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AN-ACC daily subsidy calculator
Pick a Base Care Tariff category and an AN-ACC class (1–13) and see the total daily basic subsidy paid by the Commonwealth for a permanent resident. Built from the official Department of Health AN-ACC Funding Guide v1.21 (1 November 2025), with NWAU values and the $295.64 starting price effective from 1 October 2025.
Modified Monash Model (MMM) classification — find your home's MM category in the Department of Health's Health Workforce Locator using your street address.
Each resident is assigned an AN-ACC class via a residential aged care funding assessment. Class 1 is for planned palliative care entries; default for other new entrants is Class 8 until classified.
Total daily basic subsidy
$291.80
BCT (fixed) + AN-ACC class (variable). Calculated as the AN-ACC starting price ($295.64 per NWAU) × the sum of the BCT and class NWAU weights.
BCT (fixed) per day
$114.41
Standard MM 1 · NWAU 0.387 · per occupied bed
Class 8 (variable) per day
$177.38
NWAU 0.6 × $295.64 per NWAU
Estimates per resident
Estimates only. Actual payments are made monthly via Services Australia and exclude any care minutes supplement, one-off entry adjustment payments, accommodation supplement, and other supplements (oxygen, enteral feeding, hardship etc.).
Source: AN-ACC Funding Guide (Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, version 1.21, 1 November 2025). NWAU values and AN-ACC starting price effective from 1 October 2025. Reviewed annually by IHACPA. For the authoritative current figures, refer to the AN-ACC Funding Guide and Schedule of Subsidies and Supplements.
How the AN-ACC Daily Basic Subsidy works
AN-ACC (Australian National Aged Care Classification) is the casemix funding model used to fund residential aged care in Australia. Each permanent resident's daily basic subsidy has two components: a fixed Base Care Tariff (BCT) that depends on the home's location and specialised status, and a variable AN-ACC classification component that depends on the resident's individual care needs.
The BCT represents the shared care costs of running the home — costs that don't vary much with individual resident characteristics. There are 8 BCT categories based on Modified Monash Model (MM) location and any specialised status (Homeless, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander). MM 1–5 BCTs are paid per occupied bed; MM 6–7 BCTs are paid per operational bed.
The AN-ACC class is the variable component and is determined by a residential aged care funding assessment. There are 13 classes:
- Class 1 — admit for planned palliative care (NWAU 0.73)
- Classes 2–3 — independent residents (with or without compounding factors)
- Classes 4–8 — assisted mobility (split by cognition and compounding factors)
- Classes 9–13 — not mobile (split by function, pressure sore risk and compounding factors)
The dollar value of one NWAU is the AN-ACC starting price, set by the Department of Health on the advice of the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA). The starting price is $295.64 per NWAU per day from 1 October 2025, indexed from $282.44.
Total daily subsidy = (BCT NWAU + Class NWAU) × $295.64. Providers also receive a one-off entry adjustment payment for each new permanent resident, plus separate supplements (care minutes, accommodation, oxygen, enteral feeding, hardship). This calculator covers the daily basic subsidy only.
For the full treatment of how AN-ACC integrates with care minutes, classifications, and reclassification triggers, see our AN-ACC Classification & Funding pillar.
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