Every 1 July, the NDIS releases a new price guide setting the maximum rates providers can charge for supports. The 2026-27 NDIS price guide took effect on 1 July 2026, and it touches almost every support type Kanda delivers, from everyday support work through to nursing, therapy and support coordination.

If you’re an NDIS participant, family member, or a support coordinator, here’s what’s changed, what stayed the same, and what to check in your plan.

Key Updates at a Glance

New rates took effect 1 July 2026. The NDIA’s Annual Pricing Review sets a fresh National, Remote and Very Remote rate for nearly every support item, from support work through to therapy and nursing.

Your service agreement doesn’t update automatically. Providers are required to discuss any proposed price change with you and get your agreement before it applies, so a new rate shouldn’t appear on an invoice without a conversation first.

Support work rates rose across every time-of-day loading, with Standard support now $73.58 per hour on a weekday daytime and High Intensity support at $79.60 per hour, both scaling up through evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Nursing Supports pricing is tiered by qualification, from $103.44 per hour for an Enrolled Nurse up to $183.15 per hour for a Nurse Practitioner, weekday daytime.

Therapy pricing now tops out at $252.99 per hour for Psychology, with most other allied health disciplines sitting between $156 and $194 per hour for Direct Service.

A new Establishment Fee applies when starting personal care supports, a one-off $735.80 charge rather than an ongoing cost.
Remote and Very Remote loadings still apply on top of every rate, reflecting the added cost of delivering supports outside metro and regional areas.

A pricing determination Bill is before Parliament. Introduced 14 May 2026, it could hand the Minister for the NDIS binding pricing-setting power in future, building on this year’s review.

Understanding the 2026-27 NDIS Price Guide

Each year, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) carries out an Annual Pricing Review to decide what it considers reasonable pricing for NDIS supports. The result is published as the NDIS Pricing Schedule, sometimes still referred to by its older name, NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits. Providers use this document, not their own judgement, to set what they charge.

The current NDIS price guide is effective from 1 July 2026. It sets the National price ceiling for each support item, with higher amounts automatically applying in NDIA-classified Remote and Very Remote areas to reflect the extra cost of delivering services there.

A quick but important point: a provider cannot simply apply new NDIS prices to your existing service agreement. We’re required to talk with you about any proposed price changes, and you need to agree to them before they take effect.

How NDIS Pricing Guidelines Work

The NDIS pricing guidelines exist to keep prices fair for participants while realistic for the workforce delivering support. A few principles sit behind every NDIS price guide release.

Prices are a ceiling, not a fixed fee. Providers can charge up to the published NDIS price, not necessarily that exact amount. Kanda’s pricing reflects the schedule, and we’re upfront about it.

Rates change by time and day. Nearly every support item has a different rate for weekday daytime, evening, night, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, reflecting standard sector wage loadings.

Location affects price. The NDIS price arrangements include separate National, Remote and Very Remote columns, so where you live can change your rate.

A provider can’t change your price without asking you first. This is the one rule that matters most in practice: providers are required to discuss any proposed price change with you, and you need to agree before it’s applied to your service agreement. If you have a service agreement with Kanda, expect a conversation from your local team before any new rate takes effect for you.

A pricing determination may be on the way. On 14 May 2026, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 was introduced to Parliament. If passed, it would give the Minister for the NDIS the power to make binding pricing determinations, informed by NDIA advice, rather than the current annual review process. This year’s schedule may end up forming the basis for that shift. Worth knowing, not worth worrying about yet.

NDIS Prices for Domestic Assistance

If Domestic Assistance or Assistance with Daily Life is part of your NDIS-funded home care supports, the current NDIS prices are:

NDIS Price Guide for Allied Health and Therapy

The 2026-27 Annual Pricing Review didn’t apply a single across-the-board increase to therapy. Instead, the NDIA benchmarked each profession against external market data, primarily Medicare Benefits Schedule and private health insurance rates, and moved prices individually where the evidence supported it.

What went up. Psychology is the only therapy discipline to receive an increase this year. The rate rises 8.6 percent, after the NDIA found the previous NDIS rate sat below the median of comparable Medicare and private health insurance rates.

What went down. Dietitian pricing dropped after the NDIA found NDIS rates sitting materially above equivalent Medicare and private health benchmarks. Exercise Physiology drops from $166.99 to $161.99 per hour for the same reason. The “Other Professional” category, used when a therapist’s specific discipline isn’t separately listed, is reduced and re-anchored to the Counselling rate at $156.16 per hour. 

What stayed the same. Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Audiology are all held at their current rates. The NDIA’s benchmarking found these already sit within, or close enough to, observed market rates that no adjustment was justified this year.

What’s new. Orientation and Mobility Specialists now have their own dedicated line item for the first time, priced at $156.16 per hour, rather than being billed under the catch-all “Other Professional” category. Separately, therapy invoicing itself has changed structurally: Provider Travel, Non-Face-to-Face time (preparation, documentation, NDIA-requested reports) and Telehealth are now distinct, separately claimable line items rather than being bundled into a single therapy charge.