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ABA Therapy Services in Scottsdale, AZ
See what 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale, Arizona actually document
Our index records 20 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Scottsdale, Arizona at a glance: 19 organizations operate 20 tracked clinic locations here. Documented settings include early intervention ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Blue Cross Blue Shield and Private pay; a mention is the clinic’s statement, not a plan’s. Every figure is derived from the directory index and carries the date it was checked.
Top 5 ABA therapy clinics in Scottsdale, AZ
Ordered by how much each clinic documents publicly: the service settings and insurers it names on its own website, then the directory’s evidence score. Payment never changes this order.
1. Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center
Documents center-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 10 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
2. Action Behavior Centers
2 locations in Scottsdale. Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 5 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
3. Arizona Institute for Autism – Scottsdale
Documents 4 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 4 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and TRICARE. Lists private pay.
4. Cortica
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Lists private pay.
5. Java Autism Services
Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicaid on its website.
Insurers listed on a card are the ones the clinic names on its own website. A mention is not acceptance, network status or benefits. Confirm with the provider and your plan.
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Mentions Medicaid on its website.
Arizona Institute for Autism – Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
4 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 3 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Private pay, TRICARE and 1 more insurer on its website.
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Mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
Creative Therapy Solution
Scottsdale, AZ
2 documented settings · mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield and Private pay
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Mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield, Private pay on its website.
Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center
Scottsdale, AZ
2 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and 8 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Centene / Ambetter and 6 more insurers on its website.
Java Autism Services
Scottsdale, AZ
5 documented settings · mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicaid
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Mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid on its website.
Roman Empire Agency
Scottsdale, AZ
3 documented settings · mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicaid
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Mentions Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid on its website.
Scottsdale Pediatric Behavioral Services
Scottsdale, AZ
3 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 1 more insurer
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna on its website.
Action Behavior Centers
Scottsdale, AZ
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 4 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon), Centene / Ambetter and 2 more insurers on its website.
Action Behavior Centers
Scottsdale, AZ
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 4 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon), Centene / Ambetter and 2 more insurers on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
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In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Scottsdale, AZ
Of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale, 9 document center-based ABA therapy and 8 document in-home ABA therapy.
5 of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Blue Cross Blue Shield (9) and Aetna (5).
Terms you will see on clinic pages
Clinic pages and the evidence tables use four terms worth knowing before you compare.
- BCBA: Board Certified Behavior Analyst, the credential that designs and supervises a treatment plan
- RBT: Registered Behavior Technician, who delivers sessions under that supervision
- Discrete trial training (DTT): a skill taught in short, structured, repeated steps
- Natural environment teaching (NET): the same skill practised inside everyday routines and play
ABA therapy services documented in this area
- Tracked clinic locations
- 20 clinic locations in Scottsdale, Arizona are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 19 organizations operate those locations.
- Operators unique to this city
- 14 organizations appear only in this city across every Arizona market we track.
- Therapy settings documented
- 12 tracked clinics document Early intervention ABA. 10 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 9 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy. 8 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 9 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. 7 tracked clinics mention Private pay. 5 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 5 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| Early intervention ABA | 12 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 10 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 9 |
| In-home ABA therapy | 8 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 6 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 4 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 3 |
| Social skills groups | 1 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 9 |
| Private pay | 7 |
| Aetna | 5 |
| Medicaid | 5 |
| Cigna | 4 |
| Centene / Ambetter | 3 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 2 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 2 |
| Amerigroup / WellCare | 1 |
| Humana | 1 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 1 |
| Molina Healthcare | 1 |
Observed 2026-10-13 from the Top ABA Therapy tracked provider dataset. These counts describe what this directory tracks, not the whole market. Anything we do not track stays unknown.
Documented service settings include early intervention ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and center-based ABA therapy. The tracked locations belong to 19 distinct organizations. An autism diagnosis is the usual starting point, and the clinics in Scottsdale, Arizona document programs built for autistic children.
Early intervention ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training documented in Scottsdale
Counting what clinics publish, 12 tracked clinics document early intervention ABA therapy, 10 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training and 9 tracked clinics document center-based ABA therapy. Early intervention means the program begins before school routines are fixed. Parent and caregiver training moves the method to the adults, which is what keeps gains alive between sessions. Setting is read from what each clinic publishes, so a location may offer more than the evidence shows. The setting a family needs is worth asking about on the first call.
Suburbs and towns included in this market
Alongside Scottsdale itself, this page lists the locations we track in Fountain Hills with 2 tracked locations and Paradise Valley with 2 tracked locations. Those places are close to Scottsdale and too thinly tracked for pages of their own, so we list them here and keep the town visible in every address.
Insurance mentions across Scottsdale, Arizona
Among tracked clinics in Scottsdale, 9 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield, 7 tracked clinics mention Private pay, 5 tracked clinics mention Aetna and 5 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. A mention tells you a plan name appeared on a website, nothing more about your policy. Ask what the clinic bills, what your plan authorizes, and what is left for you.
What separates one ABA program from another in Scottsdale
Nothing should be programmed before a functional behavior assessment has been done. Ask who the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) on the case will be, and how often you will speak with them. Ask how often the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) observes sessions directly. Ask how many hours a week a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) will be in the room. A Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) can carry part of the oversight on a larger caseload. Ask how many supervision hours the program includes each month and who provides them. If your child is preschool age, ask what the early intervention pathway looks like here. Ask who reads the progress data and what triggers a change of approach. Use these as a script for a first conversation rather than a scorecard for this list.
Before the first session in Scottsdale
Ask where a family sits on the waitlist and what actually moves anyone up it. Ask what the offered weekly hours are and whether they hold through the school year. Ask who reopens the conversation if the program cannot staff what was recommended. Queue length varies market by market, so ask more than one.
That is the whole of what our dataset says about ABA therapy in Scottsdale, Arizona. The evidence behind these counts was published as of 2026. By tracked location count, Phoenix (48 tracked locations) and Mesa (24 tracked locations) are the next markets in Arizona. This is what ABA therapy near me should mean in Scottsdale, Arizona: tracked locations, documented settings, and the date each was checked. Pick two or three, call them in one sitting, and compare the answers.
What a listing here actually carries
Every provider listed for this area carries a source, a scope and a date you can inspect before you contact anyone.
- Evidence is dated at the point it was checked
- An unknown stays an unknown rather than a yes
- Inclusion is not a recommendation
Before you act on anything here
Directory inclusion is not a recommendation.
- Confirm the service model, ages served, billing and benefits, and current availability directly with each provider and your plan.
How to choose the right ABA clinic for your child in Scottsdale, AZ
The best clinic is the best fit for your child: a setting that suits your family, close supervision by a BCBA, and a schedule you can keep.
Four steps
Work through these before you commit to an intake.
- Shortlist two or three clinics above that document the setting your child needs
- Ask your insurer or Medicaid plan which of those clinics it works with before the first call
- Ask who supervises the program and how often the BCBA observes sessions
- Ask for the current wait time and whether the clinic keeps a waitlist
Questions for the first call
Ask every clinic the same six questions so the answers compare.
- How many hours a week do you recommend, and how is that decided?
- Who is the supervising BCBA, and how often will they see my child?
- How do you train parents and caregivers?
- What does a typical session look like at my child’s age?
- How do you measure progress, and how often will we review it together?
- What is your current wait time to start?
Questions families ask about ABA therapy services in Scottsdale, AZ
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Scottsdale, AZ?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Scottsdale clinics by how much each documents publicly; use it as a starting point, then compare setting, supervision and wait time on the first call.
Does Medicaid pay for ABA therapy in Scottsdale?
5 of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan. Under the federal EPSDT benefit, state Medicaid programs must provide medically necessary services to children under 21; ask Arizona’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in Scottsdale mention?
Scottsdale clinics name Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna and Medicaid most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Scottsdale offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale, 8 document in-home ABA therapy, 9 document center-based ABA therapy and 12 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Scottsdale document center-based care than in-home care. Neither setting is better for every child, so ask each clinic which settings it can staff for your schedule.
Can I get telehealth or school-based ABA therapy in Scottsdale?
Of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale, 3 document telehealth ABA therapy and 4 document school-based ABA therapy. Telehealth is commonly used for caregiver coaching and supervision alongside in-person sessions, and school-based support depends on the school’s agreement, so ask each clinic how it delivers these services.
Can I pay privately for ABA therapy in Scottsdale?
7 of the 20 tracked locations in Scottsdale list private pay on their websites, and 10 document parent and caregiver training. If you plan to pay out of pocket, ask for written session rates, assessment fees and cancellation terms before starting, and request a superbill in case your plan reimburses out-of-network care.
How we check this page
Every listing on this page is built from sources we can name, and every detail carries the date it was last read.
- Provider locations come from public business listings, reconciled to NPPES registry records where a match exists.
- Service settings and insurance mentions are read from each provider’s own website. A mention is never a statement of acceptance, network status or benefits.
- Addresses and coordinates come from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder, never from a listing alone.
- This page was last rebuilt from the directory index on 2026-10-11.