• The current hourly rate for the NATA staff officer is $202.
• A document review would only be required once per any group practice if the quality manual is applicable to all sites.
• If a site is part of Corporate Accreditation (i.e. part of a group practice with a uniformed quality management system applied across all sites) ongoing annual fees are reduced.
• After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.

Example of costs (inclusive of GST) as at December 2007

1. Small regional site offering plain film X-rays and CT. All reporting is performed off-site. One radiographer assessor will be required together with one NATA staff officer.

   Application Fees:	$2070	(NATA component)
   	$220	(College component)
   Accreditation requirements package:	$77
   Document review of quality manual (3 hrs):	$606
   Pre & post assessment activities (~10 hrs)*:	$2020
   On-site (6-8 hrs):	$1616
   	$6609#

   * This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
   # The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.

   On-going annual fees (based on 1 assessor unit): $3305
   Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.

2. Large centralised site offering plain film X-rays, CT, mammography, interventional, ultrasound, BMD, MRI, nuclear medicine. There are separate fees for College quality assurance activities (i.e MQAP and MRI Image Review). 4-6 assessors required dependent on shared experience between them (1-2 radiologists to ensure all reporting aspects for each modality are covered) together with one NATA staff officer over three days.

   Application Fees:	$2070	(NATA component)
   	$220	(College component)
   Accreditation requirements package:	$77
   Document review of quality manual (3 hrs):	$606
   Pre & post assessment activities (~15 hrs)*:	$3030
   On-site (20 hrs):	$4040
   	$10043#

   * This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
   # The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.

   On-going annual fees (based on 4 assessor units): $8780
   Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.

3. Small city site offering plain film X-rays only. One radiographer or radiologist (if reporting is performed on-site) assessor will be required together with one NATA staff officer.

   Application Fees:	$1035	(NATA component)
   	$220	(College component)
   Accreditation requirements package:	$77
   Document review of quality manual (2 hrs):	$404
   Pre & post assessment activities (~6 hrs)*:	$1212
   On-site (4-5 hrs):	$1010
   	$3958#

   * This is a rough approximation of hours and costs will vary depending on the hours required to service the applicant.
   # The site will incur additional expenses for assessor travel and accommodation. The extent of these will depend on whether the site is located at a distance from a capital city or the assessors are from interstate.

   On-going annual fees (based on 1 assessor unit): $2390
   Note: After the initial assessment visit, all costs associated with future routine reassessments, to be conducted once every three years, will be covered by the on-going annual fees.