Knoxville, TN · Treatment facilities

Treatment facilities in Knoxville, TN

Among cities tracked in the SAMHSA N-SUMHSS survey, Knoxville places #64 of 5,095 (#3 of 124 in Tennessee) by facility count. Knoxville, Tennessee is one of the larger treatment hubs tracked in Tennessee: 26 substance use and mental health treatment facilities on record.

26
Facilities
14
With MAT
19
Accept Medicaid
23
Telehealth

Among cities tracked in the SAMHSA N-SUMHSS survey, Knoxville places #64 of 5,095 (#3 of 124 in Tennessee) by facility count. See methodology · corpus placement.

Among cities tracked in the SAMHSA N-SUMHSS survey, Knoxville places #64 of 5,095 (#3 of 124 in Tennessee) by facility count. 14 report offering Medication-Assisted Treatment and 19 accept Medicaid. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Data as of 2026-07-11: N-SUMHSS is an annual federal survey, not a live feed.

What the SAMHSA Record Shows for Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, Tennessee is one of the larger treatment hubs tracked in Tennessee: 26 substance-use and mental-health treatment facilities on record with SAMHSA's N-SUMHSS survey. Of Knoxville's 26 listed facilities, 23 report outpatient programming, 23 report telehealth options, 5 report residential beds, and 1 report medically supervised detox -- a full spread across every tracked modality.

Medication-Assisted Treatment is confirmed at 14 of 26 facilities (54%), combining FDA-approved medications such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone with counseling for opioid and alcohol use disorder. On payment, 21 accept private insurance, 19 accept Medicaid, 18 accept Medicare, and 7 accept a sliding-fee scale, self-reported and worth a quick intake call to confirm your specific plan before committing to a site.

Against the Tennessee statewide average across all 412 SAMHSA-listed facilities (55% offer MAT, 77% accept Medicaid), Knoxville's own rates run below the MAT average and below the Medicaid average.

Knoxville sits in the denser third of tracked cities (#64 of 5,095 by facility count). With 26 SAMHSA-listed sites, the shortlist is wide enough that MAT (54%) and Medicaid (73%) shares matter more than raw count when comparing peers.

Registry note: N-SUMHSS is self-reported and refreshes on a rolling cadence - wait times, bed availability, and current insurance contracts can change between updates. This directory does not rank or clinically judge facilities.

Service & Payment Mix in Knoxville

Service and payment availability across 26 Knoxville, TN treatment facilities, computed from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS data.
Capability Facilities Share Distribution
Medication-Assisted Treatment 14 54%
Medically Supervised Detox 1 4%
Residential Treatment 5 19%
Outpatient Programs 23 88%
Telehealth Available 23 88%
Accepts Medicaid 19 73%
Accepts Medicare 18 69%
Sliding-Fee Scale 7 27%
Accepts Private Insurance 21 81%

Computed from 26 SAMHSA-listed facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee. Distribution bars represent the share of facilities reporting each capability.

The most commonly reported capability among Knoxville's listed facilities is "Outpatient Programs," present at 88% of them (23 of 26).

All Facilities (26)

A DUI and Defensive Driving School LLC

111 Center Park Drive, Suite 400, Knoxville, TN 37922

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 335-5286

Outpatient
Athena Care

10133 Sherrill Boulevard, Suite 220, Knoxville, TN 37932

Mental Health Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(615) 320-1155

Outpatient Telehealth Medicare
BHG Knoxville Bernard Treatment Center

DRD Management Inc

626 Bernard Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 522-0161

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Cedar Recovery

East Knoxville

8712 Asheville Highway, Knoxville, TN 37924

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 932-3633

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Clarvida

Knoxville

311 Directors Drive NW, Knoxville, TN 37923

Substance Use & Mental Health · Private for-profit organization

(865) 481-3972

Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Cumberland Heights

Outpt Serv of Knoxville/Papermill

1320 Papermill Pointe Way, Knoxville, TN 37909

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 213-9003

Outpatient Telehealth
DUI Programs of East Tennessee Inc

P.O. Box 5313, Knoxville, TN 37928

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 475-2367

Outpatient
East Tennessee Behavioral Health

1444 Old Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37909

Substance Use & Mental Health · Private for-profit organization

(865) 722-7780

Residential Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
East TN Addiction Specialists

9301 Parkwest Boulevard, Suite B-4, Knoxville, TN 37923

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 268-4360

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
EM Jellinek Center

130 Hinton Street, Knoxville, TN 37917

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 525-4627

Residential
Florence Crittenton Agency Inc

1531 Dick Lonas Road, Knoxville, TN 37909

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 602-2021

Residential Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid
Health Connect America

5743 Western Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 247-7045

Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid
Helen Ross McNabb

Knox County Children and Youth Center

600 Arthur Street, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 637-9711

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Helen Ross McNabb Center

Knox County Adult Center

205 West Springdale Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 637-9711

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Helen Ross McNabb Center

CenterPointe

5310 Ball Camp Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 523-47040

MAT Detox Residential Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Knox Area Rescue Ministries

Serenity Ministries

418 North Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 673-6551

Residential Telehealth
Mountain Home/James H Quillen/VAMC

Knoxville Outpatient Clinic

8033 Ray Mears Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37919

Substance Use & Mental Health · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Federal Government

(865) 545-45924238

Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
Peninsula Substance Abuse Services

1451 Dowell Springs Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37909

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 970-9800

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare
ReVIDA Recovery Centers

Knoxville

2001 Highland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916

Substance Use Treatment · Private for-profit organization

(865) 633-03531515

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

Formerly Cherokee Health Systems

2202 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 522-6097

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

Formerly Cherokee Health Systems

1754 Texas Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 934-6165

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

Formerly Cherokee Health Systems

2240 Sutherland Avenue, Suite 103, Knoxville, TN 37919

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(862) 934-6100

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

Formerly Cherokee Health Systems

601 College Street, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 934-6120

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

Formerly Cherokee Health Systems

2018 Western Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 544-0406

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
River Valley Health

538 West 5th Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917

Substance Use Treatment · Private non-profit organization

(865) 525-2104

MAT Outpatient Telehealth Medicaid Medicare Sliding Fee
University of Tennessee

Psychological Clinic

600 Henley Street, Conference Center, Suite 208, Knoxville, TN 37996

Mental Health Treatment · State government

(865) 974-2161

Outpatient Telehealth

Source: SAMHSA, National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS) and FindTreatment.gov (2024)

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What to do with this

  • 26 facilities are SAMHSA-listed in Knoxville, 54% flagged for Medication-Assisted Treatment. Filter down to one that fits. Recovery program finder
  • Coverage varies by plan even within Knoxville. Confirm your specific insurance is in-network before committing to a facility. Check Medicare coverage
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Every figure on PlainRecovery is rendered directly from SAMHSA's published N-SUMHSS facility data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these facility listings, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 N-SUMHSS release.