Directory evidence
ABA Therapy Services in Maryland
See what 201 tracked locations in Maryland actually document
Top ABA Therapy holds evidence on 201 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in Maryland.
Maryland at a glance: 157 organizations operate 201 tracked clinic locations here. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Medicaid 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 Maryland
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. Behavioral Innovations – ABA Therapy For Kids with Autism
3 locations in Maryland. Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 12 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
2. Lucentra Care
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
3. All Star ABA Therapy
Documents 8 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
4. STEPS Behavioral Health
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 7 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
5. The Language and Behavior Center
Documents 8 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.
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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Achieving True Self
Hagerstown, MD
4 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 3 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 1 more insurer on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Annapolis, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Silver Spring, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Germantown, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Frederick, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Columbia, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Baltimore, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Glen Burnie, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Crofton, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Severna Park, MD
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Maryland
Of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland, 105 document in-home ABA therapy and 88 document center-based ABA therapy.
68 of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Aetna (45) and Blue Cross Blue Shield (43).
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
- 201 clinic locations in Maryland are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 157 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 28 cities in Maryland have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- Baltimore, 32 locations. Columbia, 20 locations. Rockville, 14 locations. Silver Spring, 12 locations. Beltsville, 9 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 108 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 105 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 90 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy. 84 tracked clinics document School-based ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 69 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. 53 tracked clinics mention Private pay. 46 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 44 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 108 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 105 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 90 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 84 |
| Early intervention ABA | 81 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 58 |
| Social skills groups | 37 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 27 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | 69 |
| Private pay | 53 |
| Aetna | 46 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 44 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 41 |
| Cigna | 38 |
| TRICARE | 28 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 24 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 15 |
| Humana | 13 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 11 |
| Molina Healthcare | 8 |
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.
We can evidence tracked clinic locations in 28 Maryland cities. Documented service settings include in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and center-based ABA therapy. Most ABA programs in Maryland serve autistic children, usually after a formal autism evaluation.
Service settings in Maryland: in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training
Of the tracked locations in Maryland, 105 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 104 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training, 88 tracked clinics document center-based ABA therapy and 82 tracked clinics document school-based ABA therapy. In-home delivery removes the commute and puts teaching into the family’s own routine. Parent and caregiver training moves the method to the adults, which is what keeps gains alive between sessions. A center-based program gives a child a room built for the work and other children to practice with. Nothing here says a location is limited to the setting it published. Ask each location which setting it actually runs today and for which ages.
ABA therapy across Maryland
Measured on tracked locations alone, Baltimore with 32 tracked locations, Columbia with 20 tracked locations, Rockville with 14 tracked locations, Silver Spring with 12 tracked locations and Beltsville with 9 tracked locations carry the most in our index. A market missing from that list may simply have published less than the others.
Insurance mentions across Maryland
In Maryland, 68 tracked clinics mention Medicaid, 52 tracked clinics mention Private pay, 45 tracked clinics mention Aetna and 43 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. A published plan name is not a statement about what your own policy funds. Ask the clinic which plans it bills, then ask your plan administrator what your policy funds.
Funding routes differ by plan type, so two families in one market can face very different paperwork. Ask what the clinic needs from a family before it can file for authorization. Ask when the first reauthorization falls and what evidence it will need. Ask what happens to the schedule, and to the bill, if an authorization runs out.
How families narrow the list in Maryland
Nothing should be programmed before a functional behavior assessment has been done. Goals in the treatment plan should be specific enough to argue about. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) designs the program and supervises the people delivering it. Ask how much of the week the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is physically on site. The person your child sees most is often a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT).
Larger teams sometimes add a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) to the layer above sessions. Get the monthly supervision hours in writing rather than as a reassurance on a call. Parent training is what keeps progress alive between sessions, so ask how it is scheduled. Early intervention places are often the scarcest, so ask about the queue early. Ask what the progress data looked like for a child who did not respond, and what changed. Directory inclusion answers none of these questions, which is why they are worth asking.
Waitlists and access in Maryland
Ask how long the current queue is and what the last three intakes waited. The paperwork requirement is where most delays start, so settle it early. Ask how many hours a week the team can genuinely cover once a case opens. Ask who reopens the conversation if the program cannot staff what was recommended. Queue length varies market by market, so ask more than one.
What you see here is our tracked view of ABA therapy in Maryland. What clinics publish moves, and this is the 2026 position. This is what ABA therapy near me should mean in Maryland: tracked locations, documented settings, and the date each was checked. Open two or three profiles, then call them with the questions above.
ABA therapy in neighbouring states
Families living near a state line often compare programs on both sides of it, because licensure rules and waiting times stop at the border even when the drive does not.
Alongside Maryland, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in Delaware, ABA therapy services in Pennsylvania, ABA therapy services in Virginia, ABA therapy services in New Jersey, ABA therapy services in New York, ABA therapy services in Connecticut, ABA therapy services in North Carolina and ABA therapy services in Ohio.
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 Maryland
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 Maryland
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Maryland?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Maryland 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 Maryland?
68 of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland 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 Maryland’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in Maryland mention?
Maryland clinics name Medicaid, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Maryland offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland, 105 document in-home ABA therapy, 88 document center-based ABA therapy and 80 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Maryland document in-home care than center-based 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 Maryland?
Of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland, 26 document telehealth ABA therapy and 82 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 Maryland?
52 of the 201 tracked locations in Maryland list private pay on their websites, and 104 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.
What does ABA therapy cost in Maryland?
There is no price in our dataset, and a made up range would be worse than silence. Ask each clinic what it bills and ask your plan administrator what your policy funds; the gap between those two answers is your cost.
How quickly can a family start ABA therapy in Maryland?
Waitlist length is not in our dataset. It varies by market, by weekly hours and by the time of year, so the only reliable read is to call several clinics in the same week and compare what they say.
How many ABA clinics does Maryland have?
The count is 201 tracked clinic locations in 28 cities. Read it as the reach of this index rather than as the size of the market.
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.