Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Lufkin, TX
The providers listed here treat drug and alcohol problems in Lufkin and the surrounding area, including Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Livingston. Scroll down to see what each offers, which insurance it works with and how quickly it can take someone.
We aim to check listings for Lufkin against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission and CARF International. Texas has not expanded Medicaid, so it is worth establishing where you stand before comparing costs.
4 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Lufkin, TX
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Lufkin, Texas
Lufkin sits in the Piney Woods of deep East Texas, around 190 kilometers north of Houston, with roughly 34,000 residents.
Timber and paper manufacturing built the town, and the Angelina National Forest and Sam Rayburn Reservoir dominate the surrounding country.
The city is the medical and commercial center for a rural region with very limited provision of any kind.
Counties below a certain population do not get separate overdose counts published, so the state figures are the available guide.
Texas has not expanded Medicaid and has the highest uninsured rate in the country, around 16 percent. Somewhere between 617,000 and 920,000 adults sit in the coverage gap, earning too little for Marketplace subsidies and not fitting any Medicaid category.
The rule that trips most people up: Texas Medicaid does not count a substance use disorder as qualifying, at any income. Adults typically need a severe mental health diagnosis alongside disability status, and a parent without a disability qualifies only under about $4,000 a year.
Uninsured people reach publicly funded treatment through OSAR. The Outreach, Screening, Assessment and Referral service covers all eleven regions of the state, answers around the clock, and takes calls on 211 or 877-541-7905.
Neighboring Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Livingston carry their own listings, with the wider picture across Texas.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below cover providers listed in Lufkin and the surrounding parts of Angelina County. Houston is around two and a half hours south for anyone needing a level of care not offered locally.
Medically Supervised Detox
The withdrawal stage is managed medically in detox, a process usually taking three to seven days. CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System and Woodland Heights Medical Center serve the area. The first three days are the dangerous part with alcohol and benzodiazepines, which is why supervised withdrawal matters rather than stopping unaided.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Residential programs run as live-in placements, typically over thirty, sixty or ninety days. Residential capacity in deep East Texas is very limited, and placement toward Houston or Tyler is common.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Texas uses the American Society of Addiction Medicine framework for placement, meaning an assessment should end with a specific level rather than a vague recommendation. The surrounding country is rural and distances are real, so telehealth is worth asking about at the outset rather than as an afterthought.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Where an addiction sits alongside a mental health condition, dual diagnosis care addresses both at once rather than one first. In Angelina County that authority is Burke. Burke covers Angelina and eleven surrounding counties across deep East Texas.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Sober living is shared accommodation run on a substance-free basis for people coming out of treatment. Certification for recovery housing in Texas runs through TROHN under the National Alliance for Recovery Residences standards, and since it is not compulsory, asking directly is the only way to know. Recovery housing here is scarce, and options may mean relocating to a larger center.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Lufkin
Lufkin household incomes sit well below the state median, and the surrounding rural counties lower still. Several providers are listed in Lufkin, enough to compare on level of care and payment rather than taking the first available. Angelina County is small enough that annual overdose counts are not published separately, so the state picture is the better guide.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Across Texas, expect roughly $1,400 to $4,700 a week for medical detox, $5,900 to $24,500 a month residential, $6,900 to $13,300 for partial hospitalization, $2,550 to $8,800 for intensive outpatient and $1,220 to $4,900 for standard outpatient care.
Burke is the local authority for twelve counties, and for much of that area it is the only publicly funded route that exists.
| 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 present in manufacturing and healthcare. Texas Medicaid runs through STAR managed care, and timber 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. Anyone driving in from a surrounding county should ask whether attendance can be compressed into fewer, longer days.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Lufkin
Texas has not expanded Medicaid and has the highest uninsured rate in the country, around 16 percent. Somewhere between 617,000 and 920,000 adults sit in the coverage gap, earning too little for Marketplace subsidies and not fitting any Medicaid category. The rule that trips most people up: Texas Medicaid does not count a substance use disorder as qualifying, at any income. Adults typically need a severe mental health diagnosis alongside disability status, and a parent without a disability qualifies only under about $4,000 a year. Where there is genuine choice, use it. Waiting times in particular vary considerably between programs that look much the same from the outside, and the only way to find out is to ask each one.
Burke is the point of entry for publicly funded care in Angelina County. Uninsured people reach publicly funded treatment through OSAR. The Outreach, Screening, Assessment and Referral service covers all eleven regions of the state, answers around the clock, and takes calls on 211 or 877-541-7905. Texas contracts with 37 local mental health authorities and two local behavioral health authorities. Most OSAR programs sit inside them, so the same call often opens both doors.
The Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council, housed within the Comptroller’s office, controls how settlement money is spent. It distributed $21.2 million through 109 grants in September 2025, the first round to reach all regions. Two large awards followed the same pattern: up to $25 million to UTHealth Houston in December 2025 for recovery housing, and $25 million earlier to University Health in Bexar County for naloxone. Counties and municipalities have received $47.1 million, $9.2 million, $44.8 million and $11.5 million in successive disbursements from 2023 to March 2026.
More Help and Recovery Support
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System and Woodland Heights Medical Center serve Lufkin and the surrounding Piney Woods counties.
Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Livingston carry further listings, with more across Texas.
Free and confidential, available now
Texas OSAR substance use referral line — 877-541-7905, free and 24 hours a day 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission — Local Mental Health and Behavioral Health Authorities, and the Outreach, Screening, Assessment and Referral program across the eleven HHS regions.
- Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council, Office of the Comptroller — grant awards September 2025, recovery housing award December 2025, and political subdivision disbursements 2023 to 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau and Texas HHSC — health insurance coverage and the Medicaid coverage gap in Texas.
- 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, Lufkin and Lufkin, August 2026, and market rate research, Texas, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.