Hospital of the University of PA

They provide inpatient hospital and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Lansdowne is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 5 of the 8 centers near Philadelphia offer one at all.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Philadelphia, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Philadelphia offers both.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in Philadelphia, because a wide age range often still means one room.

It normally means continuing outpatient sessions, a prescriber if medication is involved, and free meetings. Nothing booked for the first week back is the most common gap in a discharge plan. Ask to see what a discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

Nobody can give you a real number from a listing page alone, including us. County behavioral health departments fund treatment directly in many places, and that route is invisible from a search. Ask what someone on your plan usually ends up paying, which is a different question from the list price.

Someone asks what is going on, what has been tried before, and what insurance you have. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Have your insurance card and a list of medications next to you.