Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Mount Vernon, KY
This page lists drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers across Mount Vernon, including nearby communities such as Brodhead, Livingston, Crab Orchard, East Bernstadt, and Berea. Scroll down to browse inpatient rehabs, outpatient programs, virtual treatment providers, counselors, and therapists locally.
Listings for Mount Vernon below, including facilities serving Eubank, McKee, and Annville, are reviewed against bodies such as the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission, and CARF International. Browse the full set below.
1 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Mount Vernon, KY
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Mount Vernon, KY
Mount Vernon is the seat of Rockcastle County, in southeastern Kentucky where I-75 climbs from the Bluegrass into the Cumberland foothills.
Renfro Valley, a few miles north, has staged country music barn dances since 1939 and remains one of the longest-running live radio music venues in the United States.
The Daniel Boone National Forest covers much of the county, and the Rockcastle River runs along its eastern edge.
Rockcastle County has recorded a decline in overdose deaths, from 16 in the twelve months to December 2021 to 12 in the twelve months to December 2025 on provisional CDC counts, a fall of 25 percent, shallower than most of Kentucky.
The treatment picture is thin locally. One facility sits within twelve miles of Mount Vernon, offering outpatient care and partial hospitalization.
It does not indicate detox, residential care, intensive outpatient or medication-assisted treatment.
Widening to thirty miles transforms the picture, reaching around thirty-three facilities including four with detox, eight residential and four partial hospitalization, as the catchment stretches toward London and Richmond.
Cumberland River Behavioral Health is the regional Community Mental Health Center, covering Rockcastle alongside Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and Whitley.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below use a twelve-mile catchment with wider numbers where they change the picture, covering Mount Vernon, McKee and the surrounding Rockcastle County communities.
Medically Supervised Detox
Detox means riding out withdrawal with clinical staff watching, usually across three to seven days for alcohol and five to ten for opioids. Around five facilities within thirty miles of Mount Vernon indicate detox provision, though none sits within twelve. How long each provider is running is the thing to check before making other arrangements. The first seventy-two hours carry the highest risk in alcohol withdrawal, which makes overnight cover a reasonable thing to ask about.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Living at the program is what residential means, usually for thirty to ninety days, inside a structure that carries the whole week. Nothing within twelve miles indicates residential provision, and around eight do within thirty. Cost need not decide this, because Kentucky Medicaid funds thirty days of residential care, but the bed will be out of county.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Because Kentucky Medicaid uses ASAM criteria, the level you are assessed at is a clinical finding rather than a sales category, and it is worth asking to see it. One provider operates within twelve miles of Mount Vernon, offering standard outpatient care and partial hospitalization, with no intensive outpatient or medication-assisted treatment locally, rising to twenty-seven and seven within thirty with sixteen offering maintenance treatment. Having SACOT-equivalent care in a county this size is unusual and worth asking about.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Dual diagnosis means working on the addiction and the mental health condition in parallel, which the evidence consistently favors. Around one provider within twelve miles of Mount Vernon indicates this work, rising to about nineteen within thirty. Cumberland River handles mental health and addiction treatment within one organization, so it is the shortcut to integrated care for anyone without insurance.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Recovery residences are substance-free houses for the period after a program ends, and they are not listed separately here. The Kentucky Recovery Housing Network holds the state register on behalf of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Since certification is optional, ask a residence directly whether it holds it and who inspects it. Housing costs in Rockcastle County are among the lowest in Kentucky, which makes recovery housing more achievable than the provision figures suggest.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Mount Vernon, KY
Southeastern Kentucky prices at the lower end of the state range, and Mount Vernon sits at the point where both the London corridor and the Bluegrass become reachable.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Partial hospitalization in Mount Vernon runs roughly $6,800 to $13,000 a month and is available locally, which is rare in a county this size. Standard outpatient costs $1,200 to $4,800 a month. Residential treatment at $5,800 to $23,000 a month, intensive outpatient at $2,500 to $8,800 a month and medical detox at $1,400 to $4,800 a week all mean a drive.
Because the local strength is at the partial hospitalization level, establishing whether that would meet the clinical need is worth doing before committing to a placement elsewhere.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,400 – $4,800 per week | $200 – $685 |
| Residential inpatient | $5,800 – $23,000 | $190 – $765 |
| PHP | $6,800 – $13,000 | $225 – $435 |
| IOP | $2,500 – $8,800 | $85 – $295 |
| Outpatient | $1,200 – $4,800 | $40 – $160 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $16,000 – $48,000+ | $530 – $1,600 |
| PHP | $13,500 – $31,000 | $450 – $1,035 |
| IOP | $9,000 – $23,000 | $300 – $765 |
| Outpatient | $4,800 – $15,000 | $160 – $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. Six managed care organizations administer Kentucky Medicaid: Aetna Better Health, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana Healthy Horizons, Passport by Molina, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan and WellCare.
Being insured settles less than people expect. Prior authorization applies to detox and residential admission, and the network question decides the cost. Six plans is more than most states run, so knowing which one covers you before you start calling saves repeating yourself.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Mount Vernon, KY
Cumberland River Behavioral Health is the regional Community Mental Health Center for Rockcastle County, one of the fourteen established under KRS Chapter 210 that between them cover all 120 Kentucky counties. It treats people whether they hold Medicaid, hold nothing, or fall somewhere between, and operates a crisis line around the clock.
There is a public scorecard for Kentucky behavioral health and substance use providers, published under House Bill 695 and built on Medicaid claims data. Reporting in 2026 on billing in the state’s treatment industry makes it worth consulting, alongside asking what share of a program’s hours are delivered by licensed clinicians.
More Help and Recovery Support
Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon serves the county and operates a nationally known ventilator care unit, with Saint Joseph London around half an hour south taking the more serious presentations.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets across Rockcastle County through the week, with fuller schedules toward London and Richmond. Narcotics Anonymous operates locally, and Celebrate Recovery meets in churches throughout the county. Nearby McKee, London and Stanford carry further listings, with more across Kentucky.
Kentucky’s Section 1115 waiver is unusually generous on this point: Medicaid pays for residential stays of up to thirty days and covers methadone, neither of which is true everywhere.
Free and confidential, available now
Cumberland River Behavioral Health regional crisis line — 24 hours a day, whether or not you have Medicaid 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics — VSRR provisional county-level drug overdose death counts, Rockcastle County, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities — Cumberland River Behavioral Health regional Community Mental Health Center service area.
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services — Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Provider Scorecard, published under House Bill 695 section 22 (2025).
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — Kentucky Section 1115 substance use disorder demonstration, methadone coverage and residential stays of up to thirty days.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Mount Vernon and Rockcastle County, August 2026, and market rate research, Kentucky, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.