NDIS Physiotherapy
What NDIS physiotherapy involves, the current hourly price limits, and how sessions are claimed.
Physiotherapy works on how the body moves: strength, balance, posture, endurance, and the mechanics of walking, transferring, and reaching. A physiotherapist assesses movement, builds an exercise program around your disability and goals, and adjusts it as your needs change. Sessions can also cover positioning, stretching routines, and advice on mobility equipment use.
In the Support Catalogue, physiotherapy is an hourly professional item with a matching early-childhood item for younger participants. Sessions, program reviews, and written reports are all delivered against the same hourly price limit shown below.
Does the NDIS fund physiotherapy?
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.
Physiotherapy appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether physiotherapy 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 physiotherapy 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_055_0128_1_3 | Therapy - Physiotherapist - Direct Service | per hour | $183.99 | $257.59 | $275.99 |
15_003_0118_1_3 | ECI Professional - Physiotherapist - Direct Service | per hour | $183.99 | $257.59 | $275.99 |
Source: NDIS Support Catalogue, effective . Price limits are GST-exclusive per the Pricing Arrangements.
How physiotherapy 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 physiotherapy
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 physiotherapy 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 physiotherapy FAQs
What is the price limit for physiotherapy under the NDIS?
The current hourly limits - national, remote, and very remote - are in the table above, drawn from the Support Catalogue. A price limit caps what a provider can charge under managed arrangements. Your service agreement records the actual rate, which can sit anywhere up to that cap.
Does the NDIS fund physiotherapy?
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 physiotherapy come from?
Physiotherapy appears under Improved Daily Living (Capacity Building) in the current NDIS Support Catalogue. Whether physiotherapy 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 physiotherapist help with mobility equipment?
Yes - physiotherapists are among the allied health professionals the Pricing Arrangements recognise as assistive technology assessors. 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, and a physiotherapist can fill that role for mobility items.