NDIS Exercise Physiology
What NDIS exercise physiology involves, the current hourly price limits, and how sessions are claimed.
An exercise physiologist designs and supervises exercise programs shaped around your disability: what your body can do now, what you want it to do, and the safest path between the two. Sessions run one-on-one or in small groups, in clinics, pools, gyms, or at home, with the program adjusted as you progress.
The Support Catalogue lists exercise physiology at its own hourly rate under two item codes - one within the personal training grouping and one within therapy - plus an early-childhood item. All render in the table below at the same price limit.
Does the NDIS fund exercise physiology?
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.
Exercise Physiology appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether exercise physiology 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 exercise physiology 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_200_0126_1_3 | Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service | per hour | $161.99 | $226.79 | $242.99 |
15_200_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service | per hour | $161.99 | $226.79 | $242.99 |
15_609_0118_1_3 | ECI Professional - Exercise Physiologist - Direct Service | per hour | $161.99 | $226.79 | $242.99 |
Source: NDIS Support Catalogue, effective . Price limits are GST-exclusive per the Pricing Arrangements.
How exercise physiology 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 exercise physiology
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 exercise physiology 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 exercise physiology FAQs
What is the NDIS rate for exercise physiology?
Exercise physiology has its own hourly price limit, listed in the table above under two catalogue codes at the same figure, with loaded rates for remote and very remote areas. Under managed arrangements that limit is the ceiling; your service agreement records what you actually pay per session.
Does the NDIS fund exercise physiology?
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.
Is exercise physiology different from a gym membership?
Yes. A gym membership is an everyday expense; exercise physiology is a professional service - assessment, program design, supervision, and review by a university-qualified practitioner, billed hourly against the Support Catalogue item above. The profession's peak-body registration is the marker to look for when choosing a provider.
Can sessions run in a group?
Group delivery is common for exercise physiology and changes the economics: the hourly cost of the practitioner is shared across attendees under the group-claiming rules in the Pricing Arrangements. Group supports also carry their own cancellation treatment, noted in the claiming table above - ask the provider how they bill it.