NDIS Price Guide 2025-26: Plain English
Updated for the 2025-26 NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits. This is a working guide for independent support workers, not legal advice. Always confirm rates against the current NDIA pricing document.
How NDIS pricing actually works
The NDIS sets a price limit for each support item, not a fixed rate. You can charge up to that limit. Almost every support item has five time-of-day variants:
- Weekday Daytime - 6am to 8pm Monday to Friday
- Weekday Evening - 8pm to midnight Monday to Friday (and overnight 12am-6am)
- Saturday - all day Saturday
- Sunday - all day Sunday
- Public Holiday - declared public holidays in the state where support is delivered
If a single shift crosses two periods (e.g. 5pm-10pm on a Tuesday), you bill the hours in each period separately. This is the #1 source of underbilling for new independent workers.
Most-used support items
| Item code | Support | Rate (per hr) |
|---|---|---|
| 01_011_0107_1_1 | Assistance with Self-Care - Weekday Daytime | $70.23 |
| 01_015_0107_1_1 | Assistance with Self-Care - Weekday Evening | $77.38 |
| 01_013_0107_1_1 | Assistance with Self-Care - Saturday | $98.83 |
| 01_014_0107_1_1 | Assistance with Self-Care - Sunday | $127.16 |
| 01_012_0107_1_1 | Assistance with Self-Care - Public Holiday | $155.49 |
| 04_104_0125_6_1 | Access Community Social and Rec - Weekday Daytime | $67.56 |
| 04_590_0125_6_1 | Group Activities (1:2 ratio) - Weekday | $36.13 |
Rates shown apply to most states (excluding remote/very remote loadings). Confirm against the official price guide for your area.
Travel and km
You can claim two things related to travel, if it's stated in the participant's plan:
- Provider travel - labour: the time spent driving between participants, billed at the relevant support item rate (with state-specific MMM caps on duration).
- Provider travel - non-labour costs: $0.99 per km in MMM 1-3 areas, $0.85 per km in MMM 4-5 areas.
Cancellations and no-shows
If a participant cancels with less than 7 clear days notice, you can claim 100% of the agreed fee, as long as you've made reasonable efforts to fill the slot and your service agreement covers it.
Common billing mistakes
- Charging weekday rate for an evening shift. A 5pm-9pm shift has 3 hours weekday + 1 hour evening.
- Forgetting public holidays. ANZAC Day, Melbourne Cup (VIC), King's Birthday - these all attract the public holiday rate.
- Missing the line item on the invoice. Plan managers reject invoices without the full 13-character support item code.
- Billing travel without it being in the service agreement. Always confirm with the participant first.
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