Aurora Behavioral Health System

What Aurora Behavioral Health System does

Aurora Behavioral Health System is a for-profit, privately held psychiatric hospital operator headquartered in Glendale, Arizona, founded in 2006. According to the source description, it operates as a hospital "system" treating three distinct populations — adolescents, adults, and seniors — for behavioral health conditions and chemical dependency. This implies a multi-program, multi-age-cohort care model spanning acute psychiatric stabilization, inpatient mental health treatment, and substance use disorder services, served by a workforce of 251–500 clinical and administrative staff. The organization's website (auroraarizona.com) functions as its primary public-facing channel for patient intake and referral information.

Name

Aurora Behavioral Health System

Website

https://auroraarizona.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Aurora Behavioral Health System is a for-profit psychiatric hospital system in Glendale, Arizona, providing inpatient mental health and chemical dependency treatment to adolescents, adults, and seniors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Health Hospital Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (622210), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

Keywords

• Psychiatric hospital services
• Behavioral health treatment
• Chemical dependency treatment
• Mental health inpatient care
• Adolescent behavioral health

Headquarters

HQ city

Glendale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Aurora Behavioral Health System runs a psychiatric hospital system in Glendale, Arizona that provides inpatient behavioral health treatment for adolescents, adults, and seniors. Services address mental health conditions as well as chemical dependency, delivered through a multi-age continuum of care typical of an acute psychiatric hospital. The facility employs 251–500 staff and was founded in 2006.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Care Inpatient psychiatric stabilization and treatment for adults experiencing acute mental health conditions at the Aurora Arizona facility in Glendale.
• Adolescent Inpatient Behavioral Health Specialized inpatient psychiatric treatment for teens, integrated within the Aurora Behavioral Health System's continuum of behavioral health services.
• Geriatric Psychiatric Services Inpatient psychiatric care tailored for seniors, delivered at the Aurora Arizona behavioral health hospital in Glendale.
• Chemical Dependency Treatment Treatment for chemical dependency as part of the system's behavioral health services, addressing substance use disorders across age groups.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Recent moves1 record

Emerging players

• Wellpath (psychiatric services): Provides inpatient and residential behavioral health programs, including acute psychiatric care and co-occurring treatment, with significant mental-health exposure — overlapping service lines with Aurora's SUD and psych programs.

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare (Behavioral Health Services): Operates inpatient psychiatric units within large hospital systems across the western U.S. and competes for behavioral health referrals, acute psych admissions, and chemical dependency patients in the same regional market.
• Acadia Healthcare: The largest pure-play U.S. operator of inpatient psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers. Highly comparable to Aurora across service lines (acute psych, SUD, adolescent, geriatric), though at much greater scale and publicly traded.
• Universal Health Services (UHS) Behavioral Health Division: Operates one of the largest networks of inpatient behavioral health facilities in the U.S., including acute psychiatric and chemical dependency programs serving teens, adults, and seniors — directly overlapping Aurora's core offering.

Regional players

• Banner Behavioral Health Hospital: Banner Health's behavioral health hospital in Scottsdale, AZ operates inpatient psychiatric and chemical dependency programs in the same Arizona market as Aurora, making it a direct regional competitor.
• St. Luke's Behavioral Health (Banner): Banner-operated inpatient psychiatric unit in Phoenix providing acute mental health and substance abuse services — competes for the same Arizona referral base as Aurora.

Direct peers

• Springstone Behavioral Health: Operates inpatient behavioral health hospitals and intensive outpatient programs across the U.S., including acute psychiatric care for adults and seniors — closely comparable in service model to Aurora.
• Perimeter Behavioral Hospital: Operates inpatient psychiatric hospitals focused on acute mental health and chemical dependency treatment for adults, adolescents, and seniors. Directly comparable specialty psych hospital peer.
• College Health Enterprises (College Hospitals): Operates acute psychiatric and chemical dependency hospitals in California with programs for adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations — comparable specialty inpatient psych operator on the West Coast.
• Haven Behavioral Health: Operates inpatient psychiatric hospitals across multiple states serving adult and geriatric populations with co-occurring mental health and substance use programs — a directly comparable acute-care psych hospital operator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aurora_az

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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