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Cost of addiction medicine doctor visit by state

The following estimated costs are based on cash prices that providers have historically charged on average for addiction medicine doctor visit and will vary depending on where the service is done. The prices do not include the anesthesia, imaging, and other doctor visit fees that normally accompany addiction medicine doctor visit.

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StateName Average Cash Price
$73 - $108
$99 - $147
$82 - $123
$72 - $107
$90 - $135
$80 - $118
$87 - $130
$85 - $126
$84 - $125
$80 - $119
$75 - $112
$76 - $113
$74 - $110
$84 - $124
$76 - $113
$69 - $103
$72 - $107
$73 - $109
$82 - $121
$74 - $110
$87 - $129
$89 - $133
$82 - $122
$93 - $138
$74 - $110
$73 - $109
$76 - $113
$74 - $111
$79 - $117
$79 - $117
$96 - $142
$73 - $108
$90 - $134
$72 - $107
$80 - $119
$75 - $112
$80 - $119
$82 - $122
$85 - $126
$90 - $134
$77 - $114
$72 - $107
$72 - $108
$78 - $116
$81 - $121
$80 - $119
$78 - $116
$87 - $129
$78 - $116
$82 - $122
$80 - $119

Addiction medicine doctors are specialists in treating addiction and substance-related problems. These doctors can diagnose, treat, and prevent problems related to addiction. Problems that an addiction medicine doctor may treat include:

  • Tobacco use disorder
  • Alcohol use disorder
  • Opioid use disorder

Treatment options may include:

  • Support groups
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Inpatient treatment
  • Continued care
  • Medical stabilization
  • Substance withdrawal management
  • Medication management

An addiction specialist is a medical doctor that has received additional training and certification to care for patients' addiction or substance use disorders. Treatment options may include prescriptions to treat withdrawal symptoms and avoid relapse.

Physicians who specialize in addiction must hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine. Doctors must first be certified in another specialty. Then there are several pathways to completing certification in the subspecialty. These include:

  • A minimum of 1920 hours spent in the practice of addiction medicine 
  • Completion of the addiction medicine subspecialty certification examination
  • Completion of an addiction medicine fellowship program

You’ll find addiction medicine doctors working in offices, health clinics, hospitals, addiction treatment centers, and educational and research settings.

Addiction medicine became formally recognized by the American Medical Association as a subspecialty in 1990. Then in 2016, The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recognized addiction medicine as a medical subspecialty under the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Both addiction medicine doctors and addiction psychiatrists treat patients with substance use disorders. Addiction psychiatrists use psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological techniques in the management of their patients. This certification is only open to board-certified psychiatrists. Addiction medicine is available in any primary specialty, including psychiatry. Both specialists agree that a multidisciplinary approach to treatment is often needed. This might include:

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Medications
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • 12-step programs

The development of addiction is a complex process. Addiction occurs when cravings for the substance develop, then loss of control over its use happens, and finally continuing to use the substance despite adverse consequences. Addiction results from changes in brain structure and function. Initially, the brain's pleasure center is triggered. Repeated exposure to the substance that triggers dopamine and the pleasure center causes the individual to continue to seek the source of pleasure. Over-time tolerance causes the need for more and more of the substance to result in the same pleasure. Compulsively seeking the substance and cravings for it are created.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

Sidecar Health offers and administers a variety of plans including ACA compliant and excepted benefit plans. Coverage and plan options may vary or may not be available in all states.

Your actual costs may be higher or lower than these cost estimates. Check with your provider and health plan details to confirm the costs that you may be charged for a service or procedure.You are responsible for costs that are not covered and for getting any pre-authorizations or referrals required by your health plan. Neither payments nor benefits are guaranteed. Provider data, including price data, provided in part by Turquoise Health.

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