Rehab centers in Sikeston, MO

No detox in Sikeston, though Cape Girardeau has one and is 29.4 miles away. A detox and the treatment after it are often two places.

A sliding fee scale, where one exists in Sikeston, is set against income rather than printed anywhere, which is why two people calling about the same program can hear two different numbers.

MO HealthNet is accepted by both centers in Sikeston, and that detail decides more than how many centers the town has in total.

The special programs in Sikeston are adolescents, adult women, pregnant/postpartum and adult men.

The ages treated across Sikeston are teenagers from 12 to 17, young adults from 18 to 25, adults from 26 to 64 and adults over 65.

Ask all of them the same four questions and the differences show up fast: level of care, program length, cost with your coverage, and what happens afterwards. Program length matters more than most people expect, because leaving early is the most common way treatment ends. Ask who somebody would actually be seeing each week, and how often.

Between Medicaid, sliding scales and state funded programs there is usually a route that does not need savings. A county behavioral health office knows the funded programs in its own area, which no national list does well. Ask what happens to the bill if somebody leaves the program early.