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ABA therapy providers in Columbia, MD
See what 18 tracked locations in Columbia, Maryland actually document
ABA therapy in Columbia, Maryland is documented here across 18 tracked provider locations.
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Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Columbia, MD
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7 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Ally Behavior Centers
Columbia, MD
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8 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Society of Maryland
Columbia, MD
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1 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
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13 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Blue Gems ABA
Columbia, MD
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1 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Children Achieving Maximum Potential
Columbia, MD
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2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Continuum
Columbia, MD
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1 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Imagine Wellness, LLC
Columbia, MD
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Current insurance evidence unknown
Lucentra Care
Columbia, MD
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9 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Snowflakes ABA, LLC
Columbia, MD
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Current insurance evidence unknown
The Children's SPOT
Columbia, MD
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4 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Verbal Beginnings
Columbia, MD
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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What is documented for this area
- Tracked provider locations
- 18 provider locations in Columbia, Maryland are in our tracked dataset.
- Provider organizations
- 16 organizations operate those locations.
- Shown on this page
- 12 of the 18 tracked locations appear on this page. The rest continue on the following pages.
- Operators unique to this city
- 10 organizations appear only in this city across every Maryland market we track.
- Therapy settings documented
- 13 tracked providers document Center-based ABA therapy. 12 tracked providers document Parent and caregiver training. 11 tracked providers document Early intervention ABA. 11 tracked providers document In-home ABA therapy.
- Payer mentions on provider websites
- 7 tracked providers mention Medicaid. 7 tracked providers mention Private pay. 6 tracked providers mention TRICARE. 5 tracked providers mention Aetna. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Tracked providers documenting it |
|---|---|
| Center-based ABA therapy | 13 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 12 |
| Early intervention ABA | 11 |
| In-home ABA therapy | 11 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 11 |
| Social skills groups | 9 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 8 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 4 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | 7 |
| Private pay | 7 |
| TRICARE | 6 |
| Aetna | 5 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 5 |
| Cigna | 4 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 3 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 3 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 2 |
| Humana | 2 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 2 |
| Centene / Ambetter | 1 |
Observed 2026-08-29 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.
Ownership across the tracked locations runs to 16 distinct organizations. Provider listings here document center-based ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and early intervention ABA therapy. The families searching here in Columbia, Maryland are almost always doing so after an autism evaluation, and most providers listed serve autistic children first.
What center-based ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training looks like in Columbia
Where Columbia providers say how they work, 13 tracked providers document center-based ABA therapy, 12 tracked providers document parent and caregiver training and 11 tracked providers document early intervention ABA therapy. A center-based program gives a child a room built for the work and other children to practice with. Parent and caregiver training moves the method to the adults, which is what keeps gains alive between sessions. Setting is read from what each provider publishes, so a location may offer more than the evidence shows. The setting a family needs is worth asking about on the first call.
Which insurance Columbia providers mention
In Columbia, 7 tracked providers mention Medicaid, 7 tracked providers mention Private pay, 6 tracked providers mention TRICARE and 5 tracked providers mention Aetna. What a provider names on a page and what your plan authorizes are two different questions. Ask the provider which plans it bills, then ask your plan administrator what your policy funds.
Working through a shortlist in Columbia
Ask to see how the functional behavior assessment turns into what happens on day one. A treatment plan you cannot understand is a treatment plan you cannot hold anyone to. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) designs the program and supervises the people delivering it. Ask how often the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) observes sessions directly. Staff turnover among Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) roles is worth asking about directly. Thin supervision hours show up later as goals that stop moving. For a younger child, ask whether the team runs an early intervention track and what the entry criteria are. Progress data you never see is progress data you cannot check. These are questions to carry into a call, not claims about anyone listed here.
Waitlists and access in Columbia
Ask how long the current queue is and what the last three intakes waited. Most intakes want a diagnostic report in hand before anything is scheduled. Ask how many hours a week the team can genuinely cover once a case opens. Ask what the team does when it cannot deliver the schedule it recommended.
Our record of ABA therapy in Columbia, Maryland stops where the published evidence stops. Listings reflect what each provider published as of 2026. If nothing here fits, Baltimore (30 tracked locations) and Silver Spring (12 tracked locations) also carry tracked provider locations in Maryland. For anyone searching ABA therapy near me from Columbia, Maryland, the providers above are the ones with published evidence. 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.