Product Description

Known For: Memphis’s most insurance-accessible Spravato provider — in-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicare, TRICARE, and United Healthcare, making treatment-resistant depression care financially realistic for working families.

HealingMaps Take: Athena Care solves the biggest barrier to ketamine-class treatment in the Memphis market: affordability. By being in-network with every major insurance plan a Memphis patient is likely to have — Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicare, TRICARE, and United Healthcare — Athena Care makes Spravato realistically accessible to patients who would otherwise face $800–$1,135 per session out of pocket. That insurance breadth is unusual for interventional psychiatry and reflects a practice engineered for access rather than boutique private-pay economics. The Cordova location off Centerview Parkway serves east Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, and Bartlett — the highest-volume ketamine patient corridor in the Memphis metro. Being part of a larger multi-location Tennessee behavioral health network means patients have continuity if they relocate or travel within the state. Spravato requires administration at a REMS-certified facility under medical supervision due to FDA safety requirements, and Athena Care meets those standards. Limitations: no IV ketamine option, so patients who specifically want the infusion route need to look elsewhere. For working Memphis patients with treatment-resistant depression who need insurance-covered access to ketamine-class treatment, Athena Care is the clear default.

Patient Review

“My Blue Cross plan covered nearly all of the Spravato cost at Athena Care — I was paying a small copay per session instead of the $800+ I would have paid at an IV ketamine clinic. For a family budget that matters enormously. The Spravato worked for my treatment-resistant depression, and I never would have been able to afford it otherwise.”

About Athena Care Memphis

Athena Care is a regional Tennessee behavioral health network with a Memphis-area location at 8000 Centerview Parkway, Suite 201, Cordova, TN 38018. The clinic is certified under the Spravato REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) program and offers Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression. Athena Care is in-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicare, United Healthcare, and TRICARE. Treatment sessions include the $590–$885 medication cost plus a $250 two-hour clinical session. The Cordova location serves east Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, and Bartlett.

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What People Like

In-network with nearly every major insurance plan — Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Medicare, United, TRICARE. Most financially accessible Spravato provider in the Memphis metro. Part of a larger multi-location Tennessee network for continuity. Spravato REMS-certified facility. Integrated psychiatric services available alongside Spravato. Cordova location convenient for east Memphis corridor.

What People Don’t Like

No IV ketamine option — Spravato only. Tennessee-wide 615 area code phone may feel less local (Memphis is 901). Lead clinician names not prominently featured for this location specifically. Spravato requires two-hour monitored sessions — larger time commitment than some alternatives. No formal KAP model.

Getting Started at Athena Care Memphis

Call (615) 320-1155 or 1-877-641-1155, or visit athenacare.health/services/spravato-memphis. Located at 8000 Centerview Parkway, Suite 201, Cordova, TN 38018. Verify your insurance coverage during intake — most major Tennessee plans are in-network for this location.

Learn more about the evidence behind ketamine for depression at the National Institute of Mental Health.