NDIS Dietetics
What NDIS dietetics involves, the current hourly price limits, and how sessions are claimed.
A dietitian looks at what you eat and what your body needs, then builds a practical plan: meal structure, texture requirements, tube-feeding regimes, supplements where they belong, and training for the people who prepare your food. For participants whose disability affects eating, digestion, or nutrition, that plan becomes part of daily support work.
Dietetics appears in the Support Catalogue as an hourly professional item with its own price limit, plus an early-childhood item. Reports - for example a mealtime management plan a support worker follows - are delivered against the same hourly rate.
Does the NDIS fund dietetics?
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.
Dietetics appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether dietetics 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 dietetics 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_062_0128_3_3 | Therapy - Dietitian - Direct Service | per hour | $178.99 | $250.59 | $268.49 |
15_062_0118_1_3 | ECI Professional - Dietitian - Direct Service | per hour | $178.99 | $250.59 | $268.49 |
Source: NDIS Support Catalogue, effective . Price limits are GST-exclusive per the Pricing Arrangements.
How dietetics 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 dietetics
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 dietetics 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 dietetics FAQs
What does a dietitian cost under the NDIS?
Dietetics has an hourly price limit in the Support Catalogue - the table above shows the current national figure and the loaded remote figures. That limit caps the rate under managed arrangements. The actual price, and how report writing is billed, belongs in your service agreement.
Does the NDIS fund dietitian visits?
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.
Which budget does dietetics come from?
Dietetics appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether dietetics 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.
Can a dietitian write plans for my support workers?
Yes - mealtime management plans and nutrition guidance for the people who cook and assist at meals are standard dietetic work, billed hourly against the catalogue item above. Ask for the plan in plain language your support team can follow, and have it reviewed when circumstances change.