Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Washington, NC
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers serving Washington are listed on this page, including nearby communities such as Cypress Landing, Chocowinity, River Road, Grimesland, and Pinetown. Scroll down to browse inpatient rehabs, outpatient programs, virtual treatment providers, counselors, and therapists in the area.
Every Washington addiction treatment center listed below, including facilities serving Simpson, Bath, and Bear Grass, 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.
2 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Washington, NC
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Washington, NC
Washington is the seat of Beaufort County, on the Pamlico River in eastern North Carolina, and it was the first town in the United States named for George Washington.
The waterfront on the Pamlico is the center of the town, and the river widens here toward the sound, making this a working port and a sailing destination in roughly equal measure.
Beaufort County is farming country away from the water, and the county is large and thinly populated.
Overdose deaths in the county have fallen from 18 in the twelve months to December 2021 to 14 in the twelve months to December 2025 on provisional CDC counts, a drop of 22 percent, shallower than most of the state.
The catchment is small, with two facilities within twelve miles and around seventeen within thirty.
What those two carry matters more than the count suggests: one indicates detox and one residential care, both locally, which several much larger eastern cities cannot claim.
Where the picture thins is dual diagnosis, with no local facility indicating that work and around eight within thirty miles.
Trillium Health Resources is the Tailored Plan for Beaufort County, administering Medicaid behavioral health and the state-funded services for uninsured residents.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below use a twelve-mile catchment with wider numbers where they change the picture, covering Washington and the surrounding Beaufort County communities.
Medically Supervised Detox
Detox is the supervised management of withdrawal. Alcohol typically takes three to seven days and opioids five to ten, and it precedes everything else where the body has become dependent. Around one facility within twelve miles of Washington indicates detox provision, and the figure is unchanged across thirty. Having it at all in eastern North Carolina is a genuine advantage, since several larger cities in this half of the state have none within thirty miles.
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 one facility within twelve miles of Washington indicates residential provision, rising to about six within thirty. Because detox exists locally and usually has to come first, the two steps can at least be arranged in the same area.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
The state uses its own names at this level. Intensive outpatient is SAIOP, at American Society of Addiction Medicine level 2.1, and partial hospitalization is SACOT, at level 2.5. Around one provider within twelve miles offers outpatient services, one indicates intensive outpatient and two offer medication-assisted treatment, rising to twelve and two across thirty miles. Given the size of this county, ask whether counseling can run by video between visits.
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 over treating them separately. No facility within twelve miles of Washington indicates this work, rising to about eight within thirty. If a mental health condition is part of the picture, raise it at the first call so the placement accounts for it rather than discovering the gap later.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Sober living homes are shared, substance-free houses people move into after a program finishes. This directory covers treatment rather than housing. North Carolina has one of the country’s largest Oxford House networks, alongside residences certified through the National Alliance for Recovery Residences affiliate. Because standards are not enforced, ask who inspects a residence before moving in. Housing costs in Beaufort County are low by state standards, though supply of any kind is limited in a county this rural.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Washington, NC
Eastern North Carolina prices below the Triangle, and the publicly funded route carries most of the load here.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Medical detox in Washington runs roughly $1,600 to $5,200 a week and is available locally, which is unusual in this half of the state. Residential treatment costs $6,500 to $27,000 a month, standard outpatient $1,300 to $5,200 a month and intensive outpatient $2,800 to $9,500 a month.
Trillium assesses on income for anyone uninsured, and Medicaid expansion in December 2023 widened eligibility considerably here. Because local capacity is limited, establishing availability usually settles the decision before price 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 is the most widely accepted coverage across programs listed here.
A plan covering treatment is not a plan approving it. Prior authorization is near-universal before detox and residential care, and in-network or out-of-network usually decides the bill. If your Medicaid is a Tailored Plan, your provider must sit in Trillium’s network, though exceptions exist where a provider is the only one offering the service you need.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Washington, NC
Trillium Health Resources is the Tailored Plan for Beaufort County and 45 others across central and eastern North Carolina. Alongside Medicaid behavioral health it manages the state-funded mental health and substance use services for uninsured and underinsured residents, which is why it is worth calling even without coverage. Its access line runs 24 hours a day on 1-877-685-2415.
Facility licensing sits with the Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section of the Division of Health Service Regulation, with service endorsement from the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Use Services. Operating a treatment facility without a license is a Class H felony under General Statute 122C-28.
More Help and Recovery Support
ECU Health Beaufort Hospital in Washington is the county’s acute facility, with ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville around half an hour west acting as the Level I trauma center for eastern North Carolina.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets across Beaufort County through the week, with fuller schedules in Greenville. Narcotics Anonymous operates an eastern area, and Celebrate Recovery meets in churches throughout the county. Nearby Greenville, Williamston and New Bern carry further listings, with more across North Carolina.
Since December 2023 North Carolina has covered adults who previously fell into the gap between Medicaid and subsidised insurance. A refusal predating that expansion is worth testing again.
One structural change is imminent and easy to miss. From 1 October 2026 there will be three Tailored Plans rather than four, as Partners Health Management and Vaya Health combine into Vaya Partners. Trillium is unaffected, so Beaufort County members see no 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, Beaufort 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.
- NC Division of Health Service Regulation, Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section — facility licensure and General Statute 122C-28.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Washington and Beaufort County, August 2026, and market rate research, North Carolina, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.