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Rehab in Cambridge, Massachusetts
14 verified treatment centers in and around Cambridge.
Verified centers in and around Cambridge
14 centers from our verified catalog are in Cambridge or within 25 miles of it in Massachusetts, all of them in nearby towns, nearest first.
HRI Hospital
Brookline, MA · 4 mi away
Elm Tree Clinic
Malden, MA · 5 mi away
Square Medical Group
Newton, MA · 6 mi away
Boston Comprehensive Treatment Center
Boston, MA · 6 mi away
Hello House Burt Street
Dorchester Center, MA · 7 mi away
Transitions By CareSense
Mattapan, MA · 7 mi away
VOA Behavioral Health Services
Quincy, MA · 10 mi away
Rockland Recovery Treatment Center
Braintree, MA · 13 mi away
New Horizons Medical
Framingham, MA · 17 mi away
East Coast Recovery
Cohasset, MA · 18 mi away
Old Colony Comprehensive Counseling
Brockton, MA · 21 mi away
Lowell Comprehensive Treatment Center
Lowell, MA · 21 mi away
Arbour Counseling Services
Norwell, MA · 21 mi away
Northstar Recovery Center
Southborough, MA · 22 mi away
How this count is built: these are centers from our catalog of 1,194 verified centers nationwide, the same list as the Massachusetts state guide (24 centers) and our treatment search. A center counts here if it is in Cambridge or its town is within 25 miles of Cambridge in Massachusetts; distances are measured between town centers from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 Gazetteer.
SAMHSA locator listings for Cambridge
SAMHSA lists 119 programs within 25 miles of Cambridge in Massachusetts (FindTreatment.gov records, imported October 2025); 3 of them have a street address in Cambridge and are listed below. These are federal locator records, not our verified catalog, so they are counted separately from the centers above.
Cambridge Eating Disorder Center
Cambridge, MA
North Charles Institute for Addiction Services/Medication Unit
Cambridge, MA
McLean Cambridge Outpatient
Cambridge, MA
How this list is built: every center above has a street address in Cambridge, Massachusetts in its SAMHSA treatment-locator record. Another 21 records in our database carry Cambridge as the city but give an address somewhere else, so they are not counted or shown on this page: 21 are outside Massachusetts, including other states and countries. Statewide listings are in the Massachusetts state guide.
The 25-mile SAMHSA figure above counts only locator records whose street address confirms their own town, with distances measured between town centers; it is a count of federal records, separate from our verified catalog.
CAMBRIDGE treatment profile
Addiction treatment options in Cambridge
Levels of care available
| Level of care | SAMHSA listings in Cambridge |
|---|---|
| Co-Occurring Mental Health | 3 of 3 |
| Outpatient | 3 of 3 |
| Detox | 1 of 3 |
Insurance accepted by Cambridge centers
Payment types the centers report to the SAMHSA treatment locator, counted out of 3 Cambridge listings. Federal records do not say which insurance companies a center has contracts with, so confirm your plan with the center or your insurer.
Substances & conditions treated
| Substance / condition | SAMHSA listings treating it |
|---|---|
| Co-Occurring Disorders | 3 of 3 |
| Drug Addiction | 2 of 3 |
| Alcohol | 1 of 3 |
| Opioids | 1 of 3 |
| Smoking Cessation | 1 of 3 |
Therapy approaches offered
Counts reflect services reported to SAMHSA by the 3 SAMHSA listings with a Cambridge address shown above. Always verify current details directly with each facility.
Common questions
Rehab in Cambridge: what people ask
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Finding treatment in Cambridge
Addiction-treatment coverage of Cambridge routinely treats "the city" as one unit. It is not. 14 facilities, varying clinical frameworks, varying payer-mix, varying outcomes. The useful question for a patient or family is not "what is in Cambridge" but "what specifically fits the situation we are in."
The Massachusetts context
The Massachusetts story reaches Cambridge through specific mechanisms. Expanded Medicaid in 2014 under the ACA. Overdose rate 32.8 per 100,000. integrated state-funded treatment system strains under high demand Each of those state-level facts has a local echo in what is available in Cambridge and on what terms.
How access actually works in Cambridge
The Cambridge access question rewards patience and specific questions. The useful first step is rarely the closest facility — it is an evaluation by someone whose incentives are clinical, not financial. PCPs in Cambridge prescribe MAT now; licensed substance-use counselors do initial assessments; federal helplines route without a commercial incentive. Any of those three beats cold-calling facility admissions.
Regional and nearby options
a small-city network rewards regional thinking — the nearest larger metro often has capacity and specialty programming that a local-only search will miss. The math is often simple: the travel cost of an extra 30 miles is usually worth the difference in clinical framework or specialty capacity that a small city's facility mix cannot always provide.
Practical next steps
The next productive step in Cambridge is boringly practical: call a primary-care doctor. PCPs now routinely prescribe buprenorphine, can initiate MAT, and have access to referral networks that the commercial side of the industry does not feed on. A PCP visit costs less and produces fewer surprises than a cold call to a Cambridge facility admissions line.
Official resources
Last updated April 2026. Sources: SAMHSA Treatment Locator, CDC WONDER, KFF Medicaid Tracker, ASAM Criteria 4e. See our editorial policy.