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Sarabia: One month in rehab averages $30,000 to $60,000 per patient

David Sarabia · #37 Can Tech Solve America’s Drug Crisis? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 9:52

David Sarabia pitches InRecovery on The Pitch, explaining clinic pricing and insurance billing dynamics.

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“Typically a patient's worth to a treatment center is about anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 dollars on average, because that's the cost of treatment. That's about one month of treatment.”

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The claim, plainly

One month of treatment at an addiction recovery center costs an average of $30,000 to $60,000 per patient.

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Assessment

The claim is partially true. While $30,000 to $60,000 accurately reflects the typical cost of a 30-day stay at mid-tier private residential treatment centers (and aligns with the full-episode cost of extended 60-to-90-day stays, which average $50,469 to $57,193), it significantly overstates the overall nationwide average for a standard 30-day inpatient program. National public health benchmarks from the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS) and SAMHSA place the nationwide average for a standard 30-day residential stay between $5,000 and $20,000 (averaging approximately $12,500 to $13,475 across all care levels).

NCDAS data reports the standard 30-day inpatient rehabilitation average is approximately $12,500 (ranging from $5,000 to $20,000), with an overall average episode cost of $13,475 across all treatment tiers.
Industry benchmarks indicate that the $30,000 to $60,000 price range specifically represents mid-tier private residential centers or extended 60-to-90-day treatment programs rather than the general nationwide average for a 30-day stay.
Census and state survey data cited by NCDAS indicate full residential treatment episodes (typically spanning 60 to 90 days or ~13 weeks) average between $50,469 and $57,193.

Checked against

[1] drugabusestatistics.org [2] rehabnet.com [3] drugabusestatistics.org [4] harmonyrecoverygroup.com [5] thoroughbredbhc.com [6] addictionresource.net [7] drugabusestatistics.org [8] novarecoverycenter.com

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