NDIS Tool

NDIS Provider Travel Calculator

See how the travel claiming rules apply to a provider trip.

Providers can claim for some of the time and distance spent travelling to deliver a support, within limits the Pricing Arrangements set. This calculator takes the remoteness zone, the travel minutes, and the kilometres for a trip, then applies those published rules. It reports what the rules allow for that trip and leaves the claim to you.

What can be claimed for travel

Travel claiming has two parts: labour time spent travelling, charged at the support’s rate up to a cap, and vehicle running costs per kilometre. The rules set who can claim, how far, and up to what limit, and they differ by remoteness zone.

The remote and very remote loadings that lift price limits also matter for travel. Those loadings are shown above, drawn from the constants file, so you can see the figures the live calculator will apply.

Reading the outcome

The result describes what the rules permit for the trip you entered. It is a reading of the Pricing Arrangements, not a decision about a specific booking or service agreement.

Travel terms are worth agreeing with the participant up front, because a service agreement can set how travel is handled within the rules. Where the two differ, the service agreement and current Pricing Arrangements are the documents to check.

The published figures this tool uses

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

Enter a zone, travel minutes, and kilometres, and see how the travel claiming rules apply to the trip.

Interactive version coming soon

The interactive calculator is on the way. It will apply the travel rules from the Pricing Arrangements, including the remote and very remote loadings shown above.

How it works

  1. Choose the remoteness zone for the trip.
  2. Enter the travel time and the distance.
  3. Read what the travel rules permit for that trip.
  4. Check the outcome against your service agreement.

What it cannot tell you

  • What your service agreement allows for travel. That document sets its own terms within the rules.
  • Whether a specific claim gets paid. The plan manager or agency decides that against the plan.
  • The exact current caps. Confirm those in the current Pricing Arrangements.

Official sources

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