Treatment Centers in Texas That Accept Superior HealthPlan

Does Superior HealthPlan Cover Rehab in Texas?

Yes. Superior HealthPlan covers outpatient and residential substance use treatment for STAR members, inpatient and residential treatment including detox for CHIP members, and assessment, detox, counseling and medication-assisted therapy for STAR Health. Superior is the only plan on the state’s January 2026 map in all 13 service areas for at least one program, and rehab centers throughout Texas appear below.

Superior HealthPlan, Inc. is the Texas plan of Centene Corporation and has held a Texas Health and Human Services Commission contract for STAR since December 1, 1999. It runs STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids, STAR Health and CHIP, handles behavioral health itself rather than through a vendor, and sells Ambetter marketplace plans in Texas.

Does Superior HealthPlan cover rehab for children in foster care?

Yes. Superior holds the only STAR Health contract, which covers children in the Texas foster care program statewide, and STAR Health includes residential and outpatient substance use treatment, detoxification, counseling and medication-assisted therapy. Caregivers and caseworkers reach member services, the behavioral health crisis line and the nurse line on one number, (866) 912-6283.

Does Superior HealthPlan Cover Inpatient Rehab in Texas?

Yes, with prior authorization. Superior requires it for inpatient admissions, including detox, and for residential rehab under Medicaid, and the program must notify Superior within one business day of an inpatient admission. Decisions on inpatient requests come within one business day. CHIP covers inpatient and residential treatment, including 24-hour residential rehabilitation, with prior authorization for non-emergency admissions.

How long will Superior HealthPlan pay for residential rehab?

Superior can authorize up to 35 days per residential episode, with no more than 70 days in a rolling six months, and members under 21 may go past those limits. Continued-stay reviews for residential care look at the last seven calendar days of records.

Who do I call for Superior HealthPlan prior authorization?

Programs call Superior’s behavioral health prior authorization line, (844) 744-5315, for Medicaid and CHIP members, or (844) 259-3934 for Ambetter members. Members themselves call their program’s member line, which for STAR and CHIP is (800) 783-5386, open around the clock for behavioral health and alcohol or drug crisis calls.

Does Superior HealthPlan Cover Detox in Texas?

Yes. Superior pays for outpatient and residential withdrawal management, and both need prior authorization; a residential detox request must reach Superior by the next business day after admission. Continued-stay reviews for detox use the last five programming days of records, and detox programs taking Medicaid are listed by city.

Does Superior HealthPlan Cover Outpatient Rehab in Texas?

Yes. Superior covers Medicaid intensive outpatient, usually three to five days a week for at least three hours a day, and Medicaid partial hospitalization, both with prior authorization requested up to one business day ahead. No referral from a primary care provider is needed for behavioral health or substance use treatment.

Superior’s outpatient counseling at chemical dependency treatment facilities is capped at 135 units of group counseling and 26 hours of individual counseling a year. STAR members 18 and older also have behavioral telehealth through Teladoc at (800) 835-2362, and Medicaid telehealth counseling can come from licensed counselors, social workers, psychologists and nurse practitioners by video or audio-only.

Does Superior HealthPlan Cover Suboxone, Methadone and Other Addiction Medications?

Yes. Superior lists medication-assisted treatment among Texas Medicaid substance use services and uses the Texas Vendor Drug Program formulary and Preferred Drug List. Centene Pharmacy Services handles pharmacy prior authorization at (866) 399-0928, and a pharmacy may give a 72-hour emergency supply while a request is pending. Medicaid MAT clinics appear in the listings.

Does Superior HealthPlan cover Suboxone?

Yes, after a pharmacy clinical edit. Suboxone, Zubsolv and generic buprenorphine-naloxone require a member at least 16 years old, diagnosed with opioid dependence in the past 730 days, with no opioid pain medicine claim in the last 30 days. Buprenorphine alone also needs pregnancy or a documented naloxone intolerance, and Suboxone providers taking Medicaid are listed.

Does Superior HealthPlan cover methadone?

Yes, at a licensed opioid treatment program, the only setting where Texas Medicaid pays for methadone dosing; Texas licenses each of those clinics as a narcotic treatment program. Texas Medicaid pairs FDA-approved medications with counseling for as long as a member’s treatment goals require, with no fixed limit in the rule.

Superior HealthPlan Rehab Centers in the West Texas Mountains, by Gulf Beaches and on East Texas Lakes

Superior HealthPlan’s STAR plan spans all three rural service areas as well as the Nueces coast, so the mountains of far West Texas, the barrier island beaches and the lakes of the Piney Woods all sit inside Superior’s map, though network and program still depend on the county.

Superior rehab in the West Texas mountains and desert

The Davis Mountains, Big Bend and the Guadalupe Mountains lie in the rural West service area, where Superior offers STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids and CHIP across more than a hundred counties. Emergence Health Network handles state-funded screening and assessment for Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio counties. See rehab programs near mountains and Alpine treatment options.

Superior rehab near Gulf Coast beaches

Port Aransas on Mustang Island and the northern stretch of Padre Island are inside the Nueces service area, where Superior offers all four of its regional programs. STAR members there choose among Superior, Driscoll and UnitedHealthcare. Listings include rehab centers near beaches and Portland rehab programs.

Superior rehab on East Texas lakes

Caddo Lake, Lake O’ the Pines and Lake Palestine sit in the rural Northeast service area, where Superior offers STAR alongside Wellpoint and CHIP alongside Molina. The East Texas Council handles state-funded screening for Smith, Gregg and Bowie counties. Programs appear under rehab centers by lakes and Tyler treatment centers.

How Do I Find a Rehab That Accepts Superior HealthPlan in Texas?

Browse the listings on this page. Superior HealthPlan is accepted at all the programs shown, and sorting by city or level of care narrows the list. Because Superior may not pay a provider that has not signed up with it, and members can be billed, choose a listed program in Superior’s network for your service area.

Admission with Superior starts when the program asks for prior authorization at (844) 744-5315 for detox, residential, partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient care; any non-participating provider needs it too. If a member’s current provider is out of network, that provider can call the same number so care continues. Rides to treatment run through SafeRide at (855) 932-2318.

Superior rehab in San Antonio

San Antonio was one of Superior HealthPlan’s first Texas markets, named with El Paso and Austin in 2005, and Bexar County members can choose Superior for STAR, STAR Kids and CHIP. Superior left Bexar STAR+PLUS in August 2024, when Community First, Molina and UnitedHealthcare took over. Listings cover San Antonio addiction care and New Braunfels treatment centers.

Superior rehab in Austin

Austin is one of the metros where Superior offers all four regional programs, STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids and CHIP, competing with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Dell Children’s for STAR. Superior joined Travis STAR+PLUS in September 2024, beside UnitedHealthcare, and its Ambetter office is in Austin. Listings cover Austin treatment programs and Round Rock rehabs.

Superior rehab in El Paso

El Paso Superior members can use STAR, STAR Kids or CHIP, but not STAR+PLUS, which there belongs to El Paso Health and Molina. Superior was serving El Paso STAR members as early as 2005, and state-funded assessments in El Paso go through Emergence Health Network, (915) 242-0555. See El Paso addiction programs and East El Paso rehab options.

Superior rehab in Lubbock and Amarillo

Lubbock is a full Superior market, with STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids and CHIP, and the service area takes in Amarillo’s Potter and Randall counties. StarCare Specialty Health System handles state-funded screening for the Panhandle at (806) 740-1421. Listings include Lubbock rehab centers and downtown Amarillo programs.

Superior rehab in the Rio Grande Valley

McAllen, Edinburg and Brownsville sit in the Hidalgo service area, where Superior offers STAR, STAR+PLUS and STAR Kids, and where its Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual Align plan replaced the Medicare-Medicaid plan on January 1, 2026. Tropical Texas Behavioral Health handles state-funded screening at (800) 813-1233, and Harlingen addiction treatment is listed.

Can I use Superior HealthPlan for rehab in a different county?

Yes, if the program is in Superior’s network, which reaches every Texas service area, though each member’s program decides which areas apply. All out-of-network behavioral health services need authorization except emergency and urgent care, and members can be billed by a provider not signed up with Superior.

How much does rehab cost with Superior HealthPlan?

Superior’s CHIP handbook shows no copay for inpatient, residential or outpatient substance use treatment, and the STAR handbook lists no behavioral health copay. CHIP families still pay the state’s yearly enrollment fee. Ambetter and Wellcare Medicare plans have their own deductibles and copays by plan.

Superior HealthPlan’s place in Texas Medicaid has been in dispute since 2024, when the state’s intended STAR and CHIP awards left Superior out and Superior sued; a judge froze the awards on October 4, 2024. Superior’s September 2026 provider manual still lists its STAR and CHIP areas, and state-funded rehab remains an option between plans.