Treatment Centers in Colorado That Accept Anthem

Does Anthem Cover Rehab in Colorado?

Yes. Anthem covers substance use treatment in Colorado on its individual, employer and Medicare plans, and Anthem’s individual certificates, a national document set, list outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential and inpatient care for mental health and substance use. Anthem members comparing Colorado treatment programs should start with the plan line on their card.

Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc., owned by Elevance Health, does business as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado, and its HMOs are written by HMO Colorado, Inc. Rehabs that accept Anthem work with Anthem directly, because Elevance keeps behavioral health inside its own group through Carelon Behavioral Health, a sister company.

Does Anthem Cover Inpatient Rehab in Colorado?

Yes. Anthem covers residential substance use treatment and inpatient facility care in Colorado, and a 2023 Colorado Bronze Pathway HMO certificate counts residential treatment as an inpatient facility service. On that plan residential care with insurance cost a copay per admission plus coinsurance after the deductible.

How long will Anthem pay for residential rehab?

Anthem authorizes a Colorado residential stay for a set period and extends it after concurrent reassessment, using the MCG behavioral health guidelines it licenses and may adapt. The length follows medical necessity, not a number written into the certificates we found, and Carelon applies The ASAM Criteria where it manages a plan’s substance use benefit.

Does Anthem need prior authorization for inpatient rehab?

Yes. Under Anthem’s national individual certificates, any inpatient or outpatient facility treatment for substance use, including partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs and residential treatment, needs precertification first unless a law forbids it. In Colorado the program normally files the request with Anthem before admission, or the member can start it by calling the number on the Anthem card.

Does Anthem Cover Detox in Colorado?

Yes. Detox is billed under the inpatient or outpatient facility benefit in Anthem’s Colorado certificates, so alcohol detox with insurance and opioid detox covered by insurance fall under the same precertification rule as other Colorado facility stays. Anthem’s Colorado individual HMOs still pay for emergency care outside the network.

Does Anthem Cover Outpatient Rehab in Colorado?

Yes. Anthem covers outpatient counseling, intensive outpatient treatment and PHP with insurance in Colorado. The 2024 Anthem Colorado Option Gold Pathway HMO charged nothing for an outpatient mental health or substance use office visit, with the deductible waived, while other outpatient services had coinsurance after the deductible.

Anthem individual certificates list virtual visits for mental health and substance use alongside office visits, and the Colorado Option Gold summary notes telehealth benefits for outpatient behavioral visits. Telehealth addiction care counts as a covered outpatient visit on these Colorado plans when the clinician is in Anthem’s network.

Does Anthem Cover Suboxone, Methadone and Other Addiction Medications?

Yes. Anthem covers addiction medications through CarelonRx, Elevance’s pharmacy benefit manager, which sets the formulary for Anthem’s Colorado plans. In January 2017, under an agreement with the New York Attorney General, Anthem dropped prior authorization for buprenorphine and similar addiction medications across most of its affiliated plans nationally.

Does Anthem cover methadone?

Usually, but none of the Colorado Anthem documents in our sources names methadone. Methadone is dispensed only at licensed opioid treatment programs, so an Anthem member considering methadone clinic care in Colorado should ask Anthem how the plan pays that clinic. Health First Colorado members in Region 3 should ask the alliance.

Does Anthem cover Suboxone?

Yes, in most cases. The 2017 agreement removed prior authorization for buprenorphine on most Anthem plans, but that agreement is old, and each Colorado plan’s CarelonRx drug list shows the current tier. Buprenorphine maintenance treatment for a Colorado member comes down to the drug’s tier on that plan’s list, not a separate approval step.

How does Anthem fit into Health First Colorado?

Anthem does not sell a Colorado Medicaid plan under its own name. Elevance reports Medicaid business in Colorado, and Anthem is a partner in Colorado Community Health Alliance, the Region 3 organization. Half of its eight board seats belong to Elevance staff. Health First Colorado members there have no copay for substance use care through Colorado Medicaid coverage.

Anthem Rehab Centers in Ski Country, the Mountain Gaming Towns and the Pike National Forest

Anthem’s Colorado presence reaches the high country in two separate ways: its own plans, whose options Anthem says vary by county or region, and its partnership in Colorado Community Health Alliance, whose Region 3 includes Clear Creek, Gilpin, Park and Teller counties. Those four counties climb from the Denver foothills to the Continental Divide.

Anthem rehab near the I-70 ski areas

Anthem’s Medicaid partner covers Clear Creek County, home to Loveland Ski Area, Georgetown and Idaho Springs. For rehab centers near ski resorts and Idaho Springs treatment programs, Health First Colorado requests go to Colorado Community Health Alliance, while Anthem’s own members use Anthem precertification. Summit County, beyond the tunnel, is in Region 1.

Anthem rehab in the mountain gaming towns

Anthem’s Region 3 partnership also takes in Gilpin County, where Black Hawk and Central City sit in a narrow mountain gulch. Rehab centers near mountains and rehab programs in Black Hawk fall under that same organization for Medicaid, and it also covers Boulder and Colorado Springs.

Anthem rehab near the Pike National Forest

Anthem’s Medicaid partner covers Park and Teller counties, where the Pike National Forest spreads around Fairplay, Bailey and Woodland Park, and southern Jefferson County beside Morrison and the Red Rocks foothills. Health First Colorado members using programs near national forests or Morrison treatment programs stay under Region 3, while commercial members need Anthem precertification.

How Do I Find a Rehab That Accepts Anthem in Colorado?

Browse the listings on this page. Anthem is accepted at all of them, and each shows a contact number, levels of care and accreditation, and you can filter by town and service. Anthem’s individual HMOs pay only network programs, so the first call to a program should ask whether it is in that plan’s network.

Colorado admissions under Anthem for partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, residential or inpatient care need precertification. The program files it, or the member can begin it through the number on the card. Health First Colorado members in Region 3 use the alliance’s line, 1-855-627-4685, instead. The table sets out each Anthem line in Colorado.

Anthem rehab in Denver

Anthem’s Colorado Option and its other individual HMOs for Denver residents are sold through Connect for Health Colorado, the state marketplace, with plan options varying by county. Health First Colorado in Denver belongs to Region 4, not Anthem’s partner, so Anthem’s Denver role is commercial and Medicare plans. Precertification applies at Capitol Hill rehab programs and Five Points treatment centers.

Anthem rehab in Boulder and Broomfield

Anthem’s Medicaid partner covers Boulder and Broomfield counties, which were Region 6 before July 2025 and now form part of Region 3; the alliance’s local line there is 303-256-1717. Members of either kind can compare downtown Boulder rehab programs and Broomfield addiction treatment.

Anthem rehab in Colorado Springs

Anthem’s partner organization serves El Paso County, formerly its own Region 7, with a local line at 719-598-1540, and the alliance’s behavioral claims go through Availity. Anthem’s own members using downtown Colorado Springs programs or Old Colorado City rehabs need precertification for any facility stay.

Anthem rehab in Arvada and Westminster

Anthem’s Region 3 partner covers Jefferson County, so Arvada and the Jefferson County side of Westminster fall in its Medicaid network, while the Adams County side belongs to Region 4. That county split matters for Health First Colorado members only, not for Anthem’s own members. Anthem commercial rules are the same at Arvada treatment programs and rehab centers in Westminster.

Can I use Anthem for rehab in a different state?

Only on plans with out-of-network or national benefits. Anthem’s Colorado individual HMOs pay nothing for mental health or substance use care outside the network apart from emergency and urgent care, so treatment in another state is unpaid unless it is an emergency. Employer plans and coverage through the Federal Employee Program set their own out-of-state rules.

How much does rehab cost with Anthem?

Anthem’s Colorado individual plans use a deductible and coinsurance for inpatient, residential and most outpatient substance use services, and a copay per admission on some Bronze plans. Office visits can cost less: on the 2024 Colorado Option Gold Pathway HMO they cost nothing. Health First Colorado members in Region 3 pay no copays.

Anthem is one of several ways Coloradans pay for treatment. The listings also include programs billing other carriers and sliding scale rehab programs, which helps when an Anthem member in Colorado is weighing an in-network program against paying another way, for instance after leaving a job-based plan or before a Colorado Option plan starts.