Fee schedule
NDIS podiatry price limits 2026-27
From 1 July 2026 NDIS pays $188.99 an hour nationally for podiatry (item 01_663_0128_1_3, Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service), rising to $264.59 remote and $283.49 very remote, unchanged from 2025-26. Podiatry consumables such as padding and dressings are not part of this hourly rate.
Last checked 25 Sep 2026 against the sources listed at the end of this page.
- Payer
- NDIS
- Effective from
- 1 Jul 2026
- Official schedule
- Source document
What changed this year
- The podiatry price limit is unchanged for 2026-27: item 01_663_0128_1_3 held at $188.99 national, $264.59 remote and $283.49 very remote, the same figures as the schedule effective 24 November 2025.
- Podiatry is one of five conditions the NDIA names as a disability-related health support alongside dysphagia, continence, wound and pressure care and diabetes, which affects how consumables used in a podiatry session are billed rather than the hourly rate itself.
- Podiatry prices just under occupational therapy and speech pathology at $193.99 and just above dietetics at $178.99, in the mid-band of NDIS therapy disciplines for 2026-27.
All 6 podiatry items
| Item | Description | Fee | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01_663_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service, national | $188.99 | $188.99 |
| 01_663_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service, remote (40 per cent loading) | $264.59 | |
| 01_663_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service, very remote (50 per cent loading) | $283.49 | |
| 01_663_0128_1_3_PT | Therapy - Podiatrist - Provider Travel, national (50 per cent of the direct rate) | $94.50 | |
| 01_663_0128_1_3_CA | Therapy - Podiatrist - Short Notice Cancellation, national | $188.99 | |
| 15_619_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service, national (alternate registration group) | $188.99 |
What NDIS pays for podiatry in 2026-27
The NDIS Pricing Schedule for 2026-27, effective 1 July 2026, holds the podiatry price limit at $188.99 an hour nationally, item 01_663_0128_1_3, unchanged from the arrangements that ran from 24 November 2025. Remote areas carry the standard 40 per cent loading to $264.59 and very remote areas a 50 per cent loading to $283.49.
A second item number, 15_619_0128_1_3, prices identically and simply reflects that podiatrists can register with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under either of two professional registration groups. Which one a provider uses does not change what a participant pays.
Why consumables are not part of the hourly rate
Podiatry is one of the disability-related health supports the NDIA calls out by name, alongside dysphagia, continence, wound and pressure care and diabetes management. That classification matters for consumables. Padding, dressings, debridement supplies used during a session, and items such as custom orthotics or splints provided for a participant to keep, are priced separately in the NDIS Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide rather than being absorbed into the $188.99 hourly item.
In practice this means a podiatry invoice for a wound care or orthotic fitting session often has two lines: the clinical time against 01_663_0128_1_3, and the consumable or device against its own AT or consumables code, priced to its invoiced cost rather than a flat hourly rate.
Travel and cancellation
Provider travel prices at exactly half the direct rate, $94.50 an hour, which is worth itemising separately given how much podiatry work happens in a participant's home or in residential aged care rather than in a clinic. Short notice cancellation lets you claim up to 100 per cent of the fee where the participant gave less than 2 clear business days' notice or did not show up.
Setting these up as billable items in Cliniko
Cliniko's billable item import and bulk price update tools handle the session item and its travel and cancellation companions in one pass. Consumables need their own billable items, priced to the invoiced cost on the day rather than a fixed hourly figure, so reception can add them to the same invoice as the clinical time without exceeding the NDIS price limit for either line.
Claiming notes
- The item name changed from Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training Supports - Podiatrist in the 2025-26 arrangements to Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service in the 2026-27 schedule. A second code, 15_619_0128_1_3, prices identically and exists because podiatrists can register under either of two professional registration groups; both carry the same $188.99 rate.
- The $188.99 hourly rate covers the podiatrist's clinical time only. Consumables used during a session, such as dressings, padding or debridement supplies, and items provided for use after the session, such as custom orthotics or splints, are not part of the hourly item. Pricing for these is set out in the separate NDIS Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide, not the main pricing schedule.
- Where podiatry is delivered as a disability-related health support rather than a standalone allied health service, the NDIA's guidance is that assessment, planning and provision should still be claimed using the standard therapy item, 01_663_0128_1_3, rather than a different code.
- Provider travel prices at 50 per cent of the direct rate, $94.50 an hour, relevant for podiatrists who see participants at home or in residential aged care rather than in rooms.
- Short notice cancellation lets you claim up to 100 per cent of the fee for less than 2 clear business days' notice or a no show, and non-face-to-face time needs the participant's prior written agreement in the service agreement before it can be claimed.
- Claim against the item matching the professional who delivered the support. Podiatry work must be claimed under the podiatrist item number, not folded into a general or 'Other Professional' line, under the NDIS general claiming rules.
Load these fees into your practice software
- Create the billable item under Settings, then Billable items, with Item code 01_663_0128_1_3, or bulk import it via CSV using Cliniko's billable item import fields (Item code, Name, Price ex. tax, Item type).
- Set up podiatry consumables (dressings, padding, orthotics) as separate billable items priced to the invoiced cost rather than bundled into the session item, since the NDIS price limit for the hourly item does not include them.
- Add a provider travel item (01_663_0128_1_3_PT at $94.50) for home and aged care visits, which are common in podiatry caseloads.
- Refresh prices each 1 July with Cliniko's bulk price update: export billable items, edit the price column, then re-import with only the price field enabled. There is no undo, so keep the original export.
- Cliniko's Tyro Health integration is scoped to DVA and Medicare claiming; there is no equivalent NDIS pathway described in its help centre. A podiatry invoice, consumables line included, goes to the participant or plan manager to pay in the ordinary way.
Sources
- The NDIS price limit for Therapy - Podiatrist - Direct Service (item 01_663_0128_1_3) is $188.99 national, $264.59 remote and $283.49 very remote, effective 1 July 2026. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Under the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2025-26 (effective 24 November 2025), the price limit for the same item, then named Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training Supports - Podiatrist, was also $188.99 national, $264.59 remote and $283.49 very remote. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Podiatry is listed among the disability-related health supports the NDIA identifies, described as help for participants who require assistance looking after their feet, ankles and lower limbs. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Assessment, planning and provision of disability-related health supports by therapists should be claimed using the standard therapy support items, while consumables related to those supports are priced separately. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Provider travel for therapy supports is priced at 50 per cent of the regular hourly price limit. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Cliniko's billable item import accepts a CSV with the fields Item code, Name, Price (ex. tax), Taxable and Item type, and its bulk price update tool refreshes existing billable item prices from a re-imported export with no undo. Cliniko, checked 25 Sep 2026.