NDIS Pricing Arrangements 2026-27: The Complete Guide to What's Changing

TL;DR: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released the Annual Pricing Review (APR) for 2026-27 prices and a new NDIS Pricing Schedule, both providing guidance on appropriate NDIS prices effective 1 July 2026. The APR makes 19 recommendations spanning Disability Support Worker supports, therapy, support coordination, plan management, social and community participation, and isolated towns. These are the NDIA's recommended maximum prices — providers must discuss any proposed changes with participants, and participants must agree before changes are made to existing service agreements. This guide summarises every key change and links to our detailed breakdowns of each area.

The NDIA has published its Annual Pricing Review (APR) for 2026-27 prices, alongside a new NDIS Pricing Schedule that takes effect from 1 July 2026. Together, these documents set out what the NDIA considers to be the appropriate and reasonable maximum prices for NDIS supports for the coming financial year. This guide brings the headline changes together in one place and links to our deeper explainers on each topic.

What is the Annual Pricing Review (APR)?

The Annual Pricing Review is the primary mechanism through which the NDIA considers whether NDIS prices are appropriate. It assesses how markets are functioning, how providers are responding to existing settings, and whether pricing continues to support participant outcomes and access to quality supports. This year's APR was informed by administrative and claiming data, expanded benchmarking against broader health and social services markets, insights from the NDIA's Quality Supports Program pilots, and a formal consultation that received 3,243 responses — the highest response rate in APR history.

Are these prices final? Understanding the legal status

It is important to understand that the APR sets out guidance and views regarding appropriate NDIS prices. On 14 May 2026, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 was introduced into Parliament. Among other things, the Bill proposes to give the Minister for the NDIS the power to make a pricing determination, and to give the NDIA a specific function to provide advice to the Minister for that purpose. If the Bill is passed, it is anticipated the APR will be used to inform the NDIA's advice to the Minister.

In the meantime, you can use the NDIS Pricing Schedule to help inform prices from 1 July 2026. Crucially, providers must talk with participants about any proposed changes to existing service agreements, and participants must agree to those changes before they are made.

The key changes at a glance

The APR contains 19 recommendations. We have grouped them into four detailed guides covering the areas most likely to affect participants and providers:

1. Disability Support Workers and Short Term Accommodation

Prices for supports determined by the Disability Support Worker (DSW) Cost Model are recommended to be adjusted in line with the Fair Work Commission's Annual Wage Review determination of 2 June 2026. The APR also recommends a significant change to Short Term Accommodation (STA), unbundling its single daily price into separate components. Read our full guide to DSW and STA pricing changes.

2. Therapy supports

The APR recommends new maximum hourly prices for several therapy disciplines based on external benchmarking, including a recommended maximum of $252.99 per hour for Psychologists and a reduction for Dietitians to $178.99 per hour. Read our full guide to NDIS therapy price changes.

3. Support Coordination and Plan Management

The maximum prices for the three levels of Support Coordination are recommended to be maintained, while the monthly fee for Plan Management is recommended to be $104.45 per month. Read our full guide to Support Coordination and Plan Management pricing.

4. Social and Civic Participation and Isolated Towns

The APR recommends a 10% price reduction for unregistered providers delivering Social, Community and Civic Participation supports from 1 January 2027, and a new two-tiered framework for Isolated Towns. Read our full guide to SCCP and Isolated Towns pricing.

What you should do now

Participants should expect their plans to be reviewed in line with these pricing changes — the documents note that participant plans will be adjusted from July. If you have an existing service agreement, your provider should discuss any proposed price changes with you, and you do not have to accept a change you have not agreed to. For independent, up-to-date information, always check the official source at NDIS.gov.au.

Official source

For the full, official details, read the NDIA's NDIS pricing updates page, where you can download the Annual Pricing Review for 2026-27 and the NDIS Pricing Schedule.

Key Takeaways

• The NDIA's Annual Pricing Review for 2026-27 and the new NDIS Pricing Schedule provide guidance on appropriate NDIS prices effective 1 July 2026.
• These are recommended prices; the Bill that would give the Minister power to make binding pricing determinations was only introduced to Parliament on 14 May 2026 and is not yet law.
• Providers must discuss any proposed changes to existing service agreements with participants, and participants must agree before changes are made.
• The APR's 19 recommendations cover DSW supports, Short Term Accommodation, therapy, support coordination, plan management, social and civic participation, and isolated towns.