North Charles Institute for the Addict - Detox Center in Cambridge, MA
North Charles Institute for the Addict is a samhsa-listed detox center in Cambridge, MA (02140). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.
Contact details
Telephone: 617-876-0823
County: Middlesex County
How to verify North Charles Institute for the Addict
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Ownership & operation
Legal name: Medication Unit at the Camb. Ownership type: non-profit. Facility type: General Hospital (including VA hospital). Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.
Levels of care & settings
- Detoxification
- Outpatient
- Outpatient detoxification
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Substance use treatment
Medications & pharmacotherapies
- Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
- Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
- Methadone
- Methadone detoxification
- Methadone maintenance
- Methadone used in Treatment
Treatment approaches
- Brief intervention
Assessment & testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- Screening for substance use
Education & counseling
- Individual counseling
Ancillary & recovery services
- Case management service
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Suicide prevention services
Special programs & populations
- Opioid use disorder clients only
Payment, insurance & assistance
- Cash or self-payment
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Private health insurance
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Age groups served
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Facility type & operation
- General Hospital (including VA hospital)
- Private non-profit organization
Detoxification services
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
Licensing & accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
- State department of health
- State substance use treatment agency
About detox centers in Cambridge
Detox centers provide medically supervised withdrawal management - often called detox - for alcohol, opioids, and other drugs, with monitoring and stabilization before ongoing treatment. Some are hospital-based and some are freestanding. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.
Ask whether medical coverage is available around the clock, how withdrawal is managed, whether a plan for ongoing treatment is included, and what the program costs. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Detox Centers directory for Cambridge, the Middlesex County detox centers list, or all care types in Cambridge.
For context, this directory lists 2 detox centers in Cambridge; 11 across Middlesex County; 2 in ZIP 02140.
ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 02140 · Detox Centers in ZIP 02140
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Key facts
| Care type | Detox Center |
|---|---|
| Ownership | non-profit |
| Facility type | General Hospital (including VA hospital) |
| Medications for opioid use disorder | Yes |
| Treats co-occurring disorders | No |
| Detox/withdrawal management | Yes |
| Source record ID | b7ae93e59edf21fc |
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Data provenance
Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record b7ae93e59edf21fc). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.
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