Directory evidence
ABA Therapy Services in Tennessee
Every clinic listed for Tennessee carries the date its evidence was checked
133 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in Tennessee sit in the Top ABA Therapy index.
In Tennessee, the directory tracks 133 clinic locations across 97 organizations. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and center-based ABA therapy. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Medicaid and UnitedHealthcare / Optum; 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 Tennessee
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. Key Autism Services
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 11 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
2. Blossom ABA Therapy
Documents 4 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 10 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lists private pay.
3. Acorn Health ABA Therapy
7 locations in Tennessee. Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
4. Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center
10 locations in Tennessee. Documents center-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 10 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
5. Lighthouse Kids Centers for Autism
4 locations in Tennessee. Documents in-home ABA therapy and school-based ABA therapy. Mentions 9 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lists private pay.
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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Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Cleveland, TN
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
Chattanooga, TN
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
Murfreesboro, TN
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
Hendersonville, TN
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
Clarksville, TN
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
Franklin, TN
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.
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In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Tennessee
Of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee, 65 document in-home ABA therapy and 55 document center-based ABA therapy.
40 of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: UnitedHealthcare / Optum (39), Cigna (37) and Aetna (35).
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
- 133 clinic locations in Tennessee are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 97 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 19 cities in Tennessee have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- Nashville, 19 locations. Knoxville, 15 locations. Memphis, 14 locations. Chattanooga, 11 locations. Cordova, 10 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 68 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 57 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy. 54 tracked clinics document School-based ABA therapy. 52 tracked clinics document Early intervention ABA.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 40 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. 39 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum. 37 tracked clinics mention Cigna. 35 tracked clinics mention Aetna. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 68 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 57 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 54 |
| Early intervention ABA | 52 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 50 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 27 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 13 |
| Social skills groups | 11 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | 40 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 39 |
| Cigna | 37 |
| Aetna | 35 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 35 |
| Amerigroup / WellCare | 23 |
| Centene / Ambetter | 21 |
| Private pay | 20 |
| Humana | 18 |
| TRICARE | 16 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 14 |
| Molina Healthcare | 13 |
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.
Tracked locations here resolve to 97 distinct organizations. Documented service settings include in-home ABA therapy, center-based ABA therapy and school-based ABA therapy. The families searching here in Tennessee are almost always doing so after an autism evaluation, and most clinics listed serve autistic children first.
In-home and center-based ABA therapy documented in Tennessee
Of the tracked locations in Tennessee, 65 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 55 tracked clinics document center-based ABA therapy, 53 tracked clinics document school-based ABA therapy and 51 tracked clinics document early intervention ABA therapy. In-home delivery removes the commute and puts teaching into the family’s own routine. Center-based programs run in a clinic space set up for structured teaching and contact with peers. School-based support puts the program where the child already spends the day. What a clinic publishes and what it currently runs can differ, so confirm before you commit. Put the setting question first when you call, because it decides everything after it.
ABA therapy across Tennessee
Tracked clinic locations reach 19 cities in Tennessee. By tracked location count in our index, Nashville with 19 tracked locations, Knoxville with 15 tracked locations, Memphis with 14 tracked locations, Chattanooga with 11 tracked locations and Cordova with 10 tracked locations carry the most. This describes what we can evidence in Tennessee, not everything operating in it.
Insurance names mentioned by Tennessee clinics
Among tracked clinics in Tennessee, 40 tracked clinics mention Medicaid, 39 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum, 37 tracked clinics mention Cigna and 35 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 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.
Plan type decides most of what the first month of admin looks like. Find out whether the clinic files the authorization or expects the family to. Put the reauthorization cycle in writing before the first session, not after it. A lapse should have a stated answer about cost before it ever happens.
What to ask an ABA clinic in Tennessee
Ask what the functional behavior assessment involves and how long it takes to complete. Goals in the treatment plan should be specific enough to argue about. Every program should be able to name the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) accountable for it. The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) should be reachable by a parent, not only by staff. Ask how many hours a week a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) will be in the room.
Ask whether a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) sits in the team structure. Supervision hours are the difference between a program and a babysitting rota. A program without parent training leaves the household holding nothing when the clinician leaves. Early intervention places are often the scarcest, so ask about the queue early. Progress data you never see is progress data you cannot check. This is general guidance, not an assessment of any location on this page.
Access and timing in Tennessee
A waitlist answer without a number is not an answer. Check which paperwork has to exist before an intake slot can be held. Ask how many hours a week the team can genuinely cover once a case opens. Find out how a shortfall between recommended and available hours gets handled. Two markets an hour apart can have entirely different queues.
Our record of ABA therapy in Tennessee stops where the published evidence stops. What clinics publish moves, and this is the 2026 position. This is what ABA therapy near me should mean in Tennessee: tracked locations, documented settings, and the date each was checked. Pick two or three, call them in one sitting, and compare the answers.
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 Tennessee, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in Kentucky, ABA therapy services in Alabama, ABA therapy services in Georgia, ABA therapy services in Mississippi, ABA therapy services in Indiana, ABA therapy services in Arkansas, ABA therapy services in Missouri and ABA therapy services in South Carolina.
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 Tennessee
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 Tennessee
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Tennessee?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Tennessee 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 Tennessee?
40 of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee 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 Tennessee’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in Tennessee mention?
Tennessee clinics name Medicaid, UnitedHealthcare / Optum, Cigna and Aetna most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Tennessee offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee, 65 document in-home ABA therapy, 55 document center-based ABA therapy and 51 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Tennessee 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 Tennessee?
Of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee, 11 document telehealth ABA therapy and 53 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 Tennessee?
19 of the 133 tracked locations in Tennessee list private pay on their websites, and 48 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.
Is ABA therapy expensive in Tennessee?
We hold no price data, so any figure on this page would be invented. Cost turns on the funding route, the weekly hours authorized and what a household pays outside them, which is why the clinic and the plan administrator are the only two sources worth asking.
How quickly can a family start ABA therapy in Tennessee?
No waitlist data reaches this index. What we can say is that queues differ sharply between neighboring markets, so widening the search by a short drive often changes the answer more than waiting does.
What does this page actually cover in Tennessee?
The count is 133 tracked clinic locations in 19 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.