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They offer outpatient. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and South San Francisco has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No detox here. A center can still take someone after a detox elsewhere, which is the common order of events, and the nearest one is 5.8 miles away in Burlingame.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in South San Francisco that often means one room rather than two.

Within 14 miles there are 8 other centers, across San Bruno, Daly City and San Francisco.

They do not prescribe it. Ask them who they refer to, because somewhere among the 8 centers near South San Francisco will.

It ranges from nothing at all, in a state funded program, to figures that need a payment plan. The gap between two quotes is often the length of the program rather than the quality of the care. Ask whether detox is included in the figure, because very often it is billed on its own.

The useful question is not whether a plan covers treatment but which level of care it will approve. A center's billing office can often check a plan faster than the insurer's own line will. Have your member id with you when you call, because nothing can be checked without it.

Detox beds turn over fastest because the stays are shortest. The longest lists sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.