Free NDIS shift rate calculator
One shift. Every time band, code and maximum price.
Enter one shift from any support type Kygra Care bills, including Supported Independent Living, Short Term Accommodation and support coordination. The checker uses the dated NDIS maximum prices and shows exactly where an evening or overnight shift splits.
No login, participant details or saved history.
This is what you can charge, not what you get paid
These are the NDIS maximum prices a provider can invoice for a support. They are not wages. If you are employed by an agency and want to know your hourly pay, that comes from the SCHADS award instead, and it is a different number. Kygra Care is for sole traders who invoice their own clients.
What time does each NDIS rate start?
The rate changes at fixed times of day, and a shift that crosses one of those times is normally split. This is the part most people get knocked back on.
| Band | When it applies |
|---|---|
| Weekday daytime | Starts at or after 6:00am and ends at or before 8:00pm, on a weekday |
| Weekday evening | Starts at or after 8:00pm and finishes at or before midnight, on a weekday |
| Weekday night | Starts at or before midnight on a weekday and finishes after midnight, or starts before 6:00am on a weekday and finishes that same day |
| Saturday | Any support delivered on a Saturday |
| Sunday | Any support delivered on a Sunday |
| Public holiday | Any support delivered on a public holiday in that state or territory |
A shift from 8:00pm Friday to 7:00am Saturday is normally billed as two line items: weekday evening until midnight, then Saturday from midnight onwards. Two prices, one shift. That is the general rule, and it is what the checker above works out for a specific date, including whether that date is a public holiday where you are.
There is an exception, and it is worth knowing about. The NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (2025-26, page 18) says that where a support crosses a boundary and the same worker delivers the whole of it, "the higher of the relevant price limits applies to the entire support", claimed as a single item, and that providers "are required to discuss this billing arrangement with the participant". The wording is brief and the term "shift boundary" is not defined anywhere in that document, so we are not going to tell you how the NDIA or your plan manager will read it. Splitting the shift is the safer default, because every part is then billed at or below its own price limit. If you want to claim a whole shift at the higher rate, agree it with the participant first and check it with the plan manager. Read the exception in full, and what is still genuinely unknown about it.
NDIS item codes and maximum prices
National price limits (MMM 1 to 5) under the 2026-27 schedule, effective 1 July 2026. These are caps: you may charge below them, never above. Figures as at 7 August 2026.
The two most common support types are set out below. The checker above covers every support type Kygra Care bills, including Supported Independent Living, Short Term Accommodation, group activities and support coordination.
Assistance with Self-Care Activities, Standard
| Band | Item code | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday daytime | 01_011_0107_1_1 | $73.58/hr |
| Weekday evening | 01_015_0107_1_1 | $81.07/hr |
| Weekday night | 01_002_0107_1_1 | $82.57/hr |
| Saturday | 01_013_0107_1_1 | $103.54/hr |
| Sunday | 01_014_0107_1_1 | $133.50/hr |
| Public holiday | 01_012_0107_1_1 | $163.46/hr |
| Night-time sleepover | 01_010_0107_1_1 | $311.79/night |
That last row is a flat $311.79 for the whole night, not an hourly rate, and it only applies if you were allowed to sleep. See the two-hour rule that decides whether it's a sleepover or an active overnight shift.
Access Community Social and Rec Activities, Standard
| Band | Item code | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday daytime | 04_104_0125_6_1 | $73.58/hr |
| Weekday evening | 04_103_0125_6_1 | $81.07/hr |
| Saturday | 04_105_0125_6_1 | $103.54/hr |
| Sunday | 04_106_0125_6_1 | $133.50/hr |
| Public holiday | 04_102_0125_6_1 | $163.46/hr |
Travel
| Item | Item code | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Provider travel, non-labour costs | 01_799_0107_1_1 | $0.99/km |
Travel is tied to an actual face-to-face support and has to be recorded against each date or job, not totalled across a month. A whole-month kilometre figure is a common reason an invoice comes back.
Want a shift worked through from start to finish? See three examples on the how-it-works page.
Why invoices get knocked back
- The item code does not match the participant's plan budget
- The support you delivered has to sit in a category their plan actually funds. The right code for the work is still the wrong code if it is not funded in that plan.
- The price is above the NDIS maximum
- Even a few cents over and the claim fails. The maximum depends on the date, so a rate that was correct last financial year can be wrong now.
- The wrong band was used for the time of day
- Billing a whole overnight shift at one rate is the classic one, because the rate changed at midnight and the invoice did not.
- Travel was totalled for the month
- Kilometres have to be itemised against the date of each job, not added up across a billing period.
- Do I have to put the item code on the invoice?
- In practice yes. A plan manager needs the support item code to make the claim, and an invoice without one usually comes back.