NDIS Funding & Budgets FAQs
How NDIS funding is structured, where the price rules live, and what the published figures mean.
What decides how much funding a plan includes?
The NDIA builds each plan around what it decides is reasonable and necessary for that person's goals and circumstances. Two people with the same disability can hold very different plans, which is why published averages describe cohorts, never entitlements for any individual.
What are the NDIS budget types?
Plans group funding into four budget types: core supports for everyday activities, capacity building supports for skills and independence, capital supports for equipment and home modifications, and recurring supports for ongoing transport. Not every plan holds funding in all four - the plan document lists what applies to you.
Can funding move between budget categories?
Some parts of a plan are flexible and some are locked to their stated purpose. The plan document marks which is which. Flexible funding is designed to follow your goals across related supports, while stated items must be spent exactly as described in the plan.
Do price limits mean the NDIS pays that price?
No. A price limit is the most a provider can charge for a listed support under managed arrangements, not a price the NDIS pays automatically. Self-managed participants can agree different prices. The limit is a ceiling on charges, not a guarantee of payment.
Where do the official rules actually live?
Three places: the Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits for prices and claiming rules, the Support Catalogue for item codes and categories, and the operational guidelines on the NDIS website for how decisions get made. Everything on this site links back to those sources.
What is the low-cost assistive technology threshold?
Low-cost assistive technology is equipment under the threshold set in the Pricing Arrangements. Depending on how a plan is managed, it can sometimes be purchased without a quote - check your plan first.
The Pricing Arrangements set the low-cost assistive technology threshold at $1,500. As of 2026-07-01 · NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits
Do price limits change in remote areas?
Yes. Price limits rise with remoteness under the Modified Monash Model, the classification the NDIA uses for locations from major cities through to very remote areas.
Price limits carry a 40% loading in remote areas (MMM 6) and 50% in very remote areas (MMM 7) under the Pricing Arrangements. As of 2026-07-01 · NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits
What is the NDIS Support Catalogue?
The Support Catalogue is the published list of every support item the scheme recognises, each with an item code, a support category, and any price limit that applies. Providers put the codes on invoices, and participants can look up where an item sits before buying.
How many support categories are there?
Twenty-one support categories sit across the budget types in the current plan structure, spanning everyday assistance, consumables, transport, therapies, and assistive technology. A plan only shows the categories that hold funding for that person, and the finder tool shows where a given product or support sits.