Banyan Palm Springs

They provide inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Rancho Mirage, 2.4 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Cathedral City.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them 2.4 miles away in Rancho Mirage.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Cathedral City that often means one room rather than two.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Cathedral City differ on it.

What you pay depends more on insurance than on which center you choose. Outpatient care costs a fraction of residential care, and for a lot of people it is the right level anyway. Ask whether detox is included in the figure, because very often it is billed on its own.

Medication is one tool in a program, and for opioid use disorder it is the one with the strongest evidence behind it. How long someone stays on a medication varies from months to years, and that decision belongs with a prescriber. Ask who prescribes, how often you would be seen, and where the prescription is filled.

Photo id, your insurance card, and a list of every medication you take with the doses. Phones are allowed at some centers, restricted at others, and the rule is often different in the first week. Ask what the phone rule is in the first week specifically, not in general.