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Awakenings Counseling Center

7853 Taft Street, Merrillville, IN 46410

Private insuranceTelehealthSliding scaleSelf-pay

Insurance & payment

– Medicaid
– Medicare
Private insurance
– Military / TRICARE
Self-pay
Sliding scale
– Payment assistance

Coverage categories from the SAMHSA registry. Confirm specific plans with the clinic before your visit.

Services offered

Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone)CounselingTelehealth visits

Licensing and accreditation

State licensed

Reported to the SAMHSA registry by the facility. Accreditation is voluntary, so its absence is not a red flag on its own.

Who this clinic serves

VeteransActive duty militaryPregnant or postpartumAdolescentsSeniorsCo-occurring mental healthClients with HIV or AIDSCriminal justice involved

How this clinic compares in Merrillville

This is a day program: you attend for a substantial part of the day and go home at night.

Awakenings Counseling Center is one of 14 buprenorphine providers listed in Merrillville. On the coverage and access signals the registry records, it is indistinguishable from 4 other Merrillville clinics, so treat the points below as the real differences rather than any ranking.

What stands out here

  • It treats adolescents. Only 4 of 14 Merrillville clinics do (29%).
  • It runs a program for pregnant or postpartum patients. Only 5 of 14 Merrillville clinics do (36%).

Worth asking when you call

  • Whether they are taking new patients, which changes faster than the registry updates.
  • The self-pay price for a first visit, and whether the medication is billed separately.
  • How soon a first appointment is available, and what to bring.

Closest alternatives

Medicaid covers buprenorphine treatment in Indiana, but this clinic is not recorded as accepting it. Compare all 14 Merrillville clinics.

Details come from the SAMHSA treatment registry, verified 2026-07-28. Coverage and availability change faster than the registry updates, so call before you travel. Ordering across the site reflects how many people can use a clinic, not care quality. How we rank.