NDIS Price Guide 2021

Understanding the NDIS Price Guide

Put simply, the NDIS Price Guide is an annual guide to the types of disability support services that are funded by NDIS budgets, including the cap (or maximum price) a service can cost.

Despite it’s name, the price guide does not contain prices. Instead, it outlines policy information and guidance for NDIS stakeholders. There is just one price guide published annually, and it is applicable to all states and territories.

According to the NDIS website, the Price Guide helps participants and providers “to understand the way that price controls for supports and services work in the NDIS.”

The Price Guide can be an overwhelming document to navigate. There are hundreds of types of support, with codes and numbers scattered everywhere. Despite its sometimes confusing nature, the NDIS Price Guide is a very important document that allows you to gain the most choice and control from your plan as possible.

Download the NDIS Price Guide 2020-21

How does pricing work?

This question is exactly why the Price Guide exists! If you are wondering why some services and supports cost more than others, the NDIS Price Guide is an important document to stay on top of.

In short, price caps or limits are set by the NDIA to ensure that participants are receiving value for the money from their NDIS plans. The prices are based on a number of factors including market trends, positions and NDIS performance data.

Changes to prices are generally updated annually through an Annual Price Review. The annual NDIS Price Guide is published and effective from July 1 every year.

If you self-manage your NDIS plan, it is important to stay abreast of any changes to the price guide document – and amendments are often made. However if you utilise a plan manager (like MyIntegra), they will make sure you are getting the most value out of your plan without you having to nit-pick through the guide.

Download: NDIS Pricing Strategy 2020-21 (DOCX)

Benefit from using a plan manager

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  • More Choice and Control! You can choose to use the providers want (NDIS registered or unregistered), so you have more control over how you spend your NDIS funds.
  • It’s FREE for you to use. There’s no cost to you when you have ‘plan management’ or ‘Improved life choices’ included in your plan, as it’s funded separately.
  • Use a plan manager for all or parts of your NDIS plan in combination with other management types.
  • Less hassle, admin, paperwork, and no need to deal with the NDIS portal or call centre.

NDIS Budgets and Funding Categories

The three support budget types in a NDIS plan

Supports and services fall into three types of budgets within your NDIS plan. These are:

  • Core Supports budget
  • Capacity Building Supports budget
  • Capital Supports budget

Download: Fact Sheet - NDIS budgets and funding categories (PDF)

 

There are 15 broad support categories which the NDIS can give you funding for to pay a range of services and products. Each fit into one of the budget areas listed above.

We’ll explore which supports are ‘stated supports’, where the funds are allocated for a specific item, and the various flexible options you have for using your funds to pay for your disability services.

Price Guide Updates

What's the difference between the Price Guide and Support Catalogue?

The NDIS Price Guide and Support Catalogue are released at the same time.

If you think of the Price Guide as which supports and services are available, the Support Catalogue acts as a cold, hard price list.

Learn more about the Support Catalogue here.