Pricing

Occupational Therapy Service Pricing 

Please note that the pricing is the same for NDIS, Medicare and Private clients. We will follow NDIS pricing guide if you are part of the NDIS.

Hourly rate of Occupational Therapist / Key Worker / Educator - $193.99 

Hourly rate of Therapy Assistant / Allied Health Assistant - $86.79

Travel - Labour costs - time taken to travel (30 minutes maximum each way x 2) from the Clinic to Service location back to Clinic - Hourly rate of the pracitioner, Two-way.  NDIS Clients pay 50% of the travel time fee as determined by the latest pricing guide.

Travel - Non-labour costs - distance travelled (kilometres) x 2 from the Clinic to Service location back to Clinic - $1 per kilometre, Two-way.

 The travel time (maximum of 30 minutes x 2 ways) and travel mileage (distance in Kilometres x 2 ways ) are calculated using Google Maps for consistency and will be rounded to the nearest 5 minutes and 5 kilometres respectively. 

All standard sessions at the Clinic and in the Community will include 45 minutes of face-to-face time plus between 25 to 40 minutes non-face-to-face time which is detailed below.

Standard Therapy Session Duration and Service Fees:

Therapy Assistant Level 2– Standard - Clinic - 80 mins (45 mins face-to-face therapy + 35 mins non-face-to-face time that includes 10 mins session planning, 10 mins setting up, packing, sanitising resources and environment, 15 mins writing notes and feedback) $115.72

Therapy Assistant Level 2– Standard -  Community - 85 mins (45 mins face-to-face therapy

+ 40 mins non-face-to-face time that includes 10 mins session planning, 15 mins loading, unloading, setting up, packing, sanitising resources and environment, 15 mins writing notes and feedback)  $122.95 + Travel Time + Travel Mileage (Kms)

OT / Educator / Key Worker – Standard – 70 mins (45 mins face-to-face + 25 mins non-face-to-face time that includes 5 mins session planning, 10 mins setting up, packing, sanitising resources and environment, 10 mins writing notes and feedback)  $226.32

OT / Educator / Key Worker – Standard -  Community 75 mins (45 mins face-to-face + 30 mins non-face-to-face time that includes 5 mins session planning, 15 mins loading, unloading, setting up, packing, sanitising resources and environment, 10 mins writing notes and feedback)  $242.49 + Travel Time + Travel Mileage (Kms)

For NDIS Clients, please know that we follow the current NDIS price guide.

Non-standard sessions (e.g., initial, review sessions, activity-based therapy, cooking sessions, group sessions, sibling sessions) may involve longer times when needed and these will be clearly reflected on the invoices. 

Non-face-to-face supports (of duration longer than 5 minutes) like report writing, meetings, emails, phone calls and creating individualised resources will continue to be billed at the applicable hourly rates of $193.99 for OT, Educator/Key Worker and $86.79 Therapy Assistant (Level 2).