Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Melbourne, FL
If you are looking for drug and alcohol treatment in Melbourne, the providers here serve the city and nearby Satellite Beach, Palm Bay and Cocoa Beach. Scroll down to compare programs, see what each one costs and find out how to reach them.
Listings covering Melbourne are checked against the Florida Department of Children and Families, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission and CARF International. Florida has not expanded Medicaid, so confirming your position comes before comparing any figures.
7 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Melbourne, FL
Why Trust RehabSeekers?
RehabSeekers is an independent behavioral health directory covering drug and alcohol addiction and mental health treatment providers.
Learn More
Licensing & accreditation checks: Verified against state regulators and national accreditation bodies.
Human-verified listings: Each facility manually reviewed for licensing and compliance.
100% independent: We are independent and never accept any commissions.
Direct connections only: Listings show direct contacts to avoid third-party centers.
See our accreditation standards and listing guidelines.
Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Melbourne, Florida
Melbourne sits on the Space Coast in Brevard County, with around 85,000 residents.
The aerospace sector dominates the local economy, with Kennedy Space Center to the north and substantial defense and satellite manufacturing locally.
Florida Institute of Technology is based here.
Brevard County recorded 186 drug overdose deaths in the twelve months to December 2025 on provisional CDC counts, against 348 four years earlier, a fall of 47 percent.
This is a sharper decline than most of Florida managed, and Florida’s own fall was among the steepest nationally.
Because expansion was never adopted here, an adult with no dependent children has no route into Florida Medicaid at any income, and a parent qualifies only at around 28 percent of the poverty level.
Roughly 800,000 adults in this state earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little for Marketplace assistance, leaving them without a route to cover.
Neighboring Satellite Beach, Palm Bay and Cocoa Beach carry their own listings, with the wider picture across Florida.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below cover providers listed in Melbourne and the surrounding parts of Brevard County. Orlando is around an hour west. A question worth putting to every program: what proportion of people complete the course they recommend. Ask what the waiting time actually is rather than whether there is a wait, because the two answers are often very different.
Medically Supervised Detox
Withdrawal management under clinical oversight normally takes three to seven days. Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center is the county’s Level II trauma center. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal is most dangerous in the opening seventy-two hours, which is why supervision matters.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
In residential treatment someone lives at the facility, usually thirty, sixty or ninety days. Brevard County holds moderate residential capacity, with far more available in Orlando an hour away.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Licensing sits with the Department of Children and Families, and an assessment ought to return a defined tier rather than a provider’s standard offering. The aerospace workforce here often holds security clearances, and confidentiality concerns are worth raising with a program directly.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Dual diagnosis means working on the substance use and the mental health condition at the same time. Central Florida Cares Health System is the Managing Entity for Brevard, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Transitional recovery housing gives people a substance-free shared home following treatment. Recovery residences may hold FARR certification under national standards, though many do not, and the only way to know is to ask the house itself. Recovery housing here is moderate, with wider choice toward Orlando.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Melbourne
Melbourne household incomes sit above the state median, supported by the aerospace sector. Several providers are listed in Melbourne, enough to compare on level of care and payment rather than taking the first available. Brevard County has seen a substantial fall in overdose deaths over four years, in line with the statewide decline.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Typical figures across Florida are $1,500 to $5,000 weekly for detox, $6,200 to $26,000 monthly residential, $7,200 to $14,000 for partial hospitalization, $2,700 to $9,200 for intensive outpatient and $1,300 to $5,200 for outpatient.
Brevard County recorded a 47 percent fall in overdose deaths over four years, in line with the statewide decline.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,500 – $4,900 per week | $220 – $700 |
| Residential inpatient | $6,000 – $25,000 | $200 – $830 |
| PHP | $7,000 – $13,500 | $230 – $450 |
| IOP | $2,500 – $9,000 | $80 – $300 |
| Outpatient | $1,200 – $5,000 | $40 – $170 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $17,000 – $50,000+ | $560 – $1,650+ |
| PHP | $14,000 – $32,000 | $470 – $1,070 |
| IOP | $9,000 – $24,000 | $300 – $800 |
| Outpatient | $5,000 – $15,000 | $170 – $500 |
Does Insurance Cover Rehab?
Yes. Addiction treatment sits among the essential health benefits most plans are required to include. What a plan actually pays varies with the employer, the network and the level of care, so two people with the same insurer can face very different bills. Employer plans are common in aerospace and defense. Florida Medicaid runs through Statewide Medicaid Managed Care, and service work frequently carries neither.
Coverage and approval are separate steps. Prior authorization is standard before detox and residential admission, and network status usually decides your share of the bill. Treatment records are protected under 42 CFR Part 2, a tighter federal standard than ordinary medical privacy, which matters for anyone holding a clearance.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Melbourne
Because expansion was never adopted here, an adult with no dependent children has no route into Florida Medicaid at any income, and a parent qualifies only at around 28 percent of the poverty level. Roughly 800,000 adults in this state earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little for Marketplace assistance, leaving them without a route to cover. With more providers listed than most places of this size, comparison is genuinely possible. Ask two or three the same questions about waiting times, level of care and payment before deciding.
Brevard County’s publicly funded provision is coordinated by Central Florida Cares Health System, one of seven regional Managing Entities working under the Department of Children and Families. The publicly funded network runs on a fixed regional allocation, so capacity differs across Florida. Asking how long the wait actually is will tell you more than asking whether there is one. Ask what the next step is and when it happens, since a vague answer at this stage usually means a long wait behind it. Find out who will be the point of contact after admission, since a named person makes the following weeks considerably easier.
The direction of travel is downward. Marketplace subsidy changes in the 2025 federal budget are projected to raise the uninsured rate here from 10.7 to around 16.7 percent, affecting some 1.5 million Floridians. Campaigners have worked to place Medicaid expansion on Florida’s 2026 ballot. Should voters approve it, the eligibility rules above would widen considerably; if not, the current position holds.
Florida has recorded one of the steepest overdose declines in the country. The Medical Examiners Commission reported opioid-caused deaths down 42 percent and fentanyl-caused deaths down 46 percent in the first half of 2025 against the same period a year earlier. There is real disagreement about the reasons. Enforcement is credited officially, while harm reduction groups and researchers cite drug supply shifts and expanded naloxone and fentanyl test strip access. Every Florida county health department carries naloxone, and fentanyl test strips have been decriminalized here.
More Help and Recovery Support
Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center is the county’s Level II trauma center, with Level I trauma care in Orlando.
Satellite Beach, Palm Bay and Cocoa Beach carry further listings, with more across Florida.
Free and confidential, available now
Florida Statewide Crisis Line — dial 988, free and 24 hours a day 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health — the seven regional Managing Entities and the publicly funded behavioral health network.
- Florida Medical Examiners Commission — interim 2025 Drugs in Deceased Persons Report, published May 2026.
- Florida Policy Institute and KFF — Medicaid coverage gap, eligibility thresholds and projected uninsured rates following the 2025 federal budget legislation.
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics — VSRR provisional county-level drug overdose death counts, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Melbourne and Melbourne, August 2026, and market rate research, Florida, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.