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Anthem Blue Cross is the Blue Cross plan millions of Californians carry, and you can use it for drug and alcohol rehab and mental health treatment at Simonds Recovery Centers. Depending on your plan, Anthem benefits can reach medical detox, residential care, PHP, IOP, MAT, and dual diagnosis treatment. Checking your coverage is free and confidential. Reach out and we will confirm what your plan includes.
Among California’s health insurers, Anthem Blue Cross is one of the largest, covering millions of members statewide, and many of its plans carry behavioral health benefits for substance use and mental health treatment. The reach is broad; the details are personal, which is to say what your particular plan pays toward depends on its own terms. Reading those terms in the middle of a crisis helps no one, so our admissions team confirms your Anthem benefits directly and puts them in plain language for you.
That work comes first, before you commit to anything. You hand us your details, we verify your Anthem coverage, and you find out where treatment can begin. Admissions is open seven days a week, and we welcome members from across California and from out of state.
Where you begin depends on your history and where things stand clinically now, and your Anthem plan determines which of these levels it funds. Here is the continuum we provide and verify against your benefits.
Medical Detox
Medically supervised detox is where most people begin, with round-the-clock care as your body clears alcohol, benzodiazepines, or opioids and withdrawal is managed safely.
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
PHP offers intensive daytime programming while you live at home or in sober housing, often as a step down from residential care.
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
IOP provides structured sessions several times a week while you keep up with work, school, or family.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
MAT pairs FDA-approved medications such as Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone with counseling to ease withdrawal and reduce cravings.
Dual Diagnosis & Mental Health
When addiction occurs alongside depression, anxiety, PTSD, or another mental health condition, our dual diagnosis care treats both together
To confirm which of these your Anthem plan includes, contact us to verify.
If your card says Anthem Blue Cross, you have one of the most widely held types of coverage in California. Anthem is a licensee of the Blue Cross brand and is part of Elevance Health, its parent company. In practical terms, that means Anthem plans use the broad Blue Cross provider network, while the specific addiction and mental health benefits are set by your individual plan.
This is also why a general Blue Cross Blue Shield search and an Anthem Blue Cross search can lead to slightly different answers: Anthem is the specific Blue Cross plan many Californians carry. Whichever your card shows, our admissions team verifies the details directly, so you do not have to work out where Anthem ends and Blue Cross begins.
Most Anthem Blue Cross plans carry behavioral health benefits that fund mental health treatment alongside addiction care. That pairing counts for a lot, because addiction so often grows out of something that came first, depression, anxiety, trauma, or PTSD that was never properly treated. At Simonds, both are handled together, by one team, under one plan, rather than splitting your mental health care off to a separate provider you would have to find yourself. As we verify your Anthem benefits, we confirm what your plan allows for co-occurring treatment, so the plan we build covers everything you walked in with.
Confirming Anthem Blue Cross coverage through us is fast, free, and private, and you will never be asked to decode your own policy. Here is the sequence.
None of this commits you to treatment. Verification simply hands you the facts to decide with.
Anthem coverage at Simonds applies across alcohol and the full range of drugs we treat: alcohol, benzodiazepines, fentanyl, heroin, opiates, oxycodone, methadone, morphine, codeine, cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, and other prescription and recreational substances. Whichever one brought you here, the next step is the same. Contact us, let us confirm your benefits, and treatment can begin without delay.
In most cases, yes. Many Anthem Blue Cross plans include coverage for addiction treatment such as medical detox, residential rehab, PHP, and IOP. Submit our form or call (833) 781-8338 and we will confirm what your specific plan includes.
Anthem is a licensee of the Blue Cross brand and is part of Elevance Health. It is one of the specific Blue Cross plans many Californians carry. Our team works with both Anthem and other Blue Cross plans, so you do not have to sort out the difference.
In most cases, yes. Many Anthem plans cover medically supervised detox when it is clinically appropriate, for substances such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, and opioids. We confirm the details for your plan during verification.
Depending on your plan, Anthem may cover detox, residential rehab, PHP, IOP, MAT, therapy, and dual diagnosis treatment. We confirm your specific benefits before admission.
In most cases, yes. Anthem Blue Cross plans commonly include behavioral health benefits that cover mental health care, including treatment for co-occurring conditions such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD alongside addiction.
Submit the form on this page or call (833) 781-8338. Our admissions team confirms your coverage and walks you through what your plan includes, free and with no obligation.
Yes. Every inquiry and every part of your treatment is confidential and protected under HIPAA. We share your information only with our admissions and clinical team.
Talk to a consultant:
+1 (833) 781-8338
Chris Small, M.D. Addiction Psychiatrist. Dr. Small is board certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Family Medicine. He earned his medical degree at the University of Hawaii and completed his residency in Psychiatry and Family Medicine at UCSD.
Find out what your Anthem Blue Cross plan covers, confidential and with no obligation.
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