Fee schedule
NDIS psychology price limits 2026-27
From 1 July 2026 NDIS pays $252.99 an hour nationally for psychology (item 01_701_0128_1_3, Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service), up from $232.99, an 8.6 per cent rise. It is the highest-priced therapy discipline in the schedule, matched only by the separate positive behaviour support 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 psychology price limit rose 8.6 per cent for 2026-27, from $232.99 to $252.99 an hour nationally, item 01_701_0128_1_3. Remote and very remote rates rose by the same proportion, to $354.19 and $379.49.
- Psychology is now priced identically to positive behaviour support: both the psychologist direct service item and the two Specialist Positive Behaviour Support items (11_022_0110_7_3 and 11_023_0110_7_3) sit at $252.99 an hour for 2026-27, though they remain separate item numbers under separate registration groups.
- Psychology remains the single highest-priced allied health therapy discipline in the schedule, around $60 to $90 an hour above occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry and speech pathology, which cluster around $184 to $194.
All 6 psychology items
| Item | Description | Fee | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01_701_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service, national | $252.99 | $232.99 |
| 01_701_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service, remote (40 per cent loading) | $354.19 | $326.19 |
| 01_701_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service, very remote (50 per cent loading) | $379.49 | $349.49 |
| 01_701_0128_1_3_PT | Therapy - Psychologist - Provider Travel, national (50 per cent of the direct rate) | $126.50 | |
| 11_022_0110_7_3 | Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support - Direct Service, national (positive behaviour support) | $252.99 | |
| 11_023_0110_7_3 | Behaviour Management Plan Implementation - Direct Service, national (positive behaviour support) | $252.99 |
What NDIS pays for psychology in 2026-27
The NDIS Pricing Schedule for 2026-27, effective 1 July 2026, lifted the psychology price limit to $252.99 an hour nationally, item 01_701_0128_1_3, up from $232.99 under the arrangements that ran from 24 November 2025. That 8.6 per cent rise is well above the roughly 2 to 3 per cent movement most other allied health disciplines saw this cycle, and it carries through to $354.19 in remote areas and $379.49 in very remote areas.
Psychology stays clear of every other therapy discipline in the schedule on price. The next highest, podiatry, is $188.99, some $64 an hour below psychology's new rate.
Psychology and positive behaviour support are priced the same but claimed differently
A practice offering both psychology and positive behaviour support now sees the same $252.99 hourly figure on two different parts of the schedule, which invites confusion. Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support (11_022_0110_7_3) and Behaviour Management Plan Implementation (11_023_0110_7_3) sit under registration group 0110, Specialist Positive Behaviour Support, a separate professional registration from the 0128 Therapeutic Supports group most psychologists bill under.
The distinction matters because positive behaviour support does not require a psychology qualification. Behaviour support practitioners, who may or may not be psychologists, register and are paid under the 0110 group specifically, and providers should claim against whichever item matches the actual registration and service delivered rather than defaulting to the psychology code because the numbers now match.
Travel, employment therapy and cancellation
Provider travel is 50 per cent of the direct rate, $126.50 an hour, the highest travel figure in the schedule given psychology's base price. A separate item, 10_054_0128_5_3, prices identically to the standard psychology item but is claimed under employment supports for work-related assessment, counselling and advice rather than everyday capacity building.
Short notice cancellation allows up to 100 per cent of the fee to be claimed with less than 2 clear business days' notice, and non-face-to-face work needs the participant's advance written agreement before it can go on an invoice.
Setting these up as billable items in Cliniko
Cliniko's billable item import and bulk price update tools carry the new $252.99 rate in cleanly at the start of the financial year. Practices running both psychology and positive behaviour support should keep the two priced items separate in Cliniko even though they now share a dollar figure, so invoices and plan manager reports still show which registration group delivered the support.
Claiming notes
- The item name changed from Assessment Recommendation Therapy or Training Supports - Psychologist in the 2025-26 arrangements to Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service in the 2026-27 schedule, still covering paid provisionally registered psychologists working under supervision as well as fully registered psychologists.
- Positive behaviour support is not psychology billed under a different name. Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support (11_022_0110_7_3) and Behaviour Management Plan Implementation (11_023_0110_7_3) sit under registration group 0110, Specialist Positive Behaviour Support, separate from the 0128 Therapeutic Supports group psychologists usually bill under, even though both now price at $252.99 an hour.
- A behaviour support practitioner does not need to be a psychologist. Positive behaviour support items can be delivered and claimed by any appropriately qualified practitioner registered under the Specialist Positive Behaviour Support group, which is why the price limit and the professional registration are tracked separately from psychology.
- A near-identical item, 10_054_0128_5_3 (Employment Therapy - Psychologist), prices the same $252.99 an hour but is claimed under a participant's Finding and Keeping a Job supports for employment-related assessment, counselling and advice, not under Improved Daily Living.
- Provider travel prices at 50 per cent of the direct rate, $126.50 an hour, the highest travel rate of any therapy discipline in the schedule given psychology's base rate.
- 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, such as report writing, needs the participant's prior written agreement in the service agreement.
Load these fees into your practice software
- Create the billable item under Settings, then Billable items, with Item code 01_701_0128_1_3 and the new $252.99 price, or bulk import it via CSV using Cliniko's billable item import fields (Item code, Name, Price ex. tax, Item type).
- If your practice also delivers positive behaviour support, set up 11_022_0110_7_3 and 11_023_0110_7_3 as separate billable items rather than reusing the psychology item code, even though the price is now the same, so reports to plan managers itemise the correct registration group.
- 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 before the 8.6 per cent increase lands.
- Cliniko's Tyro Health integration is built for DVA and Medicare, not NDIS; its help centre has no article describing an equivalent real-time claiming pathway for either psychology or positive behaviour support items. Both invoice the participant or plan manager directly.
Sources
- The NDIS price limit for Therapy - Psychologist - Direct Service (item 01_701_0128_1_3) is $252.99 national, $354.19 remote and $379.49 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 - Psychologist, was $232.99 national, $326.19 remote and $349.49 very remote. National Disability Insurance Agency, checked 25 Sep 2026.
- Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support - Direct Service (item 11_022_0110_7_3) and Behaviour Management Plan Implementation - Direct Service (item 11_023_0110_7_3), both under the Specialist Positive Behaviour Support registration group, price at $252.99 an hour national for 2026-27. 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.
- A provider can claim up to 100 per cent of the agreed fee for a Short Notice Cancellation where a participant gives less than 2 clear business days' notice for a non-DSW support, or does not show up. 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.