Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Greensboro, NC
Addiction treatment providers across Greensboro are gathered on this page, including neighborhoods such as Adams Farm, Downtown Greensboro, East Greensboro, Fisher Park, and Friendly. Scroll down to browse inpatient rehabs, outpatient programs, virtual treatment providers, counselors, and therapists serving the area.
Every Greensboro addiction treatment center listed below, including facilities serving Irving Park, Lindley Park, and Summerfield, is checked against bodies such as the NC Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR), SAMHSA, The Joint Commission, and CARF International. Browse the listings below.
20 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Greensboro, NC
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Greensboro, NC
Greensboro is the seat of Guilford County and the third largest city in North Carolina, sitting where I-40 and I-85 meet in the central Piedmont.
On 1 February 1960 four students from North Carolina A&T State University sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter on South Elm Street and refused to leave. The sit-in movement spread across the South within weeks, and the building is now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
The city grew on textiles and furniture, and North Carolina A&T remains the largest historically Black university in the country by enrollment.
Guilford County has recorded one of the sharpest overdose declines in the state. Provisional CDC counts put drug overdose deaths at 96 in the twelve months to December 2025, down from 242 four years earlier, a fall of 60 percent.
That is among the steepest falls of any large county in North Carolina, steeper than Wake, Durham or Mecklenburg, and it reverses a position where Guilford was recording almost as many deaths as Mecklenburg despite being considerably smaller.
Trillium Health Resources is the Tailored Plan for Guilford County, which since July 2024 has managed both Medicaid behavioral health and the state-funded services for people with no insurance.
Guilford is unusual among the large urban counties in being served by Trillium rather than Alliance, because it was reassigned when Sandhills Center was dissolved in 2024.
Greensboro sits close enough to Winston Salem and High Point that the wider Triad market is genuinely reachable, which changes what is available at every level.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below use a twelve-mile catchment with wider numbers where they change the picture, covering Downtown Greensboro, East Greensboro and Irving Park.
Medically Supervised Detox
For anyone physically dependent on alcohol, opioids or benzodiazepines, treatment starts here: withdrawal monitored by clinical staff, usually over several days to a fortnight. Around three facilities within twelve miles of Greensboro indicate detox provision, rising to about six within thirty as the catchment reaches the rest of the Triad. Alcohol withdrawal is most dangerous in the first three days.
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 rather than a few appointments. Around four facilities within twelve miles of Greensboro indicate residential provision, rising sharply to about thirteen within thirty. That jump is the most useful thing on this page: widening the search across the Triad more than triples what is available at the level people most often need.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Ask about SAIOP and SACOT by name rather than intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization, because those are the terms North Carolina providers and Medicaid actually use. Around sixteen providers within twelve miles offer outpatient services, five offer intensive outpatient and thirteen offer medication-assisted treatment, with partial hospitalization scarce locally and reaching four across thirty miles.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Where a mental health condition sits alongside a substance use disorder, dual diagnosis care addresses both at once instead of one after the other. Around six providers within twelve miles of Greensboro indicate this work, rising to about twenty-six within thirty. Tailored Plans were built for this population, so anyone with a serious mental illness alongside a substance use disorder should ask Trillium about eligibility rather than accepting a standard referral.
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. North Carolina’s Oxford House network is among the largest in the United States, with other residences certified through the National Alliance for Recovery Residences state affiliate. Certification is voluntary, so it is worth asking directly. Housing costs across the Triad are lower than in the Triangle or Charlotte, which makes recovery housing more achievable here.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Greensboro, NC
The Triad prices below Charlotte and the Triangle, and with three cities inside half an hour there is genuine competition rather than a single option.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Residential treatment near Greensboro costs roughly $6,500 to $27,000 a month, and widening the search across the Triad substantially increases what is available. Partial hospitalization runs $7,500 to $14,000 a month, intensive outpatient $2,800 to $9,500 a month and standard outpatient $1,300 to $5,200 a month. Medical detox, where needed first, runs $1,600 to $5,200 a week.
With thirteen residential programs inside thirty miles, comparing three is worth the hour. Ask each for the number of individual therapy sessions a week and whether medical cover is on site overnight, because those vary far more between programs than the headline monthly rate does.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,600 – $5,200 per week | $230 – $740 |
| Residential inpatient | $6,500 – $27,000 | $215 – $900 |
| PHP | $7,500 – $14,000 | $250 – $470 |
| IOP | $2,800 – $9,500 | $95 – $320 |
| Outpatient | $1,300 – $5,200 | $45 – $175 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $18,000 – $52,000+ | $600 – $1,730 |
| PHP | $14,500 – $33,000 | $485 – $1,100 |
| IOP | $10,000 – $25,000 | $335 – $835 |
| Outpatient | $5,200 – $16,000 | $175 – $535 |
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. Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE are all widely accepted across programs listed here.
Being covered and being approved are different things. Expect prior authorization ahead of any detox or residential admission, and expect network status to settle what you actually pay. Because the Triad spans three Tailored Plan areas, a program half an hour away in Winston Salem sits with Partners rather than Trillium, so check plan network before assuming distance is the only consideration.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Greensboro, NC
Trillium Health Resources is the Tailored Plan for Guilford County and 45 others across central and eastern North Carolina, the largest of the four by county count. It runs Medicaid behavioral health and also the state-funded services for people with no insurance, so it is the way in regardless of whether you are covered. Its access line runs 24 hours a day on 1-877-685-2415.
North Carolina treats unlicensed operation seriously: under General Statute 122C-28 it is a Class H felony. Licensing runs through the Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section of the Division of Health Service Regulation, and service endorsement through the state behavioral health division.
The state expanded Medicaid at the end of 2023. That single change put addiction treatment within reach for hundreds of thousands of adults who had no coverage at all, and eligibility is worth rechecking rather than assumed.
More Help and Recovery Support
Cone Health’s Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital is the region’s main acute facility and a Level II trauma center, with Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital providing dedicated psychiatric and addiction inpatient capacity. Wesley Long Hospital also serves the city, and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston Salem is half an hour west.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at most hours across Guilford County, with schedules serving both the university population and the wider city. Narcotics Anonymous operates a large Triad area, and Celebrate Recovery meets in churches throughout the county. Nearby Summerfield and Friendly carry their own listings, with more in High Point, Winston Salem and across North Carolina.
Worth knowing before you start calling, because most published lists are out of date on this. Vaya Partners comes into being on 1 October 2026, formed from the merger of Partners Health Management and Vaya Health and cutting the number of Tailored Plans to three. Trillium is unaffected, but anyone using a program in Winston Salem or Forsyth County should expect that plan name to change.
Free and confidential, available now
Trillium Health Resources access line — 1-877-685-2415, 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, Guilford County, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- NC Medicaid — Behavioral Health and I/DD Tailored Plans, county assignment and Trillium Health Resources access line.
- NC Medicaid — LME/MCO consolidation, dissolution of Sandhills Center and reassignment of counties to Trillium, effective February 2024.
- Carolina Complete Health — Tailored Plan county coverage and the Partners and Vaya merger to form Vaya Partners, effective 1 October 2026.
- NC Division of Health Service Regulation, Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section — facility licensure and General Statute 122C-28.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Greensboro and Guilford County, August 2026, and market rate research, North Carolina, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.