managed participant.

Price limits usually change once a year, from 1 July. Supports delivered before a change keep the old price, so claims must use the price in force on the day of the support.

Remote and very remote loadings

The limit depends on where the support is delivered, not where your organisation is based. For 2026–27, remote limits are 140% of the national limit and very remote limits are 150%.

AreaLoadingExample: weekday self-care, per hour
National—$73.58
Remote40%$103.01
Very remote50%$110.37

Time-of-day and day-of-week rates

Many supports have different limits for weekday daytime, weekday evening, weekday night, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. The rate follows when the support was delivered.

Getting it right every time

  • Price from the participant's location for every support.
  • Apply the time-of-service rate from the shift's date and time.
  • Load new price limits with their effective date, never over the old ones.
  • Keep your own rates within the limit for each item you deliver.

How Care Nexus helps

Care Nexus prices every line from the NDIS Pricing Arrangements, so your team never looks up a price limit.

  • The National, Remote or Very Remote price limit is applied from the participant's location and the claim type.
  • The time-of-service rate is applied from the date and time of the support: weekday daytime, evening or night, Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
  • When the NDIA publishes new price limits, line items update with the correct effective date. Supports delivered earlier keep their original price.
  • Each support item keeps its current, upcoming and past rates, with a preview of a price change's impact.
  • You add only the supports you deliver and set your own rates within the limits.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions.

When do NDIS price limits change?

Usually from 1 July each year, when the NDIA publishes a new Pricing Schedule.

Does the remote loading follow the provider or the participant?

It follows where the support is delivered.

Does Care Nexus update NDIS price limits automatically?

Yes. New price limits are applied from their effective date, and supports delivered before the change keep their original price.

Does Care Nexus apply remote loadings?

Yes. The Remote or Very Remote price limit is applied from where the participant lives, without manual selection.

Put it into practice

How Care Nexus handles it.

  • NDIS claims

    Bulk payment files for NDIA-managed participants, invoices for plan- and self-managed.

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  • Price limits and budgets

    Location and time-of-service pricing, automatic price updates and budgets by plan type.

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  • NDIS pricing

    Plans for NDIS providers.

    See pricing

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