What’s New in the 2025–26 NDIS Price Guide?

A Simple Guide to the NDIS Price Guide for Support Providers

🧾 What is the NDIS Price Guide?

The NDIS price guide, officially called the Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (PAPL), tells providers:
– How much they can charge
– What services they can claim for
– Which rules apply (like travel costs, cancellation fees, and therapy loadings)

📢 Key Updates for 2025–26

The NDIA has made some important changes this year. Here’s what you need to know:

💰 Support Worker Wages Are Going Up

Price limits for Disability Support Worker (DSW) supports are increasing. Why? Because:
– The minimum wage is going up
– The superannuation guarantee is rising to 11.5% on 1 July 2025

✅ What it means: Providers can now bill slightly more to keep up with rising wage costs.

🧠 Some Therapy and Psychology Rates Are Going Down

The NDIA has reduced price limits for certain therapy supports, including:
– Removing higher pricing loadings in WA, SA, Tasmania and NT for physio and psychology
– Cutting back travel allowances for therapists
– Stopping plan management set-up fees and remote loadings

❗ Why? The NDIA says some therapy services were being charged at premium NDIS rates, even when the same services are cheaper elsewhere in Australia.

🧭 What to do: Review your pricing and travel policies now — especially if you work in regional areas or deliver therapy services.

🏥 Increases for Coordination and Nursing

There’s some good news too — the NDIA is raising rates for:
– Level 1 Support Coordination
– Nursing services
– Some other specialised supports
– Psychologists in NSW, VIC, QLD and ACT

💡 These changes aim to make it easier to retain skilled professionals and deliver high-quality care.

🧱 A New Approach to Pricing Is Coming to the NDIS Price Guide

This year’s review included insights from the Independent Pricing Committee (IPC) — a group created by the Minister in late 2024. Their advice?

“NDIS pricing needs to be more flexible, based on the benefit to participants and the cost to providers — not just a flat hourly rate.”

This is called differentiated pricing, and it’s designed to better reflect the true value of different types of support.

📌 The NDIA will publish a full pricing roadmap in the coming months based on the IPC’s advice.

❗Important: Participant Plans Will Not Be Cut

Even though some price limits are dropping, participant funding will not be reduced. When someone gets a new plan, the rates will be updated — but the total funding will still match the support needs.

🛠️ What You Should Do Next

– 📄 Download the latest guide (link below)
– 🔄 Update your service pricing and agreements
– 👩‍🏫 Train your admin and rostering teams
– 💬 Talk to clients about what’s changing and why

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