Try our interactive fee calculators to help you estimate your registration, renewal and variation fees under the new Aged Care Act 2024.
Disclaimer: We are updating our fees and fee waiver criteria for the 2026–27 financial year. The Aged Care Rules must be amended before we can start charging and applying the new fees and fee waiver criteria.
The current fees and fee waivers from the 2025–26 financial year continue to apply until the Aged Care Rules are amended.
We charge fees for assessing applications to:
- become a registered provider
- renew your registration
- vary your registration.
We also charge for any audits needed for these applications.
Fees to become a registered provider
Organisations and people who want to become a registered provider must apply to us using the application for registration form. After we receive your application, we’ll review it to make sure it is complete. We will then send you an invoice with the details of the fees. This includes how much you need to pay and how to pay.
If you’re registering in registration categories 4, 5 or 6, we’ll need to audit you against the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards (Quality Standards). There is also a fee for each audit.
Registration fees
| Fee type | Activity | Fee | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Entity level assessment | $3,270 | Once per application |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (categories 1-3) | $1,270 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (categories 4-5) | $3,800 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (Category 6) | $5,070 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Residential care home approval | $3,800 | Once per new residential care home |
| Audit | Registration audit (categories 4-6) | $14,870 | Once per application |
Fee waivers and fee reductions may apply if you meet certain criteria.
To learn more about the fees that may apply to you, download the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement.
You can find more information on Becoming a registered provider.
You can find more information on Audits.
Fees to renew your registration
We will invite you to renew your registration up to 18 months before your registration ends.
After you let us know that you want to renew your registration, you must submit your application for renewal of registration. After we receive your application, we’ll send you an invoice with the details of the fees. This includes how much you need to pay and how to pay.
If you’re registered in registration categories 4, 5 or 6, we’ll need to audit you against the Quality Standards. There is a fee for each audit.
Renewal fees
| Fee type | Activity | Fee | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Entity level assessment | $295 | Once per application |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (categories 1-3) | $770 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (categories 4-5 | $4,040 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Review of category specific requirements (Category 6) | $5,380 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Residential care home | $3,800 | Once per new residential care home |
| Audit | Provider-level evidence gathering (categories 4-6) | $7,890 | Once per application |
| Audit | Audit – categories 4-5 (low complexity) | $9,800 | Once per application |
| Audit | Audit – categories 4-5 (moderate complexity) | $15,550 | Once per application |
| Audit | Audit – categories 4-5 (complex) | $17,950 | Once per application |
| Audit | Audit – Category 6 (1-150 beds) | $16,340 | Once per residential care home |
| Audit | Audit – Category 6 (151-250 beds) | $17,510 | Once per residential care home |
| Audit | Audit – Category 6 (251+ beds) | $18,670 | Once per residential care home |
Fee waivers and fee reductions may apply if you meet certain criteria.
To learn more about the fees that apply to you, download the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement.
You can find more information on Becoming a registered provider.
You can find more information on Audits.
Fees to vary (change) your registration
A provider’s registration can change during the registration period. You can ask for changes, or we can make changes to protect older people and manage risks. Only some types of variations incur a fee. These are:
- adding or removing a registration category
- approving a new residential care home and adding it to a registration.
To change your registration, you need to apply to the Commission for a variation using the application for variation form. After we receive the form, we’ll send you an invoice with the details of the fees. This includes how much you need to pay and how to pay.
If you apply to vary your registration to add registration categories 4, 5 or 6, we’ll need to audit you against the Quality Standards. There is a fee for each audit.
Variation fees
| Fee type | Activity | Fee | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Remove category (categories 1-3 or categories 4-6 with zero older people) | $545 | Once per application |
| Application | Remove category (categories 4-6 with older people) | $4,800 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Add category (categories 1-3) | $1,270 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Add category (categories 4-5) | $3,800 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Add category (Category 6) | $5,070 | Once per category applied for |
| Application | Residential care home approval | $3,800 | Once per new residential care home |
| Audit | Variation audit (add categories 4-6) | $18,530 | Once per application |
Fee waivers and fee reductions may apply if you meet certain criteria.
To learn more about the fees that apply to you, download the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement.
You can find more information on Becoming a registered provider.
You can find more information on Audits.
Fee waivers
Some providers are eligible for a full or partial fee waiver (fee reduction).
Fee waivers help providers enter (start working) and operate in thin markets. A thin market is where there aren’t enough providers or services in a particular area. Waivers also help providers who are having financial difficulties stay in the market.
Applying for registration or varying your registration
If you’re applying to register as a provider, or you’re applying to vary your registration, and want to receive a fee waiver, you’ll need to complete the fee waiver eligibility form and submit this as part of your application.
You may be eligible for a full (100%) fee waiver if you:
- are an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) or
- plan to deliver at least 85% of your care and services to older people in remote or very remote communities (Modified Monash Model (MMM) 6-7 locations).
Renewing your registration
If you’re renewing your registration, you do not need to complete the fee waiver eligibility form. When we invite you to renew your registration we’ll let you know if you’re eligible for a fee waiver.
You may be eligible for a full fee waiver for some renewal fees if you:
- deliver 100% of your care and services in MMM 5-7 locations or
- are in the smallest 10% of providers, based on the number of older people accessing funded aged care services.
Fee waiver eligibility for Category 6 renewal audits is based on a grandfathering arrangement. We’ll let you know if you’re eligible for a fee waiver. Fee waivers may be full or partial.
To learn more about the fee waiver criteria, download the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement.
How to pay
We’ll send you an invoice after you submit your completed application to register, renew or vary your registration, and prior to any audits (if an audit is needed).
For renewal, if an audit is needed, you will receive an invoice for the audit fees after you have confirmed your intent to renew your registration (in response to an invitation from us). We’ll then send you a separate invoice for the renewal application fee after you submit your renewal application.
You can pay your registration and audit fees by electronic funds transfer (EFT) or BPAY from your bank account or credit card.
EFT
Bank account details have changed. Please update your creditor information.
Our bank details for EFT payments are included on the invoice. After you've completed the bank transfer, email your proof of payment (remittance advice), including the invoice number/s to finance@agedcarequality.gov.au to allow your payment to be allocated correctly.
BPAY
Our BPAY details are on the invoice, including the biller code and reference number you need to use when making your payment.
More information
To help understand the fees that apply to you and if you’re eligible for a fee waiver, read our:
- guide and scenarios
- factsheet
- use our online fees calculators to help you to estimate your fees
- Cost Recovery Implementation Statement
- cost recovery arrangements.