NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits - Latest Update
- Jackie
- Nov 26
- 3 min read
Latest Update: 24/11/2025
If you're involved in the NDIS sector, whether as a participant, family member, support coordinator, or provider keeping up with pricing changes can feel overwhelming. The NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits Guide is regularly updated, and each version brings important adjustments that affect how supports are funded and delivered.
Key Changes for NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits:
The latest guide introduces several noteworthy changes that could impact your funding, service delivery, or business operations. From adjustments to therapy rates and travel claiming processes to new frameworks for respite and community participation, these updates are designed to improve clarity and consistency across the scheme.
We've carefully reviewed the entire document and distilled the most important updates into this comprehensive breakdown. Whether you're trying to understand how these changes affect your plan, or you're a provider adapting your service delivery, this guide will help you navigate the latest pricing arrangements with confidence.
Let's dive into the key changes you need to know about.
Change to the price limit for Art Therapist and Music Therapist (Page 96) | Reduction from $193.99 per hour to $156.16 per hour |
Updated guidelines for community, social and recreational activities (Page 66) and community participation activities (Page 80) | Amendment to include that providers may not use this support for:
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Innovative Community Participation (Page 79) | Designed for supports that are tailored for each person to assist with community participation (not subject to a price limit)
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Update guides for Claiming of ‘Other Professional’ line items (Page 95) | This can only be used if no specific category exists for the service delivered Providers must:
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Updates on provider travel claiming (page 21) | Travel must be agreed upon:
Up to 30m of travel can be charged each way for (MMM1-3) Up to 1 hour of travel can be charged for each way (MMM4-5)
For providers: Travel time must be charged separately Therapy support can only charge for 50% of the time travelled
Tips and tricks: Apportioning/splitting the cost of travel across multiple participants (if you are planning on visiting on the same day) |
Short Term Respite (Page 52) | Previously known as short term accommodation, pricing arrangement still lists this though NDIS have released an updated short term respite guideline
Short term respite (STR) allows you to have time apart, for at least one night, from your primary informal supports who give you significant daily support. This provides the opportunity for you to be supported by someone else, while giving your primary informal supports a short break from their usual caring responsibilities
Might look like:
Can’t be used for
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High Intensive Supports (page 41) | Plan Managed participants must use a provider who has completed Module 2A during the provision of intensive and complex behaviour supports, or when delivering restrictive practice
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