Rhode Island is the state with the highest percentage of private practice therapists who are in-network with at least one insurance panel, according to a study by behavioral health site Zencare.
Illinois comes in second, and there are only five states in the nation where 50 percent or more private practice therapists are in-network with at least once insurance panel. Twenty-nine states have two-thirds or more of their therapists out-of-network for all patients.
The 10 states with the highest percentage of private practice therapists in-network with at least one insurance panel:
Note: Due to unavailability of data, the study omitted Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
- Rhode Island - 68.57 percent
- Illinois - 67.22 percent
- South Carolina - 60 percent
- Connecticut - 53.13 percent
- Mississippi - 50 percent
- Oregon - 45.83 percent
- Washington - 45.19 percent
- North Carolina - 42.86 percent
- Massachusetts - 40.39 percent
- Florida - 39.31 percent