NCLEX-PN guideRegistration & exam day
How Much Does the NCLEX-PN Cost?
The NCLEX registration fee for U.S. licensure is $200 USD for registrations completed before February 1, 2027, and $350 USD from that date, whatever the exam date. NCLEX-PN is U.S. licensure only. Extra Pearson fees may apply. NRB licensure fees are separate.
Short answer
The NCLEX registration fee for candidates seeking U.S. licensure is $200 USD for registrations completed before February 1, 2027 and $350 USD for registrations completed on or after that date. The registration date sets the fee, not the exam date, so a 2027 exam can cost either amount, and retakes follow the same rule. NCLEX-PN is used for U.S. licensure only. Additional Pearson fees can apply (including $150 international scheduling and $50 to change exam type in the U.S.), and NCSBN says those are not changing. Your nursing regulatory body’s own application fee is separate and is not listed as a single national number.
$200 now, $350 on February 1, 2027 (U.S.)
NCLEX’s fees page lists the registration fee for candidates seeking U.S. licensure as $200 USD. The same page announces that effective February 1, 2027, the NCLEX registration fee will be $350 in the United States and Australia. After you pay, keep NCLEX-PN study on a plan with Passy rather than treating the receipt as the end of prep.
Your registration date sets the fee, not your exam date. NCSBN’s announcement says registrations completed before February 1, 2027 are charged the current fee and registrations on or after that date are charged $350, retakes included. A registration completed in January 2027 is $200 even if you test in March 2027. NCSBN says it is the first adjustment to the NCLEX registration fee since 2000.
An early registration keeps the $200 fee only while it stays valid. Under the Candidate Bulletin, a registration stays open for 365 days while your NRB decides eligibility, and once you are eligible you must test within your ATT dates. If the registration lapses or the ATT expires, you register and pay again, and a registration made on or after February 1, 2027 is $350.
Registration fees are not refundable, including duplicate registrations, late cancels, and no-shows.
Why the Canada column is on the same table
The fee table also lists $360 CAD (excluding local taxes) for candidates seeking Canadian licensure/registration, rising to $570 CAD on February 1, 2027. Official registration states that NCLEX-PN is used for U.S. licensure only. Those CAD figures describe NCLEX registration for Canadian RN licensure/registration, not a Canadian NCLEX-PN. The nursing regulators in British Columbia and Ontario use a different NCSBN exam for practical nurses, the REx-PN, and NCSBN says the February 2027 change does not affect the REx-PN fee. Do not quote $360 CAD (or $570 CAD) as the LPN NCLEX price.
Australia currently shares the $200 USD registration fee with the U.S., also moving to $350 USD on February 1, 2027.
Extra Pearson amounts that are not the NRB fee
These amounts come from the current fees page and bulletin, and NCSBN says they stay the same when the registration fee changes on February 1, 2027:
| Extra | Typical amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| International scheduling | $150 (USD or CAD by column) | Plus VAT where applicable; not refunded |
| Change NRB after registration | $50 | Not applicable for Australia on the table |
| Change exam type RN/PN after registration | $50 USD | U.S. column; not applicable in Canada/Australia on the table |
| Change exam language | $50 CAD | Canada column |
Licensure/registration fees charged by the NRB are listed as “contact nursing regulatory body.” Fingerprints, transcripts, and temporary permits can add more. There is no honest nationwide “total LPN license cost.”
How to register is the workflow. ATT is when you may schedule. Retakes mean paying the registration fee again, at the amount in effect on the day you register again.
Eligible U.S. veterans may use a VA reimbursement program for NCLEX; that is a VA process, not a Pearson discount at checkout.
After the card is charged
Use mixed NCLEX-PN questions from Passy so the fee buys a date, not a stall.
Changing RN versus PN after you already paid is the $50 exam-type fee—confirm exam type on PN vs RN.
If Coordinated Care is the expensive miss pattern, practice that Client Need with Passy’s NCLEX-PN questions.
The registration fee does not include your NRB’s own application charges.
Review your weakest Client Need with Passy’s NCLEX-PN practice before you pay a second registration fee.
Trust the source
Official sources
Exam policies can change. Use these primary sources for the most current details.