NDIS Audiology
What NDIS audiology involves, the current hourly price limits, and how sessions are claimed.
Audiology covers hearing assessment, listening strategies, and the selection, fitting, and review of hearing devices. An audiologist measures what you hear, explains what the results mean for daily communication, and works through the options - devices, environmental changes, communication tactics - with you and the people around you.
The Support Catalogue lists audiology as an hourly professional item at the standard therapy rate. For specialised hearing equipment the Pricing Arrangements are specific: the assistive technology assessor must be an audiologist, which puts this profession at the gate of every high-cost hearing device request.
Does the NDIS fund audiology?
The NDIS funds supports it decides are reasonable and necessary for your goals. The same item can be approved for one participant and not another, so no list or website can tell you what your plan will include.
Audiology appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether audiology supports can be claimed depends on your individual plan, your goals, and how your funding is managed. Your plan manager or support coordinator can confirm what applies to you.
If you intend to claim, check with your plan manager or support coordinator before purchasing.
NDIS audiology rates: current price limits
Each price limit below is the most a provider can charge for that item under managed arrangements. The agreed price in your service agreement can sit anywhere up to it.
| Item code | Support item | Unit | National limit | Remote (MMM 6) | Very remote (MMM 7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15_611_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Audiologist - Direct Service | per hour | $193.99 | $271.59 | $290.99 |
Source: NDIS Support Catalogue, effective . Price limits are GST-exclusive per the Pricing Arrangements.
How audiology is claimed
Supports are billed against the item codes above, at or below the price limit, under a service agreement that records the agreed price, how provider travel is charged, and the cancellation terms. Invoices quote the item code, the date, the quantity, and the rate - which is what plan managers check before paying.
How your plan is managed - self-managed, plan-managed, or agency-managed - changes who you can buy from and how invoices are paid. Your plan documents state which applies to you. Agency-managed participants generally need to purchase through registered NDIS providers. Self-managed and plan-managed participants can buy from any suitable supplier.
| Claiming rule | What the Pricing Arrangements say |
|---|---|
| Provider travel time | Up to 30 minutes each way per worker in MMM 1-3 areas; up to 60 minutes in MMM 4-5; no time limit in Remote (MMM 6) and Very Remote (MMM 7) areas. |
| Travel price limit | Travel time is claimable at up to 50% of the item's hourly price limit, plus non-labour costs (e.g. per-kilometre vehicle costs) per the PAPL worked examples. |
| Short-notice cancellation | Notice window: 7 days for disability support worker supports; 2 clear business days for other supports. A late cancellation or no-show can be billed at up to 100% of the agreed fee if the provider could not find other billable work (and pays the worker); providers may waive the fee. Terms must be documented in the service agreement. |
| Remote loadings | National price limits carry a 40% loading in Remote (MMM 6) areas and a 50% loading in Very Remote (MMM 7) areas, as the loaded columns in the rates table show. |
Source: NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (claiming rules narrative, published ), via ndis.gov.au pricing arrangements. Read .
Provider registration
The item codes above carry registration group 0128 in their item numbers - the group a provider registers for with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to deliver this service. The Commission's public register records who holds it.
Invoices and agreements for audiology
Two documents carry the admin: the service agreement sets the price, travel billing, and cancellation terms before supports start, and the invoice quotes the item code and rate so the claim goes through first time.
Find audiology providers
The provider directory is where our provider coverage lives, organised by service and state. Whoever you shortlist, verify their registration status on the NDIS Commission's public register before signing an agreement.
NDIS audiology FAQs
What is the NDIS rate for audiology?
Audiology bills hourly at the standard therapy price limit - the table above shows the national figure and the loaded remote figures from the Support Catalogue. As with every professional item, the limit is a ceiling under managed arrangements and the working rate sits in your service agreement.
Does the NDIS fund audiology?
The NDIS funds supports it decides are reasonable and necessary for your goals. The same item can be approved for one participant and not another, so no list or website can tell you what your plan will include. If you intend to claim, check with your plan manager or support coordinator before purchasing.
Who assesses hearing devices for the NDIS?
For specialised hearing products the Pricing Arrangements require the assistive technology assessor to be an audiologist specifically, not just any allied health professional. Higher-cost assistive technology usually needs a quote and an assessment from an occupational therapist or another qualified assessor before the NDIS will consider it.
Does the NDIS cover all hearing services?
No. The official supports lists exclude items that should be funded by another government system or community service, so some hearing care stays with the health system. NDIS audiology hours bill against the catalogue item above, and your planner or coordinator can map which system carries which cost.