First Step Counseling

Insurance & payment

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

Services offered

Licensing and accreditation

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

How this clinic compares in Kingsport

This is an opioid treatment program, so medication is usually taken on site rather than picked up at a pharmacy.

First Step Counseling is one of 9 buprenorphine providers listed in Kingsport. Its combination of coverage and access is unique among them.

What it does not report

• No record that it accepts Medicaid. 78% of Kingsport clinics do, so this is worth confirming rather than assuming.
• No record that it accepts private insurance. 78% of Kingsport clinics do, so this is worth confirming rather than assuming.

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

• East Tennessee Healthcare Holdings IncJohnson City, 4.8 mi
• East Tennessee Healthcare Holdings, Inc.Gray, 4.9 mi
• Emmaus Medical and CounselingJohnson City, 4.9 mi

Medicaid covers buprenorphine treatment in Tennessee, but this clinic is not recorded as accepting it. Compare all 9 Kingsport 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.