About Pine Valley Recovery
This is a directory of addiction treatment centers plus a set of guides explaining what your options actually are and what they cost. Built for people who want plain answers — whether you're the one trying to quit, or you're trying to help someone who is.
Who this site is actually useful for
If any of these descriptions match you, Pine Valley Recovery was built with you in mind:
- You're figuring out, for the first time, whether someone you love has a substance use disorder — or whether you do.
- You've decided you want treatment (or someone needs it urgently) and you don't know how insurance even applies to rehab.
- You have no insurance and you've been told rehab costs $30,000+ — and you're trying to figure out if that's actually true.
- You're supporting a family member through detox, residential, or outpatient right now and you just need reliable information.
- You're a case manager, discharge planner, or community health worker who needs a reliable list to hand clients.
How to use the site
There's no single right order, but here's what tends to work:
- If you don't know what kind of treatment is appropriate, start with our treatment types guide. It walks through detox, inpatient, IOP/PHP, MAT, and outpatient in the order families typically encounter them.
- If you already know roughly what level of care you need, go to our state directory and filter by level (e.g., California detox, Texas inpatient). We pull 21,568 facilities from the federal SAMHSA database.
- If cost is the blocker, use the cost estimator. It takes a minute and gives you a real-world range based on care type, duration, and insurance coverage — not a marketing number.
- If you have insurance, check the provider-specific pages (Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, UHC, and others). Each explains what your plan usually covers for SUD treatment under ACA parity law, plus how to verify your specific benefits.
- If you don't have insurance, read the guide on paying for rehab without insurance — it covers Medicaid eligibility, sliding-scale programs, scholarships, and state-funded options that are rarely advertised.
Where our information comes from
Facility data: the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) maintains a public Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator. That's our primary source. We re-sync quarterly and flag facilities that haven't updated their SAMHSA record in over 12 months.
Clinical guidance: our treatment-approach and care-level content cites primary literature — peer-reviewed journals, agency reports (NIDA, SAMHSA, CDC), and regulatory text. When guidance is contested between clinical bodies, we say so rather than picking a side.
Insurance data: comes from federal parity-law regulations, state Medicaid offices, and the public documentation each insurer publishes. Because insurance plans vary enormously by employer, state, and policy year, we give you a framework rather than a guarantee — always call your insurer to confirm your specific coverage.
What we won't do
- We won't redirect you to an "intake specialist" who's actually selling for a single facility. Each listing contains the facility's own contact information.
- We won't publish "top 10 rehab" rankings that are really paid placements.
- We won't make clinical claims that aren't in the peer-reviewed literature.
- We won't pretend a decision is simpler than it is. Recovery is hard, and the treatment system is confusing — we try to be honest about both.
Contact and crisis resources
For site feedback, corrections, or facility-data updates: contact us. Our editorial policy explains the full methodology.
If you need help immediately: call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — serves addiction crises too). For a free, confidential referral to treatment: SAMHSA's national helpline at 1-800-662-HELP, staffed 24/7.