NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limit Updates - 2026/27

When the NDIA releases a new Pricing Arrangements and Price Limit Updates document (colloquially known as the NDIS Price Guide), it often brings with it many changes.

Updates to the NDIS Price Guide outside of July 1 are also common. This article is used to communicate any and all changes in relation to updates related to the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits to SupportAbility subscribers.

For more information about how NDIS Price Guide updates are managed in SupportAbility, please review the following article:

  • How are NDIS Price Guides managed in SupportAbility

Audience: Authorised Representatives, Finance Team, Operations Management

Summary

The following list summarises the content of this article. Click on the links below to take you to the relevant sections:

v9.13.4 is now live: missing SIL provider travel item added and Allied Health modifier item numbers aligned to v1.1 of the 2026/27 Support Catalogue (published on the 17th of July, 2026)

Version 9.13.4 was released on the evening of Thursday, the 16th of July, 2026, and is now available.

This release delivers the two changes flagged in the update below, both of which came out of our cross-reference against version 1.1 of the 2026/27 Support Catalogue.

1. The missing SIL provider travel item (01_799_0138_1_1) has been added

As noted previously, 01_799_0138_1_1 (Provider travel - non-labour costs) was in the Pricing Schedule but missing from the original Support Catalogue, so it was not available in SupportAbility. It is now included in the updated catalogue and has been added into SupportAbility, so SIL providers who need it can allocate and claim against it.

2. The three Allied Health modifier item numbers have been updated to match v1.1 of the Support Catalogue

The Agency updated the item numbers for three Allied Health modifier items, effective from the 3rd of July, 2026, with no change to their names, prices or claiming behaviour. These have now been updated in SupportAbility:

  • 01_700_0118_1_3_CA is now 01_700_0118_1_3_CA2 (ECI Professional - Psychologist - Cancellation)
  • 01_700_0118_1_3_NF is now 01_700_0118_1_3_NF2 (ECI Professional - Psychologist - Non-Face-to-Face)
  • 12_027_0126_3_3_CA is now 12_027_0126_3_3_CA2 (Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Cancellation)

Any existing allocations for these items that had not yet been claimed have automatically moved to the new numbers. Allocations already signed off or claimed are not affected.

N.B. No action is required from subscribers. These items work exactly as they did before, and the change is limited to the underlying Support Item numbers so they stay aligned with the Agency.

3. SDA items (06_431_0131_2_2 and 06_432_0131_2_2) are now valid in the 2026/27 Price Guide and selectable again

Two Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) items in registration group 0131, 06_431_0131_2_2 (SDA - Quotable Amount) and 06_432_0131_2_2 (SDA Vacancy - Person-Specific Adjustment), were showing as invalid where already allocated, and could not be found in the Activity allocation lookup, for services dated on or after 1 July 2026. This release corrects their Support Category mapping so both items are now valid on existing allocations and selectable in the lookup for 2026/27 Activities.

N.B. If you deliver SDA supports and had allocations affected by this, they will now validate correctly. It is worth a quick review of any 2026/27 SDA allocations you were unable to complete while this was outstanding.

With this release, we are hopeful that we have now closed out the last of the July 2026 price guide changes. As always, we will keep this article updated if anything further comes to light.

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v1.1 2026/2027 Support Catalogue changes expected in SupportAbility v9.13.4 (published on the 14th of July, 2026)

While following up on the missing SIL provider travel item (01_799_0138_1_1) with NDIS Provider Support, they alerted us that the 2026/27 Support Catalogue had been updated to version 1.1, which includes the missing Support Item. 

This prompted us to cross-reference the updated catalogue against the version we originally imported, and that review identified both of the changes covered in this release.

1. Adding the missing SIL provider travel item (01_799_0138_1_1)

As noted in the update below, 01_799_0138_1_1 (Provider travel - non-labour costs) was present in the Pricing Schedule but missing from the Support Catalogue, so it was not available in SupportAbility. The updated catalogue now includes this item, and this release adds it into SupportAbility so SIL providers who need it can allocate and claim against it.

2. Allied Health modifier item numbers updated to match v1.1 of the 2026/27 Support Catalogue

Our cross-reference of the updated catalogue found that the Agency has updated the item numbers for three Allied Health modifier items, effective from the 3rd of July, 2026, with no change to their names, prices or claiming behaviour. Only the Support Item numbers have changed:

  • 01_700_0118_1_3_CA becomes 01_700_0118_1_3_CA2 (ECI Professional - Psychologist - Cancellation)
  • 01_700_0118_1_3_NF becomes 01_700_0118_1_3_NF2 (ECI Professional - Psychologist - Non-Face-to-Face)
  • 12_027_0126_3_3_CA becomes 12_027_0126_3_3_CA2 (Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Cancellation)

This release updates these three items to their new numbers so they continue to match the Support Catalogue. Any existing allocations for these items that have not yet been claimed will automatically be moved to the new numbers. Allocations that have already been signed off on or claimed are not affected.

N.B. No action is required from subscribers. These items continue to work exactly as they do today, and the change is limited to the underlying Support Item numbers so they stay aligned with the Agency.

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v9.13.3 is now live: Allied Health modifier and cancellation items claiming correctly, SIL category mapping and other corrections, plus missing SIL provider travel item being re-added (published on the 13th of July, 2026)

Version 9.13.3 was released on the evening of Thursday, the 9th of July, 2026, and is now available. 

This release implements the change flagged in the update below, along with several related corrections from our 2026/27 catalogue review and provider testing.

This release:

  • Reverts the _NF, _PT, _RR and _TH Allied Health modifier items to Standard Service, so no Claim Type is populated on export and the items are submitted as a Direct Service. 
    • This resolves the PACE rejections and was confirmed in provider testing for both PACE and non-PACE participants. This applies to NDIS Support Allocations, External Invoices, BPRs, Client Funding Statements and Invoice Batches.
  • Changes the _CA cancellation items so the in-product workflow is unchanged. Staff can still mark the Client absent and select a Cancellation Reason, which is retained against the record, but the item now exports as a Direct Service with the Claim Type cleared and no cancellation reason or code transmitted. 
    • The reason is retained internally only, and does not appear in the BPR, Client Funding Statements or Invoice Batches.
    • External invoices using these items will map to Standard Service only for claiming accuracy.
  • Corrects the Support Category mapping for the 15 SIL (0138) items, so they now sit under the correct Support Category and carry the correct Claim Types in line with the 2026/27 Support Catalogue.
  • Adds the Claim Type to the Description field of the Xero Invoice Batch export (for example, "SN Cancellation-Non-Face-To-Face"), so the cancellation lines carry enough detail for Plan Managers to reconcile them.
  • Aligns two Support Item names with the 2026/27 Support Catalogue wording.

N.B. Short-notice cancellations for supports outside the Allied Health modifier items are unaffected and continue to work as they do today.

We have also identified that 01_799_0138_1_1 , while in the Pricing Schedule, is missing in the Support Catalogue and is therefore not available in SupportAbility. We have contacted NDIS Provider Support regarding this, and will be adding this into SupportAbility with the upgrade to 9.13.4, release date TBC. 

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Allied Health modifier items to revert to Standard Service for correct claiming, coming in v9.13.3 (published on the 8th of July, 2026)

Following the release of the Allied Health modifier Support Items, we identified an issue affecting how these items are claimed for participants with PACE funding.

The 2026/27 Support Catalogue publishes each Allied Health modifier (Cancellation, Non-Face-to-Face, Provider Travel, NDIA Requested Reports and Telehealth) as a separate Support Item, identified by its suffix. The Agency validates each of these as a Direct Service, with no Claim Type expected on the claim. The item number itself carries the modifier meaning.

When we introduced the suffixed items, each was mapped to a specific Claim Type. We have since found that populating a Claim Type against these items causes PACE to reject the claim, returning a "not allowed for this claim type selection" error. Non-PACE (portal) claims were tolerating the populated value, but PACE enforces that it be blank.

Provider testing confirmed that clearing the Claim Type resolves the rejections, with claims then processing successfully for both PACE and non-PACE participants.

To correct this, an upcoming release, version 9.13.3, will:

  • Revert the _NF, _PT, _RR and _TH modifier items to Standard Service, so no Claim Type is populated on the export and the items are submitted as a Direct Service. 
    • This applies to NDIS Support Allocations, External Invoices, BPRs, Client Funding Statements, and Invoice Batches.
  • Change the _CA cancellation items so that the in-product workflow is unchanged (staff can still mark the Client absent and select a Cancellation Reason, which is retained against the record), but the item exports as Standard Service with the Claim Type cleared and no cancellation reason or code transmitted. The reason is retained internally only.
    • This applies to BPRs, Client Funding Statements, and Invoice Batches.

IMPORTANT - If you deliver the affected Allied Health supports for participants with PACE funding, you may see claim rejections until this release is available. We recommend holding off on claiming these items through PACE until v9.13.3 is in place. We will update this article to confirm once the release is live.

N.B. Short-notice cancellations for supports outside the Allied Health modifier items are unaffected and continue to work as they do today.

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Allied Health modifier Support Items are now available following the v9.13.2 fix (published on the 8th of July, 2026)

Following the release of the Allied Health modifier Support Items in v9.13.1, we identified two issues:

  1. The base Support Item (the item with no suffix) was left open to any Claim Type, rather than being restricted to Standard Service.
  2. The _CA Cancellation modifier items had not been added.

These were corrected in version 9.13.2, released on the evening of the 7th of July, 2026, and available from the morning of the 8th of July. 

This release:

  • Mapped the base Support Item (no suffix) to Standard Service only, so it can no longer be selected against an incorrect Claim Type to align with the 2026/27 Support Catalogue
  • Add the _CA modifier items, mapped to the Cancelled Claim Type and triggering the SN cancellation reason.
  • Ensured the automatic 50% reduction developed last year for the Provider Travel Claim Type no longer applies under the 2026/27 Price Guide, as the _PT items are priced at exactly 50% of the full rate in the 2026/27 Support Catalogue.

N.B. Please also see the update above regarding a further change to how these modifier items are claimed, coming in v9.13.3.

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Allied Health modifier Support Items - follow-up fix in 9.13.2 going out tomorrow night (published on the 6th of July, 2026)

Following the release of the Allied Health modifier Support Items in 9.13.1, we identified two issues that resulted:

  1. The base Support Item (the item with no suffix) was left open to any Claim Type, rather than being restricted to Standard Service.
  2. The _CA Cancellation modifier items had not been added.

Some items also had incorrect names.

We understand this created confusion, and we are correcting it in a release scheduled for tomorrow evening, the 7th of July, 2026, as version 9.13.2, ready for tomorrow morning, the 8th of July.

This release will:

  • Map the base Support Item (no suffix) to Standard Service only, so it can no longer be selected against an incorrect Claim Type.
  • Add the _CA modifier items, mapped to the Cancelled Claim Type and triggering the SN cancellation reason.
  • Correct Support Item names where relevant.
  • Ensure the automatic 50% reduction we developed last year for the Provider Travel Claim Type no longer applies under the 2026/27 Price Guide, as the _PT items are priced at exactly 50% of the full rate in the 2026/27 Support Catalogue. 

IMPORTANT - If you have any affected Allied Health items allocated since the 9.13.1 release, we recommend holding off on signing off or claiming these until the fix is available tomorrow morning, to ensure the correct items are used.

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2026/27 Support Item updates, important Allied Health update and release timing (published on the 1st of July, 2026)

Following the release of the 2026/27 Price Guide and our review of the newly published Support Catalogue, we have identified two updates to the Support Item data that we are currently working on. 

These will be delivered in a release scheduled for Thursday evening, the 2nd of July, 2026, now instead of the anticipated hot fix, and will be available on Friday morning, the 3rd of July. The data migration for the release itself takes around four hours, which must be completed overnight, which is why the changes will be in place on Friday morning rather than overnight tonight.

1. Allied Health modifier Support Items added as separate items

The 2026/27 Support Catalogue introduces the Allied Health and therapy modifier items (Cancellation, Non-Face-to-Face, Provider Travel, NDIA Requested Reports and Telehealth) as separate Support Items, each identified by a suffix on the item number. This release adds these as their own Support Items in SupportAbility, with each mapped to its relevant Claim Type, so they can be found, allocated and claimed correctly for services delivered from 1 July 2026.

IMPORTANT - Providers delivering the affected Allied Health supports should hold off on completing allocations, signing off, or claiming for these items until the release is available on Friday morning, the 3rd of July, 2026, to ensure the correct items and Claim Types are used.

2. Re-adding legacy Short Term Accommodation (STA) Support Items

Our review of the 2026/27 Support Catalogue confirmed that the 16 ratio-based STA Support Items in registration group 0115 (the 1:1 through 1:4 items previously listed as removed) are, in fact, retained as Legacy Support Items with an end date of 30 June 2027.

This release re-adds these as legacy items against the 2026/27 Price Guide, so providers who need them can continue to bill against them for the full 2026/27 financial year before they retire on 30 June 2027. This is consistent with the transition from the 0115 to 0138 SIL registration group described below.

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2026/27 NDIS Support Catalogue comparison complete, hot fix to address this and a bug with Allied Health Modifier Support Items expected soon (published on the 1st of July, 2026)

A quick update from our end, our analysis of the Support Catalogue vs. the 2026-27 Pricing Schedule is complete. 

The only thing that we need to update is to ensure the previous STA items with the ratios baked in that were removed, e.g.  01_045_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:4 - Weekday, are re-added to the 2026-27 Price Guide, as 'Legacy' items as according to the catalogue, they're valid in this capacity until the 30th of June 2027. 

We have also identified a bug where the Allied Health modifier items weren't displaying the suffix correctly, e.g. 01_665_0128_1_3_CA

We'll address both issues with a hot fix as soon as possible and will advise. 

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2026/27 NDIS Support Catalogue now published, comparison underway (published on the 1st of July, 2026)

We arrived this morning to discover that the 2026-27 Support Catalogue had been published last night, with no announcement. This is a significant development, as until now only the Pricing Schedule (price tables) had been released, without the full rules document or a new Support Catalogue.

As outlined in the sections below, our approach for the 1 July update was to apply the pricing from the 2026/27 Pricing Schedule while continuing to rely on the structural rules from the 2025/26 Support Catalogue where the Schedule did not provide them. That approach remains in place for the prices released into SupportAbility for services delivered from 1 July 2026.

Now that the 2026/27 Support Catalogue is available, our team has begun a full comparison against the 2025/26 Support Catalogue and our interim approach. This review covers the structural attributes the Pricing Schedule did not provide, including Claim Types, the new Allied Health modifier items and Telehealth Claim Type, the 0138 SIL registration group items, Quotable and Notional Unit Price Supports, and the added and removed Support Items.

N.B. No action is required from subscribers at this stage. The prices already loaded for 1 July are not affected by this review. We will update this article with our findings, and make any further changes in SupportAbility, once the comparison is complete.

We are also continuing to monitor for the full Pricing Arrangements (PAPL) rules document, which sets out the claiming, travel, cancellation and non-face-to-face provisions, as that remains relevant alongside the Support Catalogue.

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2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule added to SupportAbility (published on the 1st of July, 2026)

The 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule - effective 1 July 2026, was added to SupportAbility last night, Tuesday evening, the 30th of June, 2026.

This is now in use in Activities & External Invoices for services delivered on or after July 1st, 2026. that are not Signed Off, e.g.:

This year, the NDIA published the Pricing Schedule (price tables only), without a full Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (PAPL) rules document or a new Support Catalogue. Our approach is to apply the 2026/27 prices while continuing to rely on the rules in the previous 2025/26 Support Catalogue for structural attributes not provided by the Schedule. Once the full rules document and the new Support Catalogue are released, we will conduct a thorough review and update SupportAbility accordingly.

As part of this release, 33 Support Items have been added and 25 removed. The new Allied Health modifier Support Items have been added as separate items, each mapped to the relevant Claim Type, including a new Telehealth Claim Type. For example, 01_661_0128_1_3_NF will appear as such and map to the 'Non-Face-To-Face' Claim Type only.

SIL providers: please note a new registration group (0138) replaces the previous 0115 Items for SIL supports delivered from 1 July 2026 for registered providers. Funding records using Support Item Budgets will need to be reviewed, and NDIS Support Allocations for services delivered on or after the 1st of July, 2026, will need to be updated to the new 0138 Items where relevant. Please see below for more details regarding this. 

N.B. The only exception to this is where a Client's Price Guide Transition settings are configured not to utilise the latest Price Guide in Activities.

For a summary of the changes included, please take a look at the previous updates to this article below.

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Confirmed Support Items added and removed in the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule, and a reminder of release timing (published on the 29th of June, 2026)

As we prepare to release the 2026/27 Price Guide, we wanted to provide a reminder of the timing and our approach, along with a confirmed list of the Support Items that have been added and removed in the Pricing Schedule.

A reminder of the release timing and our approach

The 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule will be added to SupportAbility on Tuesday evening, the 30th of June, 2026, for services delivered on or after the 1st of July 2026. Noting that this will only be utilised in Activities after July 1st, 2026, that are not Signed Off.

N.B. This will continue to be called the Price Guide in SupportAbility, e.g. Price Guide: VIC 2026/27 - July 1st

As outlined in the section below, the NDIA has published the Pricing Schedule (price tables only) without a full PAPL rules document or a new Support Catalogue. Our approach is to apply the pricing from the 2026/27 Pricing Schedule while continuing to rely on the rules from the previous (2025/26) Support Catalogue for the structural attributes the Schedule does not provide, where applicable. Once the full rules document and new Support Catalogue are released, we will complete a full review and update SupportAbility and this article accordingly.

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Support Items added in the Pricing Schedule

The following Support Items have been added in the Pricing Schedule for services delivered on or after the 1st of July 2026:

  • 01_206_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - Sleepover
  • 01_250_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - Participant Accommodation
  • 01_251_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - Support Worker Accommodation
  • 01_252_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Weekday Daytime
  • 01_253_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Weekday Evening
  • 01_254_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Weekday Night
  • 01_255_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Saturday
  • 01_256_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Sunday
  • 01_257_0115_1_1 - Short Term Accommodation - High Intensity - Public Holiday
  • 01_450_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Weekday Daytime
  • 01_451_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Weekday Evening
  • 01_452_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Saturday
  • 01_453_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Sunday
  • 01_454_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Public Holiday
  • 01_455_0138_1_1 - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports - Weekday Night
  • 01_801_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Weekday Daytime
  • 01_802_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Weekday Evening
  • 01_803_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Weekday Night
  • 01_804_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Saturday
  • 01_805_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Sunday
  • 01_806_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Standard - Public Holiday
  • 01_811_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Weekday Daytime
  • 01_812_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Weekday Evening
  • 01_813_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Weekday Night
  • 01_814_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Saturday
  • 01_815_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Sunday
  • 01_816_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - High Intensity - Public Holiday
  • 01_821_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Weekly
  • 01_822_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Exit Accommodation Permanently
  • 01_832_0138_1_1 - Supported Independent Living - Night-Time Sleepover
  • 15_626_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Orientation Mobility Specialist - Direct Service
  • 15_626_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Orientation Mobility Specialist - Direct Service

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New Allied Health modifier Support Items

The new Allied Health modifier items will be added as separate Support Items in SupportAbility, each mapped to the relevant Claim Type only, e.g. 01_661_0128_1_3_NF maps to Non-Face-To-Face.

Each of the base items below has five modifier variants, identified by the suffix on the Support Item number. These map to the following Claim Types:

  • _CA maps to Cancellation
  • _NF maps to Non-Face-To-Face
  • _PT maps to Provider Travel
  • _RR maps to NDIA Requested Reports
  • _TH maps to Telehealth

The base Support Items with modifier variants are:

  • 01_650_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Occupational Therapist - Direct Service
  • 01_653_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Speech Pathologist - Direct Service
  • 01_661_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Occupational Therapist - Direct Service
  • 01_663_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Podiatrist - Direct Service
  • 01_663_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service
  • 01_665_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Speech Pathologist - Direct Service
  • 01_700_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Psychologist - Direct Service
  • 01_701_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service
  • 01_720_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Physiotherapist - Direct Service
  • 01_721_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Physiotherapist - Direct Service
  • 01_740_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Other Early Childhood Professional - Direct Service
  • 01_741_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Other Professional - Direct Service
  • 01_760_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Dietitian - Direct Service
  • 01_760_0128_3_3 - Therapy - Dietitian - Direct Service
  • 10_011_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Other Professional - Direct Service
  • 10_054_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service
  • 10_055_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Physiotherapist - Direct Service
  • 10_613_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Developmental Educator - Direct Service
  • 10_617_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Occupational Therapist - Direct Service
  • 10_620_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Rehabilitation Counsellor - Direct Service
  • 10_622_0128_5_3 - Employment Therapy - Speech Pathologist - Direct Service
  • 11_022_0110_7_3 - Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support - Direct Service
  • 11_023_0110_7_3 - Behaviour Management Plan Implementation - Direct Service
  • 12_025_0128_3_3 - Therapy - Dietitian - Direct Service
  • 12_027_0126_3_3 - Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service
  • 12_027_0128_3_3 - Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_001_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Psychologist - Direct Service
  • 15_003_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Physiotherapist - Direct Service
  • 15_005_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Other Early Childhood Professional - Direct Service
  • 15_007_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Therapy Assistant - Level 1 - Direct Service
  • 15_008_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Therapy Assistant - Level 2 - Direct Service
  • 15_043_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Counsellor - Direct Service
  • 15_047_0135_1_3 - Selection or Manufacture of Individualised Technology - Direct Service
  • 15_052_0128_1_3 - Therapy Assistant - Level 1 - Direct Service
  • 15_053_0128_1_3 - Therapy Assistant - Level 2 - Direct Service
  • 15_054_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service
  • 15_055_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Physiotherapist - Direct Service
  • 15_056_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Other Professional - Direct Service
  • 15_062_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Dietitian - Direct Service
  • 15_062_0128_3_3 - Therapy - Dietitian - Direct Service
  • 15_200_0126_1_3 - Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_200_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_501_0119_1_3 - Audiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_502_0134_1_3 - Audiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_503_0134_1_3 - Audiometrist - Direct Service
  • 15_606_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Counsellor - Direct Service
  • 15_609_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_610_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Art Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_610_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Art Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_611_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Audiologist - Direct Service
  • 15_613_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Developmental Educator - Direct Service
  • 15_613_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Developmental Educator - Direct Service
  • 15_615_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Music Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_615_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Music Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_617_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Occupational Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_617_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Occupational Therapist - Direct Service
  • 15_618_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Orthoptist - Direct Service
  • 15_619_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Podiatrist - Direct Service
  • 15_619_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service
  • 15_620_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Rehabilitation Counsellor - Direct Service
  • 15_621_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Social worker - Direct Service
  • 15_621_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Social Worker - Direct Service
  • 15_622_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Speech Pathologist - Direct Service
  • 15_622_0128_1_3 - Therapy - Speech Pathologist - Direct Service
  • 15_625_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Early Childhood Teacher or Educator - Direct Service
  • 15_626_0118_1_3 - ECI Professional - Orientation Mobility Specialist - Direct Service

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Support Items removed in the Pricing Schedule

The following Support Items have been removed in the Pricing Schedule for services delivered on or after the 1st of July 2026:

  • 01_045_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:4 - Weekday
  • 01_051_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:4 - Saturday
  • 01_052_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:4 - Sunday
  • 01_053_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:4 - Public Holiday
  • 01_054_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:2 - Weekday
  • 01_055_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:2 - Saturday
  • 01_056_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:2 - Sunday
  • 01_057_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:2 - Public Holiday
  • 01_058_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:1 - Weekday
  • 01_059_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:1 - Saturday
  • 01_060_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:1 - Sunday
  • 01_061_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:1 - Public Holiday
  • 01_062_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:3 - Weekday
  • 01_063_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:3 - Saturday
  • 01_064_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:3 - Sunday
  • 01_065_0115_1_1 - STA And Assistance (Inc. Respite) - 1:3 - Public Holiday
  • 05_174_0119_1_2 - Hearing Services Program - Adults With High Intensity Needs (AH Only)
  • 05_177_0119_1_2 - Hearing Services Program - Child Under 4 Yrs (AH Only)
  • 05_222421111_0111_2_2 - Home Adaptation/Access AT - Not Otherwise Described
  • 05_222903111_0123_1_2 - Adapted Devices for Phone Access/Alarms/Clocks/Programmable Memory Devices
  • 05_222909111_0123_1_2 - Safety Device - Adapted Smoke Detector/Doorbells
  • 05_800188834_0103_1_2 - Early Childhood Flexible AT Package 1
  • 05_800388834_0103_1_2 - Early Childhood Flexible AT Package 3
  • 06_431_0131_2_2 - Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) - Quotable Amount
  • 06_432_0131_2_2 - SDA Vacancy - Person-Specific Adjustment

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Still need to use a removed Support Item?

If you have a valid need to continue using any of the Support Items that have been removed, the Supports from a previous Price Guide functionality is designed to support this where needed. To learn more, please review the following article:

  • Price Guide Transition - Supports from a previous Price Guide

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Summary of changes in the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule and expected release date (published on the 25th of June, 2026)

Our initial analysis of the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule has been completed, and we can now confirm our approach, the expected release date of the new Price Guide, and a summary of the changes identified so far.

Importantly, this year the NDIA has published the Pricing Schedule (price tables only) along with the Annual Pricing Review, but a full Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (PAPL) document and a new Support Catalogue have not yet been released. Our approach below reflects this.

What we understand so far

We do not have a confirmed timeline from the NDIA for the full rules document or a new Support Catalogue, and based on what we have gathered from sector contacts, the position is genuinely uncertain.

The broad picture, drawn from industry commentary rather than any official NDIA statement, is that the Agency had anticipated amendments to the NDIS Act passing, which would have given the Minister greater power to set pricing and billing rules. With those amendments not yet passed, the NDIA appears to have released the Pricing Schedule as an interim measure while a full PAPL and Support Catalogue are still being prepared. 

Many providers, systems and CRMs rely on the Support Catalogue, so its release is significant. Whether it appears in the days around 1 July or later is not yet clear, and we will update this article as the position becomes clearer.

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Expected release date

We expect to add the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule into SupportAbility on Tuesday evening, the 30th of June, 2026. Noting that this will only be utilised in Activities after July 1st, 2026, that are not Signed Off.

N.B. This will continue to be called the Price Guide in SupportAbility, e.g. Price Guide: VIC 2026/27 - July 1st

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How we are managing the missing PAPL and Support Catalogue

Because the Pricing Schedule contains prices but not the full rules, our approach for the 2026/27 Price Guide is to apply the pricing from the 2026/27 Pricing Schedule while continuing to rely on the rules from the previous (2025/26) Support Catalogue for the structural attributes the Schedule does not provide, where applicable. This includes Claim Types, Notional Unit Price Supports, Quotable Supports, Price Limit Supports and Legacy Supports.

This allows us to update prices accurately for 1 July while the NDIA's full rules document and new Support Catalogue remain pending. Once those are released, we will complete a full review of the claiming and compliance rules and update SupportAbility and this article accordingly.

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What has changed in the latest Price Schedule?

Comparing the 2025/26 Support Catalogue against the 2026/27 Pricing Schedule, 25 Support Items have been removed and 33 Support Items have been added. We have also identified new Allied Health modifier line items. We will confirm the detail of how each affects claiming once the rules document and Support Catalogue are available.

Analysis Summary
  • 25 Support Items have been removed, including:
    • 9 Assistive Technology, Hearing and SDA Support Items
    • 16 Short Term Accommodation (STA) Support Items that included support ratios (1:1 through 1:4). 
      • The Annual Pricing Review explains that the previous bundled daily price is being split into an accommodation component aligned with the Medium Term Accommodation rate ($158.66), plus new "Short Term Accommodation – Assistance with self-care or community access activities" Support Items structured by day and time against the Disability Support Worker (DSW) Cost Model, plus High Intensity and behaviour-of-concern loadings where appropriate. 
      • From what we can gather, these new items replace the ratio-based STA items being removed.
  • 33 Support Items have been added, including the SIL Support Items associated with the new registration group 0138 – Assistance with Supported Independent Living (see the SIL section below).
  • New Allied Health modifier line items have been added, including separate items for supports such as Provider Travel, Non-Face-to-Face, Reports and Telehealth. 
    • We are mapping these to SupportAbility's Claim Type model, including the addition of a new Telehealth Claim Type.

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Supported Independent Living (SIL) - action required for SIL providers

The NDIA has confirmed new claiming requirements for SIL from 1 July 2026 (see the NDIA's SIL Claims and Payment Changes from 1 July 2026). In summary:

  • For SIL supports delivered before 1 July 2026, continue using the existing code 0115 – Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement.
  • For SIL supports delivered from 1 July 2026, use the new code 0138 – Assistance with Supported Independent Living.

SIL providers should ensure their NDIS Support Allocations are updated so the new 0138 Support Items are used for services delivered on or after 1 July 2026. Existing Allocations referencing the old 0115 items should be reviewed and the relevant new items added for ongoing service delivery.

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New 0138-prefixed Support Items for SIL providers

As part of the structural changes to registration groups in the 2026/27 Pricing Schedule, a new registration group has been introduced for Supported Independent Living (SIL), with the associated Support Items now carrying a 0138 prefix in place of the previous 0115 Items.

Where your organisation is a registered provider of SIL and currently uses the 0115 Items, you will need to manually update your Funding records and NDIS Support Allocations to reflect the new 0138 Items where relevant. The new 0138-prefixed Support Items can be added as required, and the old 0115 Items can be made unavailable as, when or if required.

To make this easier when the time comes, there are two reports that can help you identify the records that need reviewing:

  • If your organisation is using Support Item Budgets, the Client Funding Search will be helpful. This lets you filter active or current Funding records by Support Item, so you can pull a list of any Funding records containing the old 0115 Items that need to be reviewed. From here, the new 0138 Items can be added and the old 0115 Items made unavailable as required.
  • To find existing NDIS Support Allocations referencing the old 0115 Items in Activities beyond July 1st, or the required period, the Allocations Report can be used.

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What this means for you

For most subscribers, there is nothing you need to do. The price update will be added to SupportAbility on the evening of the 30th of June, 2026, ready for services delivered from 1 July. 

The exception is SIL providers, who should ensure the new 0138 Support Items are in place in their NDIS Support Allocations for services delivered from 1 July 2026, as outlined above.

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2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule - under review (published on the 23rd of June, 2026)

The 'NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27' PDF was published on the NDIS website recently. Important - A new Support Catalogue has not yet been published.

This year, it appears that the NDIA has split the previous combined Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (PAPL) document into two separate documents. The first of these, the 2026/27 NDIS Pricing Schedule, has been published on the NDIS website. This document contains the price tables only. 

The second document, which sets out the claiming rules, travel, cancellation, non-face-to-face and support category provisions, has not yet been published.

The team at SupportAbility is currently analysing the price changes in the Pricing Schedule, and we will provide more information as soon as possible.

A full review of the claiming and compliance rules will follow once the second document is released by the NDIA. In the meantime, there are a few structural changes visible in the Pricing Schedule that subscribers may wish to be aware of. 

We will confirm the details of how these affect claiming once the rules document is available:

  • Possible change to the legal status of price limits. The Pricing Schedule references the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, introduced to Parliament on 14 May 2026. This Bill proposes giving the Minister the power to make a binding pricing determination, which would move these prices from NDIA guidance toward enforceable limits. This is contingent on the Bill passing.
  • Short Term Accommodation (STA) ratio items. The 1:1 through 1:4 STA ratio items have been removed. The rules confirming the new claiming approach are expected in the second document.
  • Structural changes to registration groups, e.g. new SIL registration group (0138). Where these structural changes affect Support Items that providers currently use, existing NDIS Support Allocations referencing the old items will need to be reviewed and updated to the relevant new items to ensure they map correctly against the 2026/27 Price Guide. We will provide more specific guidance on this once our analysis is complete and the rules document is available.
  • Therapy modifier line items. Cancellation, non-face-to-face, Provider Travel, Reports and Telehealth now appear as separate line items. The claiming logic for these is expected to be set out in the rules document.
  • Isolated Towns travel (Schedule 11). The Isolated Towns lists have changed shape, including a new "Type 2" list where providers negotiate travel rather than receiving a remote price loading.

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